Nigel Mason
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without them 'fighting' with the background." He builds up a series of different tonemarks, letting themnibble at shapes to create the figures. "These brushmarks aremy personal calligraphy, giving a sense of movement and an expressive quality. I also let the background define the figure and the figure define the background so that they are an integratedwhole and nothing feels superimposed." Nigel alsomakes a point of never delineating features. "By leaving facial expressions undefined, viewers can freelymake their own associations and tap into personal emotions andmemories." BIGGERONTHE INSIDE The scenes and figures in Nigel's collection draw inspiration fromhismemories of growing up in 1950s Yorkshire as well as from theMediterranean. ' Swing ' and ' HoolaHoop ', for example, evoke nostalgic times when
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