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(3.46 - 118 votes)About Dale:
Dale Grimshaw pays tribute to all those struggling figurative artists still out there. His work celebrates the art of painting and the mediums power to depict atmosphere, evoke memories and stir emotions. Even if this appears to be from an outsiders perspective ‘ warily watching himself and the world around him. Dales varied and virtuosic style clearly demonstrates both the continued relevance of figurative painting as a medium for 21st Century expression and that he himself is a master of the genre. No apology needed, this is artwork that needs to be seen, understood and appreciated.
Dale on his work:
My most recent concern artistically is with how we experience the visual world. I believe we see fragments and focus randomly on the impressions we encounter. Images and movement are viewed not purely in a sequential animation but more in the manner of a jigsaw that our brain works instantaneously to join up and make sense of. In my current work I am unpicking this process and aiming to show the viewer the world as they truly see it.
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Fascinating. I love the highly developed cognitive ideas behind the work and I am so utterly pleased that you portray those ideas with such beautiful images. It is so refreshing to see an artist who is capable of conveying such intellectual and unique meanings through such skillful and lovely imagery. I love the mix of realism and abstraction.
Just wonderful.
Comment by Carolyn — April 5, 2009
Amazing stuff. Some of the best ‘urban’ stuff I’ve seen in a long time. I’m getting slightly bored with all the stencil rip-off stuff being churned out.
Fresh!
Comment by Andy — September 20, 2008
Amazing work. Very inspiring… a rare raw emotion your paintings.
Comment by Melissa — June 12, 2008
Love the expressive brush work, but not the “photographic edges”. I suppose Picasso has these type of edges as well in his early cubist work, and David Hockney has them as well in his Polaroid collage. Still, not a fan.
Comment by pixo — April 5, 2008
It is interesting the way the work conveys a sort of non-linearity using a kind of “pixelated” or almost cubist approach. It really does address the way we try to make sense of images and time. These paintings remind me that my perceptions are always inaccurate or incomplete, and are influenced by my focus as much as they are by reality.
Where is everybody?
Comment by miss pixie — April 5, 2008
Nice work!
Comment by janet yacht — April 5, 2008
very inspiring work. you must have some knowledge and inspiration from alex grey’s work.
Comment by cody — April 5, 2008