What’s unfolding. What’s forming. What lingers.
Here I share exhibition news, new work, and reflections from the studio and the field—notes on process, memory, and the shifting landscapes, both physical and internal, that shape the work.
I’ve been working on a couple of different projects recently, including this one. I’m looking at the Romans and the Greek (Hellenistic) influences on portraiture. The Romans were big on hybrid forms
I’m happy to announce that our new book and art cards for our exhibition ‘Squaring The Circles of Confusion: Neo-Pictorialism in the 21st century’, are now available from the Royal Photographic Society
On June 17th I did a practicle workshop exploring themes pertinent to artist Matthew Darbyshireʼs practice and inspired by his new public artwork Hercules Meets Galatea. With museums and collections closed for
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, not because of lock-down but mainly because I’ve been really busy with my MA Fine Art which will end in September 2021. As far
I’ve been working on my ‘Self-i’ project for the last few of months. last September I embarked on an MA Fine art degree `( I know – oldest student in town )
Squaring the Circles of Confusion; Neo-Pictorialism in the 21st century exhibition. This new exhibition, curated by Zelda Cheatle, celebrates the work of artists Takashi Arai, Susan Derges, David George, Joy Gregory, Tom
This is a gum bichromate print from my recent ‘Drive By’ series called ‘The Road To Debden’ I decided to leave some brush marks on the bottom of this image to reinforce
This is my first post on this domain name IanPhillipsMcLaren.com after running with ipmclaren.com for the last couple of years for my fine art photography work. Things were starting to get a
Some new gum prints shot down my lane, originally shot as digital, then printed CMY negatives, and printed as a gum bichromate print. The print is made up of 12 layers of
Two new Duotone prints from ‘In The Mist’ series. Printed on 24cmx32cm 140lb watercolour paper.
Gum bichromate prints: Two new prints, from ‘Drive By’ and ‘In The Mist’. Printed on watercolour paper.
The thick fog came over the fields down my lane. I had to go and capture them.
Fine Art Prints on Japanese paper: Some random prints that I made with the view to starting a project . These images are printed as Limited Edition handcrafted archival prints, on hand
Contemporary landscape photography: Some new images from thedrive by series. The Super Blood Wolf Moon shot on the 20th January 2019 – Some of these images would work really well as book
Custom Made Fine art prints: Happy New Year! Brand New Project; Driving around my immediate surroundings exploring the local landscape. The brooding clouds cut available light to near darkness, so in order
Alternative Processes
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