His work engages in processes of collage and painting, through digital and physical mediums. Abstraction, narrative and representation are constantly revolving, as the distinctions between elements move in and out of perceptions. Themes vary and evolve, but connote to personal feelings and interpretations, lying between individual and cultural memories. He states, “A gesture can not only reveal truths, tensions and mysteries; but they can also hide from us, open up, or take hold of you." Creating matted layerings and windows, that obscure what was once there; to flicker between meanings and aesthetics.
Biography
Jack Whitelock is a painter currently based in Edinburgh, originally from Hull. He completed a BA in painting at the Edinburgh College of Art in 2020, and is now a graduate artist in residence at the Leith School of Art.
He has appeared in recent group shows at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, the Freelands Foundation Gallery, London and Fruitmarket Gallery, Hull.
