Working from personal photography and found images, Punnett utilises the effects of reproduction and pixelation on a painterly aesthetic. Within geometric abstractions, he plays on the impermanence of form, examining spaces observed or remembered or perhaps, irrationally desired; conveying an attempt to understand and internalize perception and experience, whilst reflecting on a sense of modern day anxiety.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Dermot Punnett was born in 1980 on the island of St. Vincent. He received his BFA from Falmouth College of Arts in 2004. Punnett went on to receive his MFA from Bath Spa University in 2007. His work is informed by studies in psychology, psychedelia, medieval art and the esoteric with imagery inspired by medieval, alchemical and visionary art of early manuscripts and  modern reinterpretations of folklore. His paintings are an amalgamation of landscape, body, symbol and painterly abstraction. They are the crystallised impressions of an interior mythos connected to landscape, elemental nature and notions of soul. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including Charlie Dutton Gallery and A.P.T Gallery in London. He has also been featured in Arc magazine, a Caribbean contemporary arts publication and is currently represented by Tarpey Gallery in the UK and Nuedge Gallery in Barbados.