Chris Reynolds Merseyside, United Kingdom
Bath Academy of Art – BA(Hons) Sculpture/Printmaking St Helens College of Art – 2 year Foundation. Dip AD Much of my work is based upon nature, memory, impressions, my everyday surroundings and chance occurrences....
Much of my work is based upon memory, impressions, and chance occurrences. I want to draw out the beauty in the arbitrary; taking inspiration from heavily scarred walls, graffiti, marks created by peeling paint or everyday ephemera.
I am also fascinated by urban explorations and hidden time capsules that are quickly being reclaimed by nature. We transform landscapes and leave our unmistakable marks, but they are not always indelible. When we move out, nature quickly moves in to stake its claim. After a cancer diagnosis, of which I am now in remission, I am now exploring these themes by revisiting, destroying, and reusing previous works. This is primarily to reflect upon my history, my visual diary and to consolidate those recurring concepts and ideas, and of course as a way of understanding and creating my own artistic legacy.
www.axisweb.org/p/chrisreynolds/
Artwork
Summer 2022, Mixed Media (Paper, Acrylics on stretched canvas), 2022
"Con Brio" , Mixed Media/Acrylics. Stretched Canvas, 2022
Tapestry, Mixed Media, 2022
Etched into Significance, Oils. Stretched canvas, 2014
Gunnera, Mixed Media. Stretched Canvas , 2017
Legacy II, Oils on Canvas. Mixed Media , 2022
Legacy, Mixed Media, 2018
If I Scratch the Surface, Oils on Canvas, 2015
I Think Of , Mixed Media. Collage. Stretched Canvas, 2016
Unwrapped, Mixed Media. Collage. Stretched Canvas, 2016
Wallflowers, Oils on Stretched Canvas , 2013
Wall, Mixed Media on Stretched Canvas , 2013
Purge I, Paper Pulp, Clay & Acrylics on Stretched Canvas, 2016
"Day Trip", Acrylics on Stretched Canvas , 2022
"Sentinels Con Anima", Acrylics. Stretched Canvas, 2022
"Go" , Acrylics. Stretched Canvas, 2022
"Moon", Acrylics. Canvas Board, 2022
"Red Notation", Acrylics. Stretched Canvas, 2022
"Doorway", Acrylics. Canvas Board, 2022
"Condemnation of Memory" , Mixed Media. Plaster & Acrylics, 2022