Philip Wong

Born 1982 London
Lives and works in london

I usually use a quick subconscious painting process finding mysterious locations, strange items, surreal forms and objects that appear and then a moment later change into something else. I try to find and pin down these allusive elements, questioning how I can move on my art practice and the journey the paint takes me on. As the painting takes shape, the forms ask questions of me and I try and answer them as best I can with the addition of a mark or shape. As with every new addition it raises more questions, like an ongoing dialogue between the shapes on the canvas and the shapes Im going to make. I find the success of the painting depends on tuning into this dialogue and knowing when to stop painting

MA illustration - Kingston University
BA Fine art - University of Hertfordshire,