[b. Berlin, 1972]

Paul - TYSL - Tysall

a Bristol-based [UK] artist exploring subjects of intimacy and recollection through painting, drawing and digital art. His work combines figurative studies with abstract mark-making placed alongside [pop culture] artefacts of significance

Born in Berlin in 1972, Tysall studied graphic design and illustration before venturing into a career that spanned magazine publishing - including the digital art title; ImagineFX - through to freelance design and illustration for various clients (see the ↳antecedent section for further details)

Insight…

As an artist, Tysall unites various disciplines into singular pieces through 3D digital assemblages; serving as a stage / frame for personal narratives to unfold. Paintings combine traditional oil paint with the world of graffiti; from mediums [spray paint, ink] to tools like markers and rollers. Drawings can be both digital [Photoshop, Procreate, Fresco] and traditional; favouring Conté / charcoal pastel for its shared mark-making qualities found in paint

The work invites both direct and introspective exploration. The figurative subject is cast on canvas or paper and set among a collection of (found) objects. The instinctual urge to ingrain objects with significance - alongside their potential to mark, anchor, and recall past moments - is observed and examined. The compositional space is divided to mirror our impulse to compartmentalise moments. Moments, that on (re)configuration, become the recollection of a person, time, moment, and place; and it is these emotional ingredients that define who we are

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"Art is revelation instead of information, expression instead of description, creation instead of imitation or repetition. Art is concerned with the How, not the What; not with literal content, but with the performance of the factual content. The performance—that is the content of art.”
| Josef Albers