Roy McCarthy

ROY'S WORK IS ABOUT TRYING TO PAINT THE TINIEST MEMORY FROM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG. ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY NON-FIGURATIVE, HIS PAINTINGS REPRESENT SOMETHING TO HIM ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD AND WHERE HE GREW UP. HE TRIES TO CAPTURE THE FEELING OF AGED AND WORN-OUT OBJECTS; THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS WITHOUT ANYONE REALLY PAYING THEM ANY ATTENTION. OBJECTS SUCH AS OLD FACTORY MACHINERY AND STREET FURNITURE THAT IS REACHING THE END OF ITS USEFUL LIFE HOLD A PARTICULAR FASCINATION TO ROY.

ROY'S WORK USUALLY GOES THROUGH MANY INCARNATIONS BEFORE HE ARRIVES AT WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR - MOST GET SCRATCHED OUT AND PAINTED OVER A FEW TIMES BEFORE THEY ARE FINISHED. USUALLY A LITTLE PIECE FROM EACH LAYER CREEPS THROUGH, ADDING TO THE TEXTURE AND THE FEELING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME HISTORY & SOUL.

ROY SAYS HE CREATES HIS TEXTURED, TACTILE AND DURABLE PAINTINGS USING HOUSEHOLD PAINT, TILE GROUT, HAMMERITE, CAR PAINTS, FLOOR VARNISH AND "ANYTHING ELSE I CAN GET MY HANDS ON".

ROY ALSO ACCEPTS COMMISSIONS AND HAS SOLD NUMEROUS PAINTINGS ON THIS BASIS.

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ALI MCWATT	COLIN MCMORRAN	COLIN SERJENT	DANNY JOHN
DANNY SIMPSON	DAVID WEAVER	ERIC ORME	JAZAMIN SINCLAIR
JOEY D	KATE HOPWOOD	LORENTZ GULLACHSEN	LYNN FRASER
MARC MCLEAN	MIRIAM ZADIK GOLD	NATHAN PENDLEBURY	PAUL BUTLER
RACHEL MCCARTHY	ROBERT PEARSON	ROY MCCARTHY	SARAH SHAW
STEFAN FIEDOROWICZ	STEPHEN COLLETT	STEVEN COOK	SUE AIGELSREITER
SUE MILBURN	TONY PENDLEBURY	VICTORIA HEPWORTH	ZAP GRAFFITI