"To the Master’s honour all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton’s ground."
Albert Einstein
INTRODUCTION
I am fascinated by the ephemeral, things that are in a state of flux from one form to another.
Recently the shimmering surface of wet sand has been of particular interest to me. The linear ridges left in the sand, as the tide recedes, seem to perfectly embody wider rhythmic patterns in nature. The coming together of a solid and a liquid, where light can dissolve form, and the reflection of the sky in the land, induces a feeling of weightlessness. The quality of light enveloping, and sometimes obliterating form, is at the heart of the work. I hope to achieve a quiet tension between the static form and an ever changing, living surface.
When creating sculpture I am constantly aware of how its forms will interact with the light, how a reflection can sometimes create shadow, sometimes dissolve line. This linear graphic quality runs through the works in this respect I regard these pieces as drawing with light.
Simon Allen. 2011
Albert Einstein
INTRODUCTION
I am fascinated by the ephemeral, things that are in a state of flux from one form to another.
Recently the shimmering surface of wet sand has been of particular interest to me. The linear ridges left in the sand, as the tide recedes, seem to perfectly embody wider rhythmic patterns in nature. The coming together of a solid and a liquid, where light can dissolve form, and the reflection of the sky in the land, induces a feeling of weightlessness. The quality of light enveloping, and sometimes obliterating form, is at the heart of the work. I hope to achieve a quiet tension between the static form and an ever changing, living surface.
When creating sculpture I am constantly aware of how its forms will interact with the light, how a reflection can sometimes create shadow, sometimes dissolve line. This linear graphic quality runs through the works in this respect I regard these pieces as drawing with light.
Simon Allen. 2011
Shifting Sand I
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand II
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand III
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand IV
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand V
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand VI
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand VII
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand VIII
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand IX
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand X
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Shifting Sand XI
silver leaf on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Black Sand I
pigment and gesso on carved wood
82 x 82 cm
Black Sand II
pigment and gesso on carved wood
82 x 82 cm
Black Sand III
pigment and gesso on carved wood
82 x 82 cm
Shifting Sand XII
silver leaf on carved wood
110 x 110 cm
Shifting Sand XIII
silver leaf on carved wood
110 x 110 cm
Shifting Sand XIV
silver leaf on carved wood
110 x 110 cm
Shifting Sand XV
silver leaf on carved wood
110 x 110 cm
Black Sand IV
pigment and gesso on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Black Sand V
pigment and gesso on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Black Sand VI
pigment and gesso on carved wood
50 x 50 cm
Black Sand VII
pigment and gesso on carved wood 50 x 50 cm
