Nathan joined us in the summer of 2021. Central to Nathan Eastwood’s painting practice and research is the re-examination of Kitchen Sink Realism, and Class Politics. Painted on primed gesso board, Eastwood’s paintings have their origin in snapshot photographs taken of his environment both, domestically and out and about that started in started in 2011 with a small painting of his staircase ‘Nook’ at his home. Since then, he has produced dozens of paintings with the same loaded melancholic atmosphere, such as Dave 2013, Passing By 2014 to Rock & Roll 2015 and Two’s Company Three’s A Crowd, 2017.

The artist has stated:

“I just want to paint life as I see it, everyday realism, the ordinary person (the proletariat) getting on with life; social realities. I use my camera phone and capture these fleeting moments which normally go unnoticed. The content is what I am concerned with, this is what I want to paint.”

These obsessive, intensely atmospheric and melancholic paintings operate within the conceptual framework of photo-realism, yet the works reveal loose brush marks and surface imperfections such as trapped dust and hair under a seemingly shiny surface. In this way the paintings are fictional rather than strictly photo-realistic.” My England (exhibition press release)

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