DANIEL COATSWORTH
THE FASCINATION OF PORTRAITURE...
MY DESIRE TO PAINT FACES CAME FROM MY INTEREST IN BIOLOGY AND THE HUMAN FORM. THE WAY THE WRINKLES OF THE SKIN AND ANY SMALL IMPERFECTIONS, FORM AS A NETWORK, BUILDING THE EXTERIAL APPEARANCE OF AN INDIVIDUAL.
WRINKLES AND AGED SKIN TELL A STORY AND I FIND MYSELF INTRIGUED IN THE EVOLUTION OF A HUMAN OVER THEIR LIFETIME.
INTERACTIONS...
STUDYING ART AT SIXTH FORM FORCED ME TO QUESTION MYSELF: "WHY AM I PAINTING THIS?" OR "WHAT IS THE PAINTING SHOWING?". DURING THIS PROCESS I BECAME AWARE THAT I WAS TRYING TO CREATE A SNAPSHOT OF AN EMOTION, THROUGH THE CHOICE OF BACKGROUND COLOURS AND COMPOSITION.
I EXPLORED THE COMPLEX BUT NORMALISED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND INANIMATE OBJECTS, LIKE FURNITURE. I DID MULTIPLE PHOTOSHOOTS DEPICTING AN EXAGGERATED COMPOSITION OF THIS IDEA.