Simon Ogden

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Tangerine Moon
Linoleum and mixed media on board
930 x 930 mm
181108 SO Tangerine Moon 930 x 930
Alice, Mixed Media
Simon Ogden
Framed (760 x 760 mm)
181108 SO Alice 760 x 760
Arch Green Centre, Mixed media
Simon Ogden
181108 SO Arch Green Centre 760 x 760
Macedon, Mixed media
Simon Ogden
Framed (760 x 760 mm)
181109 SO Macedon 760 x 760
Gentle Drape Yellow >/br> Mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
2000 x 1200 mm
181109 SO Gentle drape yellow 2000 x 1200
Cloud, Mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
Framed 1200 x 1200 mm
181109 SO Cloud 1200 x 1200
The Moon is Always Yours
Mixed Media on canvas
Simon Ogden
Framed 880 x 930
181109 SO the moon is always yours 930 x 880mm
Swing, Oil paint and charcoal on linen
Simon Ogden
Framed 710 x 710 mm
181109 SO Swing 710 x 710
Blue Rise, Yellow Fall, MIxed media on linen
Simon Ogden
610 x 470 mm
181109 SO blue rise yellow fall  610 x 470mm
Oil Black Sea with Blue, Mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
610 x 470 mm
181109 SO oil black sea with blue 610 x 470mm
Buoy, mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
510 x 410 mm
181109 SO Buoy 510 x 410mm
Tangerine Blue, mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
410 x 410 mm
181109 SO tangerine blue. 410 x 410mm
Untitled I, mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
300 x 400 mm
181109a SO Untitled 1 400 x 300
Untitled II, Mixed media on canvas
Simon Ogden
300 x 400 mm
181109 SO Untitled 2 400 x 300

LINES FROM A SONG – Simon Ogden

It is a great pleasure to be able to show a range of works produced over the last decade or so in a gallery that presents itself as a domestic environment, not unlike my own home where I am constantly shifting my works and those of others as a visual trigger.

It is interesting – I believe – to be able to offer an overview of my practice and how this practice underpins the formal relationships between one work and another in this exhibition.

I have always moved across painting, collage, object-making, design, printmaking, photography and drawing in many ways. Each of these areas of creative activity reinforces and extends the possibilities of my continuing practice. I am an avid collector of materials, an obsessive viewer of environments, surfaces, histories and forms. And I love the transformative power of art.

Whether the work is almost entirely abstract (and – of course – all works are in reality) or more figuratively narrative (in other words, telling a story of some kind), it is the choreography of forms, symbolisms and media that gives meaning to each and all of them. Together, the works on show can be viewed as a continual exploration of pictorial narratives, figure and ground relationships, experiences and travels.