Biography

New Contemporary Welsh Painter

Oil Paintings to Love

A K Short

Biography

I was Born in Caerphilly, just outside the Capital of Wales in 1965.

I began studying art quite late in life, my first attempt at a painting was in 2003. I loved the old masters, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Titian etc. My art life began with trying to develop the traditional elements of painting that have almost been lost to modern art.

I believe that there is a place in Contemporary art (painting) for the use of traditional methods, traditional methods does not mean old fashioned paintings!

My works play with the visual perceptions. Usually involving two or more images that relate or conflict with in an image.
For example a sharp focus painting of a mannequin placed on a blurred background with a floating still life, such as, post-it note seemingly stuck on the canvas creating three different spaces yet all relating in some way, the painting 'Attraction' is a good example. the confusion comes when the viewer believes the post-it to be real, or that the Mannequin has been stuck on to the background, when, in reality none of it is real it is all just paint!
Within the images (paintings) there is also elements of humor, sometimes irony but always balance. the objects that I paint usually relate to something. I find an image/person I like, then find an object that makes it something more, then place them together in some way! that is how my paintings develop. usually there is a little message within the collection of images!

I have a BA(Hons) in Fine Art 2007.
While at university I exhibited works through Galleries up until June 2008 when I had a solo exhibition in the centre of Cardiff.