Observing my own creativity – how much was cognitive and how much unconscious– has fostered a fascination with its nature and its source.  Attempting to analyze my intuitive side and direct it to fuel all of my work is at the center of my creative process.

The sculptural work has included found objects and figures and is currently centered primarily in a series of globes.  Metal work, while allowing for a dramatic increase in scale, has also necessitated the use of mathematics, measuring, marking and other trappings of accuracy which I otherwise happily avoid.  Recently I’ve introduced plasma cut designs, marking the return of the looseness of my drawing hand.

My paintings have evolved from working loosely with the figure in watercolour on paper, to expressionistic figurative oil on canvas and have landed firmly in a pool of non-objective acrylic paint.

roy.hickling@sympatico.ca
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EXHIBITION
April’s “group of seven” at the Mad and Noisy gallery will examine how the juxtaposition of imagery can create a story or vice versa, how incorporated text can work to evoke memories or create a picture within each viewer’s mind.  Through mediums of encaustic, metal, paint, textiles and assemblage, this exhibition ultimately reveals the sequential nature of our existence and the interconnectedness or global reality of our society today.  We invite you to take in this narrative collection of works that celebrate the art of storytelling and the technologies with which artists choose to communicate our truths or fantasies.