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Artist Statement
Edward Crumpton’s practice synthesizes the Post-Impressionists’ interest of the great outdoors and the Land Artists’ approach to travel and materialise work within the land. Walking and engaging in the landscape is a great generator of ideas and Edward communicates these concepts in the form of pictorial diaries. The walking he performs creates a personal historical journey which he interplays natural materials and mark-making techniques into his drawing and paintings.
Edward encompass’ larger, more composed studio-based work that reflects upon the journey and uses his sketchbooks as methodical steps in tracing back the senses and experiences in the landscape. His work analyses the space of the picture and uses colour and layers to produce atmosphere, mood and lighting that can be shown as a captured moment: as if one moves from one scene to the next.
