Coloured on a Flat

Coloured on a Flat exhibited abstract paintings in acrylic and oil. James Klyman-Mowczan came to his work in geometric abstraction through a series of four line portraits he had done in the early eighties. This has lead him to the question 'what is a line?'. He felt a line was a series of dots which led him to a dot being a circle, and then a vertical line incises the space. This has led him through to Cezanne's three basic forms of nature, the square, the circle, and the triangle and these realizations play an important part in his work. Surface and image work together in these paintings to provide an intense visual response from the viewer. His colour sense is simple but effective, refined and somber. His geometric form is crisp and taut. The paintings seem deceptively simple at first view but grow more and more complex upon viewing. They help to provide new insights into abstract painting.