Works
Overview
My paintings are about my direct experience of the contemporary world. The images I’m drawn to are primarily urban - swimming pools, cafe bars, contemporary interiors, foreign cities, parks - often with an isolated figure or figures defining their personal space within a public environment. I want the overall ‘effect’ of the colour and light to be synthetic as well descriptive of a particular mood, time, space and place.
Originally from Maesteg, Gethin Evans studied Foundation at the Byam Shaw School of Art, a BA in Painitng at Camberwell School of Art, and an Higher Dipolma in Fina Art at Slade School of Art. He has lived and worked in London since then.
Early influences include Italian painters of the 14th and 15th Century, particularly the frescos of Masaccio and Piero Della Francesca that he encountered on a travelling award to Italy when studying at Camberwell School of Art. The modern and contemporary world of café bars, anonymous city streets and the people who inhabit them are the source material for narratives that hint at hidden storylines.