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Landscape
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Kate Reeves-Edwards on William Mackenzie
Will Mackenzie paints the intersection between nature and humanity. His landscapes and still lives have a tension between wildness and human intervention. He is drawn to spaces which have ancient or modern human elements that intersect with the landscape, such as standing stones, weirs, canals, or ancient architecture. With his still lives, he is the intervening body: choosing flowers for aesthetic reasons and moving objects to create interesting dynamics. They are often of objects which have some personal significance, the arrangement speaking to a veiled conversation or relationship. Will’s training as a therapist has started to have significance in his work, as he discovers the connections he is making about himself reflected in his paintings. However, it is a more instinctive than over-analytical process. Will enjoys the materiality of paint, the contrast of texture, the accident which is encouraged as he abstracts his subjects. Painting is a place for him, somewhere he can feel free to paint exactly what he pleases.
Will Mackenzie paints the intersection between nature and humanity. His landscapes and still lives have a tension between wildness and human intervention. He is drawn to spaces which have ancient or modern human elements that intersect with the landscape, such as standing stones, weirs, canals, or ancient architecture. With his still lives, he is the intervening body: choosing flowers for aesthetic reasons and moving objects to create interesting dynamics. They are often of objects which have some personal significance, the arrangement speaking to a veiled conversation or relationship. Will’s training as a therapist has started to have significance in his work, as he discovers the connections he is making about himself reflected in his paintings. However, it is a more instinctive than over-analytical process. Will enjoys the materiality of paint, the contrast of texture, the accident which is encouraged as he abstracts his subjects. Painting is a place for him, somewhere he can feel free to paint exactly what he pleases.