Concerned with interior space, habitation and corporeal

 

The paintings and prints are composed of forms and spaces that reference Megalithic temples found on the Meditteranean islands of Malta and Gozo together with the remains of World War One sea defences found on the north east coast at Kilnsea, East Yorkshire.

 

These places share similarities, remains from a turbulent past, strong connections with the sea, holding forms that had been eroded or weathered to create sculptural ghosts, creating dramatic environments naturally.

 

Some of these spaces are hidden and have to be found, some are just off and under the street, others on lonely hillsides, some have still to be found, whilst others are been reclaimed by the sea. Ancient and modern architecture is juxtaposed and layered endeavouring to create internal
spaces.

 

Light enters these relics and shadows push great masses of concrete and sandstone to and fro, towards and against the tides. This fluidity of illumination is recorded in different ways.

Sean Mannion 2011