Steve Smith Studio

About "Still Life: Artist Commissions and more"

Artists:

Benjamin Newton: 

Ben Newton makes work that draws on a plethora of visual and conceptual influences. Elements of classic design or modernism are reconfigured with slight interventions, that give them a sometimes almost imperceptible conceptual shift. The appropriation of iconic works - Josef Albers, Bridget Riley, Art & Language etc. - goes beyond mere homage and draws the viewer into a closer engagement and looking - they reveal deeper layers of reading. These may deal with the human condition and our sense of preservation of the exalted or taxonomies of display. 

Allan Watson:

Allan Watson completed a practice-led PhD that focused on chance and decision making within the creative process. Between 1994 and 2016 Allan taught sculpture at Gray’s School of Art, during which time he held various roles including Course Leader for Sculpture and Head of Fine Art. Throughout his academic career, Allan continued with his art practice, participating in a wide range of projects including exhibitions, public art commissions, artist-in-residence schemes, and international workshops. Allan is a Trustee on the Board of Grampian Hospitals Art Trust as well as Chair of their Arts Advisory Group. He is also a Director on the Board of Peacock Visual Arts. 

www.allanwatsonartist.co.uk

Peter Baxter, (maker, builder and creator): ‘concreatecopperandwood’

Peter is essentially a highly skilled maker and master of many trades. He can apply his skills in many disciplines and utilize various materials, often collaboratively to produce stunning commercial product. In 2019, along with Allan Watson, he founded Deemouth Artist Studios based in Torry, which now has a community of around 35 artists, designers and makers.

Megan Falconer: 

Megan Falconer’s beautiful, handmade jewellery is made at her studio in Aberdeen, in the North East and is inspired by her local landscape. She creates collections of jewellery, makes customer commissions and remodels in silver, gold, platinum and palladium.

https://www.meganfalconer.com

Julia Gardiner:

“Although my constructions reflect a minimalist sensibility the making process is far removed from the machine aesthetic of Minimalism as the paper forms are all hand-drawn, hand-cut, hand-coloured and hand glued. A large part of my time is taken up with the mundane but necessary production of hundreds of sheets of hand-made paper from old newspapers. I depend on the characteristics and irregularities that such rough paper pulp provides and these qualities deflect from the otherwise uniform nature of the basic material. Other works are constructed using manufactured white card where variation comes through the repetitive process of cutting the same shape, over, and over again".

https://juliagardiner.co.uk/

David Bellingham:

Artist and teacher in various media, born in Thornton Heath, south London, who studied at Glasgow School of Art, 1988–91, teaching there, 1991–9. In 2002 he was an Arts and Humanities Research Board Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. A catalogue of works, 1991–00, All Spare Parts, was published by the Kunsthaus Nürnberg, Germany, in 2001. Bellingham published books and editions through the imprint WAX366. He was a prolific exhibitor. Mixed shows included Cairn Gallery, Nailsworth, 1997; British Photography, Real, New York, America, 1998; R-cade, Print Studio, Glasgow, 1999; and Evolution Isn’t Over Yet, Lugar Comum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2000. Solo exhibitions included Tarnug at Kunsthaus, Nuremburg, Germany, and Measures, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, both 2000.