Paul Ledington

Digital artist. Born UK 1950, Australian citizen. Live and work in the Redlands [Brisbane] (Quandamooka country). First career as a management systems academic.

I develop 'Digital Constructions' which generate digital images. Constructions are made up of lines, colours, shapes organised in 'layers'. Depending on the settings in the structure each construction can generate a 'Cluster' of images. This is an expression of 'Repetition and Variation' which is a fundamental concept of 'Digital Art'.

Overall, my work is aimed at the notion of 'Digital Abstraction', the way 'The Digital' and 'The Image' mutually develop each other.

My practice is varied developing both still and moving-image artworks on computer. I focus on using everyday desktop software, particularly Procreate (software) running on an Ipad equipped with an apple pen.

An Ipad is an expensive pencil and paper, so I explore what the technology can do really well and how it can be pushed beyond conventional ideas of drawing, painting, or photography to express ideas in interesting and innovative ways. I see my works as being 'Digital Visual Constructions' which develop through a series of 'What happens if?' questions until new and unexpected ideas begin to arise from...

Master of Visual Arts (MVA) from Queensland College of Art (QCA) Griffith University 2022.

MA in Systems In Management, Lancaster University 1981
Phd Systems and Organisational Behaviour, Lancaster University 1989

Finalist,, the-47th-rio-tinto-qal-martin-hanson-memorial-art-awards, 22/10/2022. - 28/1/2023, digital moving image

Graduation exhibition 2022, 17-25th November 2022, Webb Gallery, QCA, digital moving image, digital prints, paintings.

'Emerging' Eco-Abstract Art , Paul Ledington and Bev Shields, Dunn Exhibition Gallery, Redland Museum, 26/2/2023 - 10/402023, digital moving image and digital prints

Finalist, Harold and Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize, Royal Queensland Art Society, 2023, digital drawing

Finalist Equus Art Prize, 2023 (Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems), scanned image digital print

Finalist, Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes and Personalities, Royal Queensland Art Society, 12 May 2023 - 4 June 2023, digital painting.

Group exhibitions at Royal Queensland Art Society 2022 and 2023, 'In Focus' Redland Art Gallery 2022 and 2023, Creative Alliance 2021, 2022, 2023, 'Perception', Florence Contemporary Gallery, Florence, Italy, on-line exhibition 2023.