Study For Ghosts Of Extinction Come To View Man's Creation

My works are invented psychological mindscapes. Taking inspiration from a variety of interests including anthropology, geometry and psychology, I create uncanny dystopian imagery that reflects a belief in the power of art to provoke enquiry. My work explores space and personal symbols challenging perceptions by presenting the ordinary in an unfamiliar way. There are contradictions at play: humanity and the artificial; the banal and the extraordinary. Some elements are cold and hard-edged, others are humane and tender. Figures or animals find themselves in an uncompromising and bleak arena. Ladders, steps, arches, holes and other motifs punctuate the picture plane. There is stillness but it is deceptive, implying a precarious and fragile existence. Transformation awaits but everything stays lodged in its rigid place. The use of perspective - travel into space - implies the impossibility of time passing without action.

The news media, traditional assumptions and society’s belief structures raise questions about our ability to judge our place in the everyday experience. My work endeavours to address the problem of how to represent the uncertain and precarious nature of our reality.

The Golden Ratio is inherent in the work to invoke questions around beauty and aesthetics; the subjective and the absolute. Traditional principles of drawing spatial depth are employed as analogies of social constructs that we have learned to accept but do not completely trust.

Kenneth's work was made for this exhibition and is part of our silent auction, proceeds from the highest bid will go to Greenpeace.