Virtual gallery of Dave Green

Green Gallery is the virtual gallery of Dave Green. No physical gallery space exists however framed work or large canvas prints are regularly show in North Devon and beyond (see ‘what's on', bottom left for details of upcoming exhibitions).

Current Work

Dave's most recent work was made as an Art Trek residency at Broomhill Sculpture Park in June 2009. Here he reacquainted himself with the daylight sun print process he used for a ‘Year of the Artist' residency in the ‘National Forest' in 2001. The slideshow shows a workshop taking place and the images created through it. Click on the slideshow to learn more about this process.

Constructed Photographs

I had my first taste of freedom as a three year old, my Mum found me happy, with my tricycle, half a mile from the house at the local shops. From the age of seven I would walk a couple of miles away, across the fields, to the woods, or I'd ride my bicycle to Beacon Hill, enjoying the natural surroundings, watching the seasons, climbing trees and rock faces, finding interesting stones and observing the wildlife. On holiday, in Wales or the West Country, in an unfamiliar environment, it would be the same: On a family hike I would often go on ahead through the excitement of seeing what might be around the next corner or over the next hill, or I would get left behind, looking under stones for slow worms and lizards or finding the best way of crossing a stream that we didn't need to ford. At the beach I would go clambering over the rocks looking for that elusive hidden rock pool teaming with life or being the first person to tread over the sand and discover a cave. Both of my parents had enjoyed a similar childhood to mine, a childhood experienced by very few today.

The subject matter in these pictures hangs together by a thread; a thread used to stitch each individual image to the next. Originally, like many young photographers, I joined frames together in much the same style as the ‘joiners' that David Hockney popularised. Through the 1990's, a part of my practice was making camera-less images; a large picture was constructed through the side-by-side placing of many small pieces of photographic paper, translucent matter, like leaves, were placed on the paper under glass and exposed to light. Along-side this, using a 35mm film camera, I made photographs of up to six consecutive images which were then printed together on a 5x7inch enlarger; held together with the black frame, from the clear gelatine base, of the negative. A new Century brought the prominence of a new technology; digital camera, computer, Photoshop and printer, which allows me now to seamlessly stitch images together infinitely.

My photographic vision throughout has been constant. I see the world in wide-angle, I notice what is going on in the periphery. You can't put truth in a box, or put a neat fence around it, or confine it to a fraction of a second. I explore the whole and if there is too much to submit to memory, too much to contemplate or explain I'll explore the hole; just a part of it in great detail; a beach, a clearing in the forest, a City street corner, a cave.

The link connecting this diverse set of images is the singular vision of their making, through the constructing of many frames to make one image. I hope this will be a fascinating insight into my working practice as an artist who's moved with technology but without compromise.

Address and Phone Number

I would always encourage communication by email, but if you would prefer to write or phone my details are as follows:

Dave Green, Green House, Torridge St, Bideford, Devon EX39 4EF

01237 477789

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