James Howe

I spent many years in the film industry working on feature films inlcuding cult movies such as Blade Runner and Local Hero.  I aso worked on many TV productions including the award-winning drama 'Conspiracy' starring Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci.  Painting has always had an important role in my life but I am now able to devote more time to it.

I consider my paintings to be objects of mood and time.  I enjoy the play between the abstract and the figurative, an element not always discernible.  I work instinctively, sometimes manipulating the accident to maximise the element of surprise, particularly in relation to shape and colour - as the images develop from this interplay I relish the texture and fluidity of the paint.  My work is executed briskly but over a long period of time, until I feel I have arrived upon an image whereby all this histore is encapsulated in the moment.