"Every good painter paints what he is."

~ Jackson Pollock

Nick Gentry is a British graduate of Central St Martins and has exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe. As part of a generation that grew up surrounded by floppy disks, VHS tapes, polaroids and cassettes, he is inspired by the sociological impact of a new internet culture.

His portraits use a combination of obsolete media formats, making a comment on waste culture, life cycles and identity. Using old disks as a canvas, these artefacts are combined to create photo-fits and identities that may draw connections to the personal information that is then forever locked down underneath the paint.

"Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it."

~ Danny Kaye

"Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through.

When it's cold and gray, push the clouds away, paint a rainbow in your heart."

Tournesols et lavandes.

"I prefer dancing on a volcano rather than to sit at home!
I love the colour, the contrast, the ordered chaos, the desert and the ocean.
And all that, always, fairly strewn with humour and chocolate flakes!
And who ever you are, what ever you do, which ever language you speak, I will be happy to have you on board in my boat floating upon the seas of all our universes. "

~ Miki

Houses in Ponte de Lima Painting Portugal

"Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body."

~ Martha Graham

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

~ Norman Vincent Peale

"One never knows what one is going to do. One starts a painting and then it becomes something quite different."

~ Pablo Picasso

Crystal And Whites

"Brit living in Spain,new to mosaic, and as everyone says, totally addicted. So glad ive found an outlet for my artistic tendancies, i went to art school, (graphic design)but never finished the course, (my one big regret, but i was young , what can i say!!)Started drawing again recently but it wasnt fulfilling enough, found flickr after searching for some images, and found mosaics, thanks to all the generous mosaic artists."

~ Laura Pattison

Mandala