One Struggle
'Cardiff Bay, Tiger Bay. The heat of the summer, the turmoil of the docks. The sweat, the dirt, the blood. It is all hands to the task. The ship heavily laden with coal awaiting departure to lands beyond. The profit of the Valley's coal mines being registered in the Harbour Master's ledger.
One last load to make the cargo complete. But it is the hardest load, the load that needs to be hoisted the furthest and highest. The load that needs the strength, the determination and the coming together of all. Sailors of different backgrounds united in their quest to overcome the toughest of difficulties, to pay for their food, their rent, and their families future.
"One Struggle" represents not only the struggle of where the people came from in search of work and a newfound existence, but is also a reflection of the multi cultures of Cardiff Bay and the families that now live side by side as ancestors of the very first sailors who travelled to and found their roots in what was then known as Tiger Bay'
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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