Les biographies d’artistes pour les gagnants du prix Strathbutler.
S’il arrive a comprendre un seul objet par l’attention qu’illui donne, il arrive a comprendre mieux le tout, la totalite. Je dis ceci sans pretention car je suis de ceux qui sont enfermes dans un atelier, toute la journee, dans cet espace, dans le but de comprendre notre environnement par. –
Sa maîtrise des techniques photographiques permet au spectateur de contempler les paysages de la nature avec sensibilité. – Freeman Patterson, 1997
Des matériaux choisis pour leurs caractéristiques propres, sont devenus des symboles éloquents pour moi, et c’est ainsi que j’ai commencé à explorer le symbolisme. – Marie Hélène Allain, 1996
I am influenced by many things that catch my interest: exposure to various cultures and their weaving techniques, the seasons of the year and my surroundings. – Nel Oudemans, 1995
My work is to do with the life I have lead and lead now. The thoughts. Memories and emotions I paint are often painful, sometimes amazingly happy; always some kind of discovery for me. – Kathy Hooper
“I am lucky in my work not only to make a livelihood, but to also be ingaged in a wide range of pursuits from the aesthetic and philosophical to the material and technical.” – Peter Powning
“It is form that is paramount in my work, and relationships between competing forms.” – Tom Smith
“As to the content of my sculpture…they reflect something of my feelings about the human condition; people relating to people, people relating to this magnificent and cruel world upon which we strive to live, and our isolation from each other …” – John Hooper