MCM GALLERY PRESENTS JAMES COE

This body of work is a showcase of James Coe’s inventive and expressive approach to his colour driven style of figurative painting. His art draws heavily on personal photographs taken from travel and lifestyle experiences over the past twenty years. He also sources images from printed books, social media and independent cinema, with a focus on vibrant obscurity that may present an opportunity to create spontaneous variation between each painting. Coe’s work is inspired by the embodiment of charmed living, embracing experience both physically, spiritually and visually. As well as art that he looks at from other artists past and present.

These paintings have been produced in the past 18 months whilst in artist residency under the care of Charles Hinckfuss for MCM House. Through two lockdown periods of the pandemic, Coe has found new and explored existing methods and practices to create this collection of paintings in his own unique style. His choice of subject and composition is continually evolving but remains vibrant and colourful as he finds unpredictable ways for the viewer to feel his visions.