'Film Forensic' paintings by contemporary British artist Pip Dickens

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LATEST NEWS: The Leverhulme Trust Award : Artist in Residence at University of Huddersfield, Department of Music 2010-2011 Toward the Light: solo exhibition Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford - 14 aug - 7 nov 2010 includes all of the works in this series
‘Film Forensic' paintings series Oil on canvas				Recent (and ongoing) series of paintings about atmosphere, space, dust and shadow. Combining the cinematic 'letterbox' format with views into atmospheric worlds populated by dust and detritus, light and darkness. These works draw upon a number of writers works, namely: Marina Warner’s book ‘Phantasmagoria’, the matter of 'dust' in Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy and the eloquent observations of Junichiro Tanizaki in 'In Praise of Shadows'. related web pages: 'Drawings', 'Fabrications' and 'Work in Progress'


Kan No Uchi (The Cold Time) oil on canvas	KING KONG (Cloud) Painting oil, dust and detritus on canvas		Oki Nami (after Hokusai) oil on canvas		Universal Picture oil, dust and detritus on canvas		Hikari To Kage (light and shadow) oil on canvas