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Artist Jake Wood-Evans seen at Unit Gallery

05/02/2018

I can’t explain the appeal of paint – it just gets me and I stand there gawping, jaw agape, occasionally uttering “ooohh” before remembering where I am (usually a public place).

Paintings by Jake Wood-Evans have been known to have that effect on me. His show at Unit Gallery was filled with lush classically-inspired oil paintings.
Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks

Yes, I get the grand master classical references, but for me the magic is in his application of paintTransitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline BanksThe light, spaces and bare areas and their interrelationship. Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks The whole point of course, is that this can’t be expressed in words. If it could there would be no need to paint.Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks Transitions by Jake Wood-Evans. Photo by Caroline Banks

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