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Mike Janes worked for 25 years as a builder. In his mid forties he obtained a BA (Hons) Fine Art in Context from the University of the West of England.
Drawing upon his years of experience as a manual worker, Mike works now mainly using building materials such as concrete, stone, wood, bitumen etc. He creates works both for interior and exterior from his studio located in a spectacular former quarry in Weston-super-Mare.
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STATEMENT
My background in the building industry is the greatest influence on me as an artist.
I am directed by the challenge of creating vibration and movement in a static medium, and the work reflects the concept of manual work as a sub-conscious art-making. Through colour, texture and the use of traditional building materials, I explore some of these scientific and philosophical interpretations in an abstract form.
I believe in vision and process. I render ideas through the tactile embrace of materials such as concrete, bitumen, tarmac, render, plaster, paint, clay and stone. The materials speak for themselves and the works are resolved through a process of addition and subtraction. The result is often a transformed silhouette of a flat image into a three-dimensional statement.
The essence of my work is simplicity simplicity of line and curvilinear form, the simplicity of perceived fluid working motions.
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