ADAM BOYD
Dread and Dream (solo exhibition)

Do not pull at the difficult head,
this teetering
bulb of dread and dream . . .
— Russell Edson

These paintings were made with limited hues and saturations of blue, an attempt to restrict the dizzying, stupefying palette.
Taking inspiration from new surroundings the works draw from watching the growth, death and ramblings of a garden with its debris and deluge, its need to expand and retract.
In these pictures populated by monsters and shadows, blue has become the colour of dream and memory.
Somewhere between sleep and wake, between a blink and the brink; a teetering of continuous scapes and saturated moods.
Dread and Dream is a new exhibition by Adam Boyd presenting oil and acrylic paintings on board and canvas.