Julian Wakelin

Julian Wakelin's paintings are both heavily worked and playfully spontaneous in equal measure. Through a combination of subtle layering and gestural flare the paintings evoke the early heydays of expressive abstraction, yet on closer inspection his work reveals and questions the extent to which the activity of painting itself has become self-referential, where the final spirit of painting, the act itself, has now become paramount.

Recent exhibitions include: Departure Lounge, Terrace, London (2007), John Moores 24, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2006), Sidelonging, Neon Gallery, London (2005), Talking Painting (2-person show) Vertigo Gallery London (2002)