Harry Wade (b.1995) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Cornwall, UK. His paintings are driven by the landscape around him, the instincts, emotions and ideas that follow; and usually executed with lively mark-making and/or a distinctive colour palette. Wade’s practice also incorporates photography, moving image, sound and three-dimensional work.

"In Relation to Land" Series by Harry Wade:

"In Relation to Land began around May this year. After a dark winter and with spring looming, I felt the need to find new colour combinations and produce work that represented a change of pace. Spring is always so exciting and inspiring for me and, in a strange way, this produced a feeling of peace and calm - perhaps leading to the sturdiness and steadiness of the works. A structural approach to form acts as a mode or syntax, through which I reflect on the landscape. 

Summer has now faded away and my palette is shifting again. My recent paintings on board in particular seem to anticipate autumn and how it alters the landscape. So many earthy and stoney colours begin to show on the surface, just as weary leaves begin to fall. 

I can feel a change occurring in the air and I can see the colours of trees and foliage diminishing. A new kind of fleeting warmth, much different to the intensity of peak summer, caresses daily experience. A contemplative mood takes hold and the paintings ignite with a new fire; quiet and blue, rather than roaring orange."