Artist Statement:

I feel I have common, reoccurring themes with in my work. Process and form are fundamental aspects, I often work with materials other than paint. I work from functional objects that for me have an aesthetic quality in terms of space/texture/form such as organ pipes, a 'Go' Board or as with more recent work, working from neolithic axe heads and ships hulls.

I feel I have an affinity with the beauty & simplicity of these objects. The process is the most important stage in my artwork. There is no specific time frame to a body of work. However a body of work will develop and diversify into different mediums when and where it is appropriate. I often work in a High Tec/Low Tec manor switching between a computer screen to a hammer & saw, (an aspect I wish to explore further).

For me, once produced, the end piece of art work has less value and importance than the actual process of creation. There is a sense of irony with my work, in that I take beautiful functional objects, and manipulate them, removing their functionality and returning them to a purely aesthetic state.

Oliver Reed (B.A. Hons), MFA

Edinburgh College of Art – Fine Art 1997-1999, teach part-time at Edinburgh College of Art.