Cornelius Wright

Bringing the outdoors indoors I want to make our immediate natural environment more accessible, I want my paintings to help the viewer look at their surroundings with similar curiosity and making the mundane more amplified in such things as moss, undergrowth and fungus. I want to explore the complex relationship between representation and abstraction, challenging traditional artistic boundaries.
I believe that encountering art can be transformative experience, offering individuals the opportunity to reflect on their own lives, thoughts and emotions.
Its significant to engage with art beyond aesthetic appreciation, needing to physically engage with the art at first hand and have an immersive experience.
I want to engage viewers in a dialogue and encourage them to question and contemplate their perceptions.
Still employing the flow and ebb of poured paint, waiting for the element of chance to play its role and decipher what emerges into an interpretation of the source of inspiration is still at the root of what I do.
I am now more settled on my closest surroundings, having found a wealth of inspiration in my immediate environment is liberating and I want to make this accessible and inclusive to others through my work.