Paul Morrison

Biography

"I'm interested in cognitive landscape, the terrain that one sees, somewhere behind the eyes."

Paul Morrison was born in 1966 in Liverpool, UK. He obtained his BA in Fine Art at the Sheffield City Polytechnic, Sheffield and later attended Goldsmiths College, London for a PG DIP in Fine Art, an MA in Fine Art, and a PhD. Paul Morrison is internationally renowned for his bold graphic-style monochrome paintings, site-specific wall paintings, sculptures and films. His work is constructed from a wide array of disparate found imagery scanned into a computer and then modified before being realised in different formats. About these dramatic scale shifts and uncanny juxtapositions Paul Morrison says: ‘I’m interested in cognitive...

Works

Paul Morrison
First Light (Study, Gold), 2013
24 carat Gold and Acrylic on linen
40 x 30 cm
15 11/16 x 11 12/16 in
Paul Morrison
First Light (Study, White), 2013
24 carat Gold and Acrylic on linen
40 x 30 cm
15 11/16 x 11 12/16 in
Paul Morrison
Anacardium, 2011
24 carat gold leaf and acrylic on linen
127 x 183 cm
50 x 72 1/16 in
Paul Morrison
Sonnenlicht, 2013
24 carat gold leaf and acrylic on linen
40 x 30 cm
15 11/16 x 11 12/16 in
Paul Morrison
Anthocarp, 2007
painted aluminium galvanised steel base
263 x 220 x 2.5 cm
103 8/16 x 86 9/16 x 0 15/16 in
Paul Morrison
Moor, 2000
acrylic on canvas
274 x 183 cm
107 13/16 x 72 1/16 in
Paul Morrison
Topocline, 2005
painted aluminium & galvanised steel base
266 x 227.3 x 140.3 cm
104 11/16 x 89 7/16 x 55 3/16 in
Paul Morrison
Night Mist, 2014
acrylic on canvas
38 x 50.5 x 3.5 cm
14 15/16 x 19 14/16 x 1 6/16 in