Chris Capper
Let the past fade
51×61cm oil on canvas
CHRIS CAPPER
Window table vase
on view in the gallery
26 July – 23 August 2025
all works in the exhibition
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Chris Capper’s meditative paintings offer a space for contemplation and reflection. His evocative compositions are careful considerations of form and space, yet are not committed to precise definition. Vibrant orbs imply flowers, while interiors are mapped in abstracted geometry, both recurring motifs throughout his works
Colour is harnessed as an emotional trigger; works bloom with a vibrant contrasting palette or are muted to convey a sense of sorrow about time passing, but with recognition for beauty and completeness. His paintings made in memorium are poignant with meaning through his deft touch.
Inhabiting a space between representation and formalist abstraction, Capper has a rare facility for the human condition that becomes poetic when he tells a story on canvas
Michael Hedger (excerpt from the catalogue essay for “Memorial, Icons and Signs”, The University Gallery, University of Newcastle)
