DANIEL PREECE'S SOLO EXHIBITION: HYMN TO HOME
DANIEL PREECE'S SOLO EXHIBITION: HYMN TO HOME
'Hymn to Home' is a solo show of work by Daniel Preece celebrating London, his muse and his home until 2018. This selection of twenty works created over the last 20 years ranges from vast panoramas to intimate studies of shop fronts and overlooked corners composed in his distinct colour palette. We are taken on a journey through deserted city streets at day and night - we peer through shop windows one moment and soar above the city the next.
'Hymn to Home' is a solo show of work by Daniel Preece celebrating London, his muse and his home until 2018. This selection of twenty works created over the last 20 years ranges from vast panoramas to intimate studies of shop fronts and overlooked corners composed in his distinct colour palette. We are taken on a journey through deserted city streets at day and night - we peer through shop windows one moment and soar above the city the next.
'My intention is to encourage the viewer to consider the city differently and I hope lead them to reassess their daily surroundings with a different eye.’
'My intention is to encourage the viewer to consider the city differently and I hope lead them to reassess their daily surroundings with a different eye.’
This feels particularly poignant in the midst of a pandemic when we cannot interact with the city and each other as we once did. Indeed seven of the works on show were painted over the course of 2020. Daniel’s atmospheric paintings are devoid of people, a narrative is hinted at and themes of isolation and consumerism recur. Of course each viewer may see the scene differently - a celebration of the city, of colour, perhaps post apocalyptic or an escape. For Daniel it is always an opportunity to explore issues of geometry and colour and the boundaries between abstraction and figuration.
This feels particularly poignant in the midst of a pandemic when we cannot interact with the city and each other as we once did. Indeed seven of the works on show were painted over the course of 2020. Daniel’s atmospheric paintings are devoid of people, a narrative is hinted at and themes of isolation and consumerism recur. Of course each viewer may see the scene differently - a celebration of the city, of colour, perhaps post apocalyptic or an escape. For Daniel it is always an opportunity to explore issues of geometry and colour and the boundaries between abstraction and figuration.
‘The best paintings for me show you something you haven’t seen before; it’s about the artist finding a new way of describing something but allowing the viewer to come to some of their own conclusions.’
‘The best paintings for me show you something you haven’t seen before; it’s about the artist finding a new way of describing something but allowing the viewer to come to some of their own conclusions.’
Panorama 3 (From Angel Court)
Panorama 3 (From Angel Court)
oil on canvas, 2014, 122 x 310cm unframed
oil on canvas, 2014, 122 x 310cm unframed
£15,000
£15,000
Panorama 2 (From Angel Court)
Panorama 2 (From Angel Court)
oil on canvas, 2008, 122 x 244cm unframed
oil on canvas, 2008, 122 x 244cm unframed
£15,000
£15,000
Three Windows (Angel Court)
Three Windows (Angel Court)
2006, oil on canvas, 122 x 244cm unframed
2006, oil on canvas, 122 x 244cm unframed
£15,000
£15,000
River (Thames at Dusk)
River (Thames at Dusk)
2017, oil on canvas, 100 x 130cm unframed
2017, oil on canvas, 100 x 130cm unframed
£5,400
£5,400
Canary Wharf From The Roof
Canary Wharf From The Roof
2002, oil on canvas, 51 x 75cm unframed,
2002, oil on canvas, 51 x 75cm unframed,
52 x 76cm framed in a wooden frame painted white
52 x 76cm framed in a wooden frame painted white
£2,200
£2,200
Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf
2003, oil on board, 25.5 x 25.5cm
2003, oil on board, 25.5 x 25.5cm
£800
£800