Jeff Soan

My work reflects equally a love of creatures, great and small, and a love of wood. I try to express the essential nature of the animals, birds, and fish I create, sometimes by simplification, sometimes by attention to detail and very often by the sinuous movement achieved with the technique of articulation. A large part of my work in recent years has been investigating the possibilities of what I affectionately call wobbly wood which is achieved by cutting the wood into narrow sections and securing it to canvas. This technique brings incredible life and movement to the various creatures, especially marine creatures and in particular the seal which has become my signature piece.
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I use the wood’s natural forms and features; its grain, colour and bark to suggest the creatures shape, markings, feathers and texture

Reclaimed wood is used extensively, from discarded furniture, driftwood, industrial pallets to felled trees and it is this found wood that often informs and shapes the work. This constantly varying source of timber helps keep the work fresh and alive.

Artist’s Profile

Educated:
Goldsmiths College. Diploma in Art & Design
Recent Exhibitions: Cressing Temple Barns, Essex Art & Design Show, Essex; Leigh Art Trail, Leigh on sea; Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool; Leeds City Art Gallery; Primavera, Cambridge; The Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London; Origin, Somerset House, London; BBC Wildlife exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Upcoming Exhibitions: See listing
Indicative Price Range:
£20 to £2000
Websites showing work:
New British Artists
Julian Jardine
Contact:
94C Manor Avenue, Brockley London SE4 1TE
Tel: 020 8691 1332
Mob: 07910 474630
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