Current Work of George Unthank

George Unthank: Artist’s statement

Folk Singer, Sword Dancer, Songwriter

Contemporary artwork , expressing through painting, drawing and printmaking elements of folk culture and performance rooted in the North East.
I create work to trigger responses found when listening to music, songs and stories of other times, fragments of which resonate within timeless truths about the human condition re-imagined.
Using charcoal, raw ochre pigment from disused mines and industrial materials evokes the memory of the people and communities who have left traces in the landscape and culture, which may otherwise be forgotten.
The same artists materials were used on the walls of prehistoric caves which echoes the songs and stories of other lost cultures.

Born 1949 :  Middlesbrough,
2015 :        BA (Hons.) Fine Art, Northumbria University Newcastle
1972 :        Architectural Interior Design Consultant and Lecturer Newcastle upon Tyne and London Studio Aydon, Northumberland.