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Artist: John Reeve Contact:solihullartists@googlemail.com
Genre: Painting: Website:
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A graphic artist by profession I now work within two main portfolios apart from those moments of weakness when I succumb to a need to indulge myself in a very occasional portrait.

A lifelong interest in Natural history with an emphasis on invertebrates provides an endless opportunity for illustration. I am currently working on a project of "Lepidoptera in landscape" using watercolour and gouache, where I aim to combine accuracy of detail in the subject within a more painterly setting that exercises both skill and creativity for me.

 
   
In terms of creativity my most important body of work is a semiotic abstract series of pieces that I sometimes jokingly refer to as "my genetically modified images". Inspired by shapes from nature, musical icons and the human form. I then try to orchestrate my observations including any visual puns that come my way by the use of line. The original draft is often a lineal composite in black on tinted watercolour paper, some of which lend themselves to a limited print format. Images are then developed as mixed media at a larger scale where, if appropriate, I add a further dimension by the use of texture, occasionally encouraging bits of imagery to escape onto the frame.