Nathan Pendlebury

NATHAN PENDLEBURY STUDIED FINE ART AT LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY. HE GREW UP IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND IN CHESTER, SALFORD/MANCHESTER AND WARRINGTON, AND CURRENTLY WORKS FOR NATIONAL MUSEUMS LIVERPOOL.

WHAT NATHAN SAYS ABOUT HIS ART.

"MY PAINTING/DRAWING RELATES TO THE PRESENCE OF MAN WITHIN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT, PRODUCING ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT BEING DIRECT IN REPRESENTATIONAL OR FIGURATIVE TERMS. I LIKE TO USE A VARIETY OF MATERIALS, SUCH AS CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE, INK, ACRYLIC AND AEROSOL PAINT. I AM INFLUENCED BY ARTISTS SUCH AS KLINE, DE KOONING, TAPIES, BLAKE, HOCKNEY AS WELL AS VARIOUS CONTEMPORARY URBAN AND 1960'S RETRO IMAGERY.

I ALSO PRODUCE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES. THE PHOTOGRAPHS TEND TO BE MORE ABSTRACT, AND I TRY TO APPROACH THEM AS I DO MY PAINTINGS, IN BOTH SUBJECT MATTER AND IMAGE CONSTRUCTION." WHAT TONY PENDLEBURY SAYS ABOUT HIS ART "I AM PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH PRODUCING PAINTINGS ON CANVAS AND PAPER. MY PAINTINGS LOOK TOWARD THE HUMAN CONDITION TAKING INFLUENCES FROM THE LIKES OF MIRO, TAPIES, PICASSO AND BASQUIAT.

I DON'T LIKE TO STAND STILL WITH MY PAINTING AND AM ALWAYS STRIVING TOWARD NEW THINGS TO DO AND EXPERIMENT WITH IN MY IMAGE MAKING. I HOPE THAT MY PAINTINGS OFFER TEXTURE, MOOD, AND A SENSE OF AESTHETIC THROUGH GRAPHIC MARK MAKING. I TRY TO MAKE MY EVER GROWING PORTFOLIO DIVERSE, AND THE WORK I PRODUCE CAN VARY FROM ONE PIECE TO THE NEXT."