EscapeArtMagazine Issue 3 - "What does it mean to be free?"

What does it mean to be free?

HYMN TOWARD LIGHT

“Of course, I want you to be happy more than anything!” 51

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Heaton studied and worked as a graphic designer for two years, returning to study fine art at
Salford & Manchester.

52 “How can I help you?”

What does it mean to be free?

A QUIET HISTORY
oil & 19th century book pages on birch cradled panel

Dan looked at his father... 53

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ECHOES ANSWER
oil & 19th century book pages on birch cradled panel

54 he took a deep breath

What does it mean to be free?

Heaton’s
work challenges
our pre-conceived
familiarity with the
environment that surrounds
us, our placement within it & the
permanence of memories we access to
reflect on and balance our lives. Natural form,
structure and colour are broken down into basic
constructs, rearranged and reordered to resonate
outside the normal frequency, offering an alternative
viewpoint & a deeper subconscious understanding, a
quiet approach to the often misplaced and overlooked
beauty hidden within. Heaton’s artworks ask us to slow down
and start to consider our surroundings more carefully so we can
develop an individual take on a world we look at, but seldom see.

and said: 55

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NATURAL RHYTHM

56 “I would like 2 elastic bands, please.”

What does it mean to be free?

Heaton is represented by Saul Hay Gallery, a solo exhibition of his work was held in 2019 ‘Composed from
Silence’ curated by Art Historian Sara Riccardi.

DIVISIONS OF UNITY

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GHOSTS WILL BUILD THEIR NESTS IN YOUR FUTURE

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What does it mean to be free?

Working together, Steven and Sara have spent over a year visiting
exhibitions in and around Manchester, with lengthy discussions at
the artist’s studio. They have been recording their conversations on
various points in history, technique and lifestyle from the Renaissance,
the Dutch Golden Age of painting, Bauhaus, Abstract Expressionism
to the contemporary, on how all these influences inform our outlook
and, more importantly, on the possibility of finding the silence
beneath the surface that connects everything and everyone together.
Through her regular studio visits, Riccardi has been present throughout
the process of developing this new body of work, witnessing various
stages of the pieces being realised, from initial sketchbook entries,
collage ideas to the final works, offering constructive insights,
art historical knowledge, guidance and inspiration to the artist.
The body of work Heaton has created, inspired by their conversations,
exhibition visits and studio time together has been carefully selected and
curated by Riccardi; along with various materials, tools, books, sketches
and excerpts of recordings, it will form the exhibition ‘Composed from
Silence’, showing the creative, collaborative process and its results.
Not just an art exhibition, but an exhibition about how art is made.

Heaton has been exhibited worldwide, America, Canada
and Athens with work in private collections: the New Light

Collection & The GMC of Commerce.

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