Martyn Lucas

​More recent collages have their origin in thinking about our fragile earth, a wounded landscape. Small scale and often richly coloured, these works initiate a conversation about land, history, memory, myth and human intervention. The materials of their making (found images, painted brush marks and flat colour swatches) construct an abstracted scene; a disrupted view, Often worked on pages from discarded old art books or vintage postcards, two or three hard-edged, geometric elements or partial figures are introduced which generate a kind of narrative.  The shapes enter like characters on a stage, playing out in front of a landscape backdrop. The works are small, simple and can look effortless, but take time to resolve. Compositional balance and visual pleasure, engaging eye and imagination.

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