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We are featuring one of our talented ArtCan artist We are featuring one of our talented ArtCan artists today. 
PAUL BUTTERWORTH
My practice is rooted in working directly on canvas without a predetermined composition. Each painting develops through a process of marking, looking and responding, with decisions made in real time until the work resolves.

I work within hard-edged geometric abstraction, using colour and form as a framework rather than a fixed structure. Geometry provides a point of departure, but the paintings are not planned in advance — they are discovered through the act of making.

A key influence on my approach comes from my background as an actor, where the work is grounded in presence and responsiveness. In both practices, what matters is not imposing an outcome, but allowing something to emerge through attention and engagement in the moment.

The work is concerned with connection and attention. Rather than presenting something to be observed, the paintings are made to be entered — inviting a moment where the viewer’s focus aligns with the process that formed them. In that sense, the work is less about what is seen, and more about how it is experienced.
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