Brian Elwell

My recent work is inspired by the rapidly changing urban landscape of London and New York, The intention is to convey the sense of excitement engendered by conditions of light, space, scale and reflection resulting from the transitory environment of the city.  Integral to the meaning of the work are the many different processes I use in creating the images. Some of the techniques involved include stencilling, printing, erasing and glazing in order to build up a layered surface which encompasses both organic and geometrical elements. Computor-aided manipulation and recombination of images also provides a fertile technique generating new and unexpected ideas.  At best the combination of these strategies involving re-invention, risk taking and unpredictability evokes the transitory nature of the subject itself.