Paul Sloggett

The pursuit of pure abstraction as an art form is roughly 100 years old and contrary to what the cultural morticians tell is it seems quite doubtful that artists could have exhausted infinite possiblity in this seemingly brief period of time.

My work has and continues to be geometrical abstraction influenced for the most part from my interest in Russian constructivism, architectural design, nature and colour. Most recently the work has been developed from the ambient architectural space within which it was made. Not in an observational reproduction sense but in the more pragmatic way of using the studio sapce its measurements and its architectural detail to impact and influence the design and structure of the work. I then contrast the initial architecturally based portion of the painting with intuitively and expressionistically painted panels referencing the landscape outside. These ultimately contrasting images create a sense of intuition and reason and enter the mind of the viewer in a way quite different than that of traditional relational composition.

Untitled - 2002
acrylic on canvas, 36 in x 48 in