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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