Penny Wilson (prints, artist books, installation) My
immediate
environment
has
been
shaped by the sea and I have chosen J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) as my ghost. I am drawn to the movement and moods brought about by his use of colour and light
and by his relationship with the
sea.
Turner’s paintings showing the power and force of the sea and Man’s hopelessness against it bring to my mind the accidental travellers of today. Turner painted ships of
apparently expendable slaves or convicts going to a new world. If he painted today his lost souls would surely be our “unwanted” refugees.
Issue 13 - November
2015
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