McClure, Peter (Bridgeman Studio)
Creator details
- Name
- McClure, Peter
- Nationality
- English
- Biography
- Born 19th August 1947 in Venice, Italy of Anglo/Yugoslav parents...arrive in the UK in the Spring of 1948... Schooled in England with further studies in Art/ Architecture. Developed a sympathy for "De Styl", "The Bau-Haus" and "The Constructivists" movements (also "Dadaism" earlier in my career). Picasso said "There's no such thing as an abstract painting". I say "all paintings are an abstraction of Truth"; the only universal Truths are Mathematical. I have exhibited mainly geometric pictures and constructions/wall reliefs (created / transmuted from detritus and found objects) in various countries around the world. In recent years I have been promoting: GEOMETRISM i.e. Geometry in Art & Design which as a Movement will evolve with time...Maths/Geometry being the fundamental building blocks for good design...bad design falls by the way-side...like horse's toes & hen's teeth! I have always written poetry and more recently in the Haiku form; reaffirming my belief that "Limitation of means engenders expression"... Here is a Haiku I wrote on Cherry Blossom Viewing Day a few years ago in Japan... Snowing pink blossom Ravens grubbing for worms... This wet May morning. Here is another Haiku I wrote over 20 years ago in Holland Park, London... Brushed by a bird's wing A woman serenely sits... Beauty steals the Hour. I do not keep a diary so my Haikus remind me of those magic moments or the "Wabi-Sabi" from the past... Bending with the wind This Taoist gathers water... In a straw hat. This Haiku is my Succinct Biography! Never learning from experience... Believing in Supreme Justice...
