Lex Shute.
2017-2019 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2007 Postgraduate Diploma, Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art
The fluid manipulation of the paint across the canvas and the areas of impasto looks at once blurred and defined, both organic and intentional. Like a morphing, expanding growth of a fungus or lichen, the surface appears to resonate with the energy and movement made from each deft stroke of the artist’s hand. Away from the intensity of the centre, touches are lighter, passageways across the surface like those across a stone, juxtaposed with the tile-like design along one boundary, displaying the artist’s artistic versatility.