9:13
'He reached down once more, his back aching from days of digging, his hands ripped to shreds from the sense of urgency that encased the whole of the village. An outsider, but a welcomed one, as the hours rolled into days, and days etched into memories.
A glint of a reflection caught his eye as he pulled an object from beneath the bricks and dirt. Brushing the black slurry from its face, he froze. It stared back into his soul. A moment caught by time.
The hands at rest, their movement lost, quietened by the sudden impact. He raised it to the sunlight. 09:13. The day the village stood still.'
Ian Mackenzie
Ian Mackenzie is an artist based in South Wales. He works in rich detailed oils on canvas. He has a unique eye for colour and precision and as such many of his paintings represent a photorealism style.
Ians influence to paint comes from the study of the subject, the emotion involved and the interaction with the surrounding environment.
Many of his commissioned pieces have enthused not only the recipient, but also the painter himself by the overwhelming emotion of their positive reaction.
Ian says "this reaction drives me to achieve more. In the first instance art allows me the escape we all desire. But it is the journey of creating a piece of art for someone else that intrigues me giving consideration to the response of the recipient come the final brush stroke"
His work is influenced by the contemporary paintings of Mitch Griffiths, closely followed by Mathieu Bassez and Istvan Sandorfi. He is also an admirer of the master of light and dark, Caravaggio.
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