GLEN PAUL MENDES
MY WORK IS AN EXPLORATION OF MARK MAKING BOTH MY OWN AND OTHERS
I work with photography and video, drawings are in ink markers paintings are acrylic marker paint pens.
Mark making that capture's the essence of city life" a poem hidden in lines
I dRAW I pAINT I tAKE pICTURES.
Glen Graduated (2017) at UAL Wimbledon with BA Hon's Fine Art-Painting visual media. His 2012-15 tutors were Katie Pratt ,Jennet Thomas, Derek Harris Nelson Diplexico and Zoe Smithson.
illustration & visual media. His tutor was Jannet Wooley
Current Influences. A R Penck Jose Parla ,Saul Leiter, Keith Harring Diego Tirigall
I travelled to Mexico and under mystic guidance and connected to a Universal Consciousness
Attending the SLADE summer school (2022) Encouraged in the use of experimentation as a tool in making work. Glen states his art practice has now evolved into a state of finishing and currently derives inspiration from the City of London in the format of Photographs, Transfer-photomontage, limited edition prints and original drawing paintings.
Statement
I have developed an art style from simple line work. and is an exploration of Mark Making
“I am a conceptual artist working both on location and at home, my artwork originates from ecological and urban explorations of mark making”.
My process involves mark-making concepts and I paint onsite, using touch drawing similar to jackson pollock's method working upon the land and on walls by combining the marks I find on location within my own art. Working outside is a very appealing technique I have named as hunting magic.
I have travelled to South America, Mexico and Spain and during walks throughout London. I have made notes taking photographs during many urban explorations that are documented and sketched, capturing lines and markings discovered on walls, in tunnels, and along travel routes. And discovered projected artworks.
During art school I questioned the meaning of my own marks and symbols, wondering if my artistic language was somehow broken. Determined to find the true authentic me Through introspection, I realized these marks could be a gateway to a liminal, trance-like state of creative flow.
