Paul Dewis | Roma ll, 2023
Collagraph
62.5 x 86 cm
Edition of 6
Unframed
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Paul Dewis works with print to make complex, multi layered, vibrantly coloured images which collage together photographs usually taken with cheap charity shop point and shoot cameras, usually at night, of the overlooked, ignored and peripheral, fenced off, self-contained corners of the artists environment. Selected black and white photographic negatives, from a vast and ever expanding jumbled collection are sifted through, cut up, rearranged and printed as contact sheets in the darkroom, usually further manipulated by the dripping, splashing and exploiting of other creatively unorthodox applications of the chemicals onto the photographic paper. Areas, sections of these are then selected to be enlarged up as the starting point of the prints. Dewis utilises and brings together a wide range of techniques and processes within his work. Often combining digital, collagraph and woodcut to make very variable editions and unique prints. The rich colours and densely detailed surfaces of his prints invite and reward both a macro and micro viewing of the work. Dewis says that for him, his work is a sense of place, a somewhere, a space, real or not, a memory, an accumulation of details of several places, a corner, a place to be able to experiment and try things out.
Collagraph
62.5 x 86 cm
Edition of 6
Unframed
Split your payment over 10 months with OwnArt 0% APR. Your monthly payment for this artwork would be £60.00.
Paul Dewis works with print to make complex, multi layered, vibrantly coloured images which collage together photographs usually taken with cheap charity shop point and shoot cameras, usually at night, of the overlooked, ignored and peripheral, fenced off, self-contained corners of the artists environment. Selected black and white photographic negatives, from a vast and ever expanding jumbled collection are sifted through, cut up, rearranged and printed as contact sheets in the darkroom, usually further manipulated by the dripping, splashing and exploiting of other creatively unorthodox applications of the chemicals onto the photographic paper. Areas, sections of these are then selected to be enlarged up as the starting point of the prints. Dewis utilises and brings together a wide range of techniques and processes within his work. Often combining digital, collagraph and woodcut to make very variable editions and unique prints. The rich colours and densely detailed surfaces of his prints invite and reward both a macro and micro viewing of the work. Dewis says that for him, his work is a sense of place, a somewhere, a space, real or not, a memory, an accumulation of details of several places, a corner, a place to be able to experiment and try things out.
Collagraph
62.5 x 86 cm
Edition of 6
Unframed
Split your payment over 10 months with OwnArt 0% APR. Your monthly payment for this artwork would be £60.00.
Paul Dewis works with print to make complex, multi layered, vibrantly coloured images which collage together photographs usually taken with cheap charity shop point and shoot cameras, usually at night, of the overlooked, ignored and peripheral, fenced off, self-contained corners of the artists environment. Selected black and white photographic negatives, from a vast and ever expanding jumbled collection are sifted through, cut up, rearranged and printed as contact sheets in the darkroom, usually further manipulated by the dripping, splashing and exploiting of other creatively unorthodox applications of the chemicals onto the photographic paper. Areas, sections of these are then selected to be enlarged up as the starting point of the prints. Dewis utilises and brings together a wide range of techniques and processes within his work. Often combining digital, collagraph and woodcut to make very variable editions and unique prints. The rich colours and densely detailed surfaces of his prints invite and reward both a macro and micro viewing of the work. Dewis says that for him, his work is a sense of place, a somewhere, a space, real or not, a memory, an accumulation of details of several places, a corner, a place to be able to experiment and try things out.
