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.
Are shadows not
Time has made
Shade at least
Length of days
The shade whispers
To the borders
Falling from me
A sunray without
Six-sided painting 6
Six-sided painting 5
Six-sided painting 3
Scars the Sky
Deep the lake
Leaps and spirals
Heavy shadows fall
Thoughts no longer fly
Feels it's wings
A dream that vanished
The sky lowers
The sea you hear
In the memory
I fall apart III
I fall apart II
I fall apart I
The day smiled
Green the air
Full of shade
Their shadows long
Before the water
The open window
Pared the moon
Nor the rain
Tricks of radience
In slowly autumn
All things flowing
Brightens the sun
The fluent air
Nor yesterday running
Air falls softly
Upon the sand
They are flying
Light is borrowed
The water was slate
All the empty
So black the sky
Scar in the sky
Invisible air drifts