Lock paints viscerally. Using blowtorches and electric sanders as well as the brush, he ages and wears his canvasses down, making them seem all the more natural. At its core, his work conveys the passage of time; colours, movement and characters that are half-recalled, uncertain.
Lock earned his MA in Fine Art and MA in Art History from Edinburgh University in 1997, graduating with honours.
parallel white
Gossamer grey
Across the track
The sun phases
Long in the setting
Copyright 1934
Far from sea
Echoed the space
Here and now
In this place
The space echoed
Where we are going
Where we were
Black the hills
Of thin air
Indigo Series III
Indigo Series II
Rain and the air
Dreams that went
With no lines
There is no end
Their blues dissolve
Sinks the sun
Seems so clear
Like light rays
Drag the sea
And the calm
Across the sounds
Time has made
Shade at least
Length of days
Falling from me
A sunray without
Scars the Sky
Deep the lake
Heavy shadows fall
Thoughts no longer fly
Feels it's wings
A dream that vanished
I fall apart II
Full of shade
Before the water
Tricks of radiance
Brightens the sun
Nor yesterday running
Upon the sand
They are flying
The water was slate
All the empty
So black the sky
Scar in the sky
Of something beautiful
Invisible air drifts