{"id":5100,"date":"2020-08-15T17:13:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T16:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodvale.com\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2020-08-15T17:13:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T16:13:42","slug":"angles-of-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/angles-of-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Angles of Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devon artist Richard Kaye<\/strong> talks to Fergus Byrne<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite there being no shortage of \u2018lockdown\u2019 blogs on the internet the full results of the last few months of enforced isolation will probably take decades to unravel. In the early days, with a rush of enthusiasm, many people predicted an enormous surge in creativity. There\u2019s no doubt that happened for a lot of people, however many writers and artists who had expected an opportunity to produce volumes of work were surprised to find that wasn\u2019t the case. Some writers particularly found it difficult to be creative and the same story came from many artists and makers. That expected burst of creativity just didn\u2019t come\u2014not for everyone anyway.
\nHowever, Ottery St Mary based artist Richard Kaye is one of those that found the process productive. As a print-maker, with no access to the machinery, he needed to produce his work he had a change of focus and a welcome return to painting and drawing. \u2018Painting and drawing tend to be the go to mediums for artists in that situation\u2019 he said. With the studio he uses in Exeter closed he wanted to work in a medium that was naturally comfortable to him. He wanted to be quickly up and running instead of thinking too much about any complex working structures. \u2018I wanted something that was going to be simple to get straight into the creative zone with,\u2019 he said \u2018so I picked up some canvases and brushes and that was something that I could start making marks with straight away, whereas with something like a screen-print, it\u2019s much more planned.\u2019
\nFor Richard that immediacy allowed him to explore and develop a theme of abstract landscapes that he had already been working on over the last few years. Some of it was work he showed in his last exhibition but realised they weren\u2019t actually finished. \u2018So I carried on painting on top of them for a while\u2019 he explained. \u2018I would say most of the painting work reflects the local area. All the paintings I have done are very similar in that the subject matter is abstract landscapes that take on that cubic geometric form, with quite bright colours and a subdued greeny-blue sky feel – quite a tranquil sky.\u2019
\nDespite being more urban the landscapes complement the other work he will be displaying in an exhibition at The Malthouse Gallery in Lyme Regis from mid-August. A fan of Brutalist Architecture, Richard also recently completed a small series of drawings focusing mainly on stairways. These images tend to be very bold and distinctive, with some of the more urban subjects being somewhat unexpected. Richard takes pleasure in finding strong compositions and angular forms within subjects which are often missed or ignored. Turning these images into highly detailed and intricate prints was the basis of his introduction to printmaking.
\nIn the last few year\u2019s Richard has started to work on a larger scale, with screen prints which he hand-tints using watercolour. The colours he is using now have moved away from the more subdued pastel tones toward a brighter complementary range as well as neons. These images are really angular, edgy and bold. The neon ones even inspired Richard to start a streetwear clothing brand \u20182_Brutal\u2019.
\nTrained at Bournemouth College of Art, Richard has had a varied career that has occasionally veered away from art. Apart from a stint as a chef at the Alexandra Hotel and time making false teeth in Axminster he also spent a year as a DJ travelling the world with Indie band Ash. \u2018But the one thing that\u2019s run through my career is my need for creativity in some way shape or form, whether it\u2019s art or music\u2019 he said. \u2018Art has always been there. I\u2019ve had periods where it has slowed down but if I had to go on a journey there\u2019s no way I would go on a train without having a pad and pen with me. I\u2019d walk up and down the train looking for people who\u2019ve fallen asleep and I\u2019d use that as an opportunity to do a life drawing.\u2019 He has a series of drawings called \u2018sleepers\u2019 that he hopes may fit into the upcoming exhibition.
\nThe upcoming show at the Malthouse Gallery, though varied in medium, clearly shows that he has a love for strong compositions and compelling use of colour. Following on from his first very successful show at the gallery in 2018, this sees a growth in confidence and a very refreshing show with striking architectural emphasis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Devon artist Richard Kaye talks to Fergus Byrne   Despite there being no shortage of \u2018lockdown\u2019 blogs on the internet the full results of the last few months of enforced isolation will probably take decades to unravel. In the early days, with a rush of enthusiasm, many people predicted an enormous surge in creativity. There\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-5100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features","tag-fergus-byrne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.marshwoodlife.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}