Amelia’s Magazine | Tales of the Unexpected

Category: Art

Amanda Doran, Rainbow Poodle
Amanda Doran, Rainbow Poodle

Eschewing the limited and oppositional categories of ‘bad painting’ or ‘outsider art’, Tales of the Unexpected at the Transition Gallery reflects an attitude to painting that deliberately sidesteps the standards of good taste to challenge the conventionally acceptable by engaging playful means, instinctive logic and/or unselfconscious excess.

Stuart Pearson Wrigh, Olympian
Stuart Pearson Wrigh, Olympian

Irreverent content, a disregard for accurate representation and rejection of conventional subjects result in intensely personal and liberated paintings that are potent with suggestion and unpredictable appeal.

Kathleen Thompson, Drone
Kathleen Thompson, Drone

Each bold piece hints at a back-story, often with sinister or wryly comedic undertones, that combine or antagonise to produce multiple twisted Tales of the Unexpected.

Boudicca Collins, Tortoisetime
Boudicca Collins, Tortoisetime