INTRODUCTION
My involvement with The Alman Dramatic Club dates from 2010 and since then I have designed and helped build 37 sets. A big commitment! I had been interested in the club for decades but resisted becoming involved until I wound down my ceramic sculpture production. The problems of designing interesting sets on a small stage I found intriguing. For me, working with the Alman brings together my disparate interests in design, sculpture, ceramics and painting. Where else would I get to do paintings the same size as “Guernica”, make chimney pots or a stag’s head or construct classical columns and revolving bookcases? My work as an artist has always centred on the human figure and for this series of paintings it struck me that I had to hand a large collection of images from my past productions which involve the figure but with costume, lighting, setting, emotion and character – drama! What could be better? There was also the point to get across that amateur dramatics is a serious endeavour which offers an outlet for creative people of all the arts, people who strive to do their very best and achieve great things. This series of paintings has set me on a course concentrating on character and psychology in the portrait.
Walter Awlson
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