Artist videos referenced in sketchbook:George Shaw

"One of the things that we try to do when are making images is to preserve - we are actually capturing things. I hope that over that long period of time of making that some of that concentration and that time spent gets soaked up. And my hope is that other people will share that sensation."

George Shaw. An artist I feel I truly relate to. 

Shaw paints realities, he doesn't glorify, doesn't overdo, he simply just paints what he knows. 

Estate of mine: Geroge Saw introduces The Sly and Unseen Day at Baltic: 

This clip shows Shaw preparing for his exhibition displaying 15 years worth of work. I think one of the exciting things about this exhibition is that time scale, for all the works have been produced at different moments of the artists life. He speaks of a particularly poignant painting of his which holds memories he holds vividly. The piece was fine at art college, he was told "it's a bit sentimental" to which he thought they spoke "as if there was something wrong with that." The sentiment and the atmosphere is part of what makes Shaw's work so delightful. 

Furthermore, the moments Shaw has captured must suggest so perfectly what the place is like. The times of day illustrated, paired with what is the subject of each painting make for such atmosphere.

Shaw painted this piece after his father's death and after the pub was closed down after a fire. He says it was a frequented place of his and one of the last places he and his father shared a drink. Again there is a lot of sentiment here and feeling, in when he decided to paint the piece. Shaw did not paint the pubs inside, nor when it was open (even from the outside), he waited until the demise of the pub and his father, painting an outsiders view of a burnt and closed down pub. The idea that it is such a significant piece to the artist makes it all the more interesting, particularly with knowledge of the backstory and more personal knowledge of the artist himself.