The world around us supports humanity in ways we don't fully understand or appreciate. My art is an ongoing study of our environment with the aim of finding expressions of the complexity of the natural world; a complexity that is the consequence of layers of countless processes that vary greatly in scale and degrees of subtlety. Observation is the key to my work; truth is only that which I perceive. I'm not seeking spiritual enlightenment, I'm not representing beauty, celebrating a higher power or finding inner meaning. I'm trying to show whats all around us and if my images have beauty or interest for the viewer thats a property of the subject and thats what should be celebrated.
I make use of a variety of media to convey my thinking; I use photography to capture instances and painting to carry out a more sustained study of a subject which will change as time passes and the cycle of sun and weather affects the scene.
I have several threads of activity in progress, both painting and photographic. I anticipate that the work will change over time as my techniques and processes evolve. Particularly I intend the array of 40cm x 40cm paintings to develop into a wall of images reflecting the diversity of the natural world.
The PlantDesign series is now available to purchase online from:
www.artgallery.co.uk/artist/stuart_nurse
