James Crabb

United Kingdom (Welsh)

email: art@jamescrabb.net
www.jamescrabb.net

Biography

Artist's Statement

I love color and texture. I love living in Egypt. I try to find a moment of truth when I paint. Egypt inspires me. I find the idea of time passing very seductive. This is one reason I enjoy living here. Things do seem in such a state of change and yet things are so ancient as well. There is so much light here.

I grew up in Wales. I remember as a child days of massive skies and light. I think I feel that here. I think painting is still valid as an activity because it has a physical immediacy. There has always been painting. It is very hard to take that away from people. Painting for me is a bit like travelling, a journey and an adventure. Anything is possible and the only limitations are my own.

Harmony-East and West

This painting proposes that “Harmony between East and West” is a vague and ethereal dream shifting endlessly as does the paint on the canvas. Polarities do exist in our world. Here the conditions of ‘Arabic’ and ‘English’ are referred to by numerals, and yet they are no more than generalizations. Two figures on either side of the canvas echo the idea of a state of polarity. A large and comical flower, a child-like dream, like a brilliant sun, unites all in a moment of beauty and wonder.

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