Birds of Paradise
Fine art giclée print on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag. Limited edition of 100.
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Artist's Statement
I found this scene near Smithfield Market in London. In general, I'm inclined to work on reducing compositions into simpler architectural forms. However, the contrasting black and white tiled floor and vivid architectural plants in this image jumped out as a ready-made composition. There was relatively little abstraction from the original photo capture.
Biography
After studying architecture at Nottingham University, Ross Cunningham has worked in the London creative industry for over twenty years, with a primary focus on identity design and architectural photography. Ross continues to work internationally, having returned to live in his native Belfast in 2016. In his painting practice, the commercial influences of a rigorous approach to composition are evident, along with the use of strong graphical elements. Pre-production workflow is often carried out digitally, using skills developed in commercial design practice.
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About the artist
Ross Cunningham
Ross Cunningham has worked in the creative industry for over twenty-five years. After studying architecture, he moved into commercial graphic design and went on to establish a London-based design agency in 2009. Since then, he has worked across a range of sectors, operating as lead creative director on various international brand identity programmes.
This background informs his painting practice, where bold graphic elements and a strong sense of architectural form are evident in the compositions. Works are often developed through a considered pre-production process, combining traditional sketching with digital methods refined through years of commercial design practice.
Influenced heavily by the modernist art movements of the twentieth century, of particular interest is the threshold between abstraction and representation, specifically the tension between an expressive painterly freedom and an underpinning architectural order.
Having grown up on the Northern Irish coastline, Cunningham frequently draws subject matter directly from the sea. A sense of escapism runs through much of the work, whether expressed through nostalgic references or through the exploration of iconic and faith-related narratives.