Dan Parry-Jones‘s work really excited us when we first saw it – impressively intense use of colour, beautifully patchy and degraded mark making, and some wonderfully illustrative figures. Here’s what he says…

“Dan’s paintings are all mixed media. The process involves working on wood , and building up layer upon layer of acrylic paint usually with a palette knife. Dan’s background in graphics inspired in him a love of typography and he often works collage into the paintings, with glimpses of signs, letters etc incorporated into the pieces.

As the work progresses, Dan will often scrape off or paint over large areas in order to preserve or emphasise the most important part of the image. Finally, Dan uses silk screen printing when adding detail such as the figures or buildings. Dan uses varnish as a top layer in order to fix any loose flakes of paint or paper in place and also to age the piece; which creates a contrast with the generally contemporary feel of the work.”