"The Present is the time for thee" (section). collage and mixed media by Ian Potts.

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My current art practice is mostly concerned with organising large community events, street art and producing installations in local schools. However, when I find time to paint, I often include a recurring theme of the passage of time. I depict a space or landscape, not only as it is, but as it may have been and perhaps as it one day may become: a fusion of past, present and future. I want to show an ethereal moment, a shadow seen briefly, a trick of the light and the accidental.  Sometimes I add found objects from the landscape to the piece, or make marks with things around me.

"The Quay*, a mixed media and collage by Ian Potts

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Back in the studio I often use text (usually words which are to hand at that moment, chance elements found in newspapers, books and ephemera.) They could even be lyrics from a song meaning the piece may read as a passage from a book or diary.  This records the timing and mechanics of picture making, as well as the subject that is depicted.

  "The Yards", a mixed media collage by Ian Potts.

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Recently I have been developing a series around the theme of the fragility of life, something I am becoming increasingly aware of with advancing years.  This series is moving my work into 3D relief pieces, glass and mixed media collages.

"Fragile", a mixed media collage by Ian Potts

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"If You Build it They Will Come", mixed media and collage by Ian Potts

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Private collectors include Mr. David Milliband M.P. and Mr. Jeff Brown (BBC Look North presenter.) Corporate collectors include University of Sunderland, Abbeyfield Soc. Interiors, Plymouth NHS, Ancient & Modern, Liebherr Cranes, Sunderland Tourist Information Centre, University of Hanoi in Vietnam, Moon Gallery.