Aaron Bevan-Bailey

Multidisciplinary artists Aaron Bevan Bailey was born in Peckham south London, of Jamaican and Scottish heritage. His paintings reflect having to negotiate the ever changing boundaries of race, environment, identity and anonymity. The work seeks to explore the fractured connection we experience in modern society. It is the inner sanctuary which Bevan-Bailey is striving to capture within his portraits. He says, “People are just a collection of stories that they tell about themselves when you remove that fragile perception of self you make room for a much deeper sense of connection awareness and understanding to happen.” Bevan tries to paint the part of people that recalls these spiritual connections even if they cannot see it themselves. He is fascinated by the point where intentional meets the unintentional and has always thought of painting as a controlled accident. Many of his paintings start with abstract marks, allowing the form to find its own language.