"While out sketching on the Ashdown Forest last winter, I was captivated by the colour and form of a huge pile of cut logs. The sawn edges making a striking colour and texture contrast to the trees themselves. This evolved into a small series of similar paintings."
"I began to appreciate the heavily urbanised surroundings and started noticing real beauty in some of the naturally compounding decay of the area. Layers upon layers of old posters, stickers, flyers, graffiti, tagging, murals all conspiring together to make what seemed like unintentional art pieces."
I employ lost wax casting to create organic metal forms and my hands-on production style results in a delicate ‘wabi-sabi’ aesthetic, highlighting the beauty of makers’ marks, fingerprints, imperfections and an overall sense of human touch.
"Pieces started selling and getting into exhibitions and magazines. Art is now a big part of my life. After having lived in six countries on four continents and being briefly homeless at some point, my home is now at the Great British Seaside."
Ian O'Halloran is the self-styled ‘Accidental Printmaker’!
