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.
Of empty greens
No place or time
And the dream
Always in quiet
Section XXI
Section VII
Untitled I
Here and Then
Over and above
On the road
Now and then
It is impossible
In the beginning
Call and return
At some point
Liminal Space
As an instant
Light Waiting
Act III
Act II
Act I
Time comes round
Falling corner
Corner stone
The light splits
Time flies
Flight time
Over fall
Hold Still
Side to Side
Ties that bind
Tomorrow falls
In the deep
Time and tide
Gossamer grey
Across the track
The sun phases
Long in the setting
Copyright 1934
Far from sea
Echoed the space
Here and now
The space echoed
Where we are going
Where we were
Of thin air
In sunlight speaking
Their blues dissolve
Seems so clear
Across the sounds
Time has made
Shade at least
Length of days
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
Nor yesterday running
They are flying
All the empty
Scar in the sky
Of something beautiful
Invisible air drifts