Portraits and party pics from a recent job.... Contact me via pennydampier@gmail.com for rates and availability.
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Monday, 15 December 2014
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Friday, 26 September 2014
Fragments (of Suburbia)
Here are a few of the slides I'll be showing at the Community Arts Event https://www.facebook.com/events/1528865060676123/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming tomorrow.....
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Another chance to see....
This Saturday, 27th of Sept I will be showing some of my previous work in a group show and community arts day. Details of the event are at https://www.facebook.com/events/1528865060676123/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
"Blue Rooftops" (from the series 'Traces') 2012.
Some of the pictures, and the slideshow were first shown in the 'Suburban Light' show at Doomed Gallery in November 2012.
Here is an excerpt of Jack
Zulu's excellent review of our show, originally published on the 9th of
November 2012. Check out his blog at www.jackzulu.wordpress.com
"This meeting point between
the absence of presence and the presence of absence is undeniably one of my
favourite things about Suburban Light. There is something very remarkable about
the absence of presence which causes your mind to run wild. We as humans need
to fill in the blank, place things in boxes and generally be able to identify
and define so whenever we encounter a scenario where that is difficult or far
less than viable it forces our neurones into hyperdrive. It is for this reason
that a piece by Penny Dampier has etched its way into my mind with
ease. Her images had this unfocused shimmering appearance to them which made
everything feel like the apparition of a fading memory. You know when you wake
from a dream and you instantly begin to lose the image which was so very vivid
just a moment ago, but the more you try to hold it the more hazy it becomes?
That aching moment just before it vanishes. I can’t say that this is what she
was trying to achieve, but this is certainly what I felt from it. There is a
small white frame near the back end of the room filled with blue. I know that
is not a very strong description but it is apt and the image is beautiful. I
look at it and I feel like I am drowning. Sinking beneath the waves, looking up
at the fading white light of the distorted sun and you could argue that doesn’t
particularly sound like a beautiful thing, but I implore you to stand in front
of this image and not love it. This is the power of absence."
Couldn't have put it better myself.... and yes that is exactly what I was trying to achieve as it happens..
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Alexander Costello's Making Progress
A few pics of Alexander Costello (friend and most excellent artist) in his performance art piece which won the Royal British Society of Sculptors' Sculpture Shock 2014 Ambulatory residency. See http://sculptureshock.rbs.org.uk/ambulatory for more details.
From Camden.......
....to Clapton...
Tuesday, 9 September 2014
Walthamstow Garden Party 26th & 27th July 2014
A bit late, but here are some pics from the fantastic Walthamstow Garden Party....
Loads more on https://www.flickr.com/photos/106281438@N06/
Loads more on https://www.flickr.com/photos/106281438@N06/
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