By Seren Howells
The Warburton Waterwheel is currently displaying the work of local artists and friends, Jenny Davis and Jerry Osadczuk, within the gallery.
Both contemporary landscapes and surrealism show The Wizardry of Oz in Osadczuk’s works on display this August while Jenny Davis’s exhibit of abstract colours and textures is inspired by abandoned buildings and underground spaces.
With different textures and mediums, Osadczuk communicates the wild landscapes and the unusual in his paintings.
Artist Jerry Osadczuk said this exhibition sort of follows on from what he does all the time, but he included quite a bit of his surrealist and abstract work as well.
“I don’t have any real things in mind when I start painting it’s kind of like I just start to put paint on canvas or on the MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard), I do both, and see whatever starts developing.” He said
“I’ll be doing like four or five paintings at the same time because a lot of my stuff is done on the ground in my garage.”
Jenni Davis expresses her art, called Wallmatter and Rustmatter, with abstract colour and concrete textured pieces inspired by the underground.
Her works explore derelict and abandoned buildings and she has drawn much of her inspiration from her time in France where she explored these sights.
Artist Jenny Davis said the concrete pieces are connected to an abandoned apartment block she saw in Paris.
“That kept coming into my head because there was also old torn clothing amongst of all the ruins and there were signs saying they were tearing down apartments for the needy,” she said.
Jenny is also interested in decay and renewal which she has expressed in her art on display and in her other works.
“I’m into decay and renewal and all that, and I buried fabrics underground for months at a time,” Ms Davis said.
Both artists have come together for this exhibition after being friends for many years, they are finally displaying their art side by side in this joint exhibition.
“With Jenny’s pure abstract, and I’ve kind of got some abstract stuff going into a little bit of landscape stuff and weirder stuff, but I think we both like textures and that’s where we get our more vibrance and depth,” Mr Osadczuk said.
This exhibition will be open daily from 10am to 4pm until the end of August, with free admission, in the Warburton Waterwheel gallery.
