"To see them is to feel them, they go in through the eyes but aim for the soul”

Dion Salvador Lloyd’s works are not pictures of places but rather the atmosphere and sense of place made physical; marks are not made to describe but to elicit and emote, to forge connection. The paintings are invitations to travel and dream, full of suggestions and familiarity, we have been here before.

Lloyd’s studio is energized by its content. He surrounds himself with sensory inspiration, bleached animal skulls, found and collected objects, constant music, in an attempt to find the state of mind and the creative space within where his painting can flow. He is driven by intuition, each painting an unplanned journey, an exploration of horizon and the interplay between earth and sky but moreso a celebration of the physicality of paint and surface. The surface of these oil paintings are untamed, highly worked and layered, difficult to look away from, magnetic in tone and colour and leading into mysterious yet beautiful microworlds and solid air.

The animator Jan Svankmajer is inspired by the notion that objects conceal within themselves the events they have witnessed; Lloyds paintings apply this to place. These are spaces that have accumulated memories which they are communicating back to us, memory buried in painting. His palette is specific, the tones poetic of the past, ephemeral and permanent at the same time, the timeless landscape and the fleeting memory. They suggest the river that always flows, the sea that always crashes, the wind that blows, time that passes, a world turning, storms brewing. These are spaces where we have walked, layers of footprints, places where lives have been lived.

They are universal not site-specific, encouraging us to consider the energies of the natural world rather than the appearance of a particular place. They are both paintings and containers, full to the brim, energized and charged by their vibrancy and animation; they move, breathe, whisper, sing. To see them is to feel them, they go in through the eyes but aim for the soul. Dion has an impressive exhibition history, for more information please call the gallery.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Nov 2015 David Simon Contemporary ‘Hallowed Ground’ – Bath

Jan 2015 Northcote Gallery Chelsea ‘Motherland’ - London

Nov 2014 Saffron Gallery ‘Earth & Blood’ Battle

Sept 2014 Denise Yapp Contemporary Art ‘Romancing Nature’- Monmouth,

June 2013 Northcote Gallery ‘Beneath The Surface’ - London

Mar 2013 Belgravia Gallery‘Open House’ - Hove

May 2010 Belgravia Gallery ‘Hemisphere’ – London

MM May 2009 Naked Eye Gallery ‘New Work’ Hove

Sept 2009 Northcote Gallery Chelsea ‘New Work’ - London

April 2008 Northcote Gallery Battersea ‘Chrysalides’ - London

April 2007 Northcote Gallery Battersea ‘Paradiso’ - London

April 2006 Northcote Gallery Battersea ‘Driftwood’ - London

May 2001 – 2015 Open Studio - Brighton Festival

Selected Group Exhibitions

Dec 2015 Wall Projects Montrose Scotland ‘Apricity’

Nov 2015 Denise Yapp Contemporary Monmouth Wales ‘Winter Show’

Nov 2015 Discerning Eye Exhibition Mall Galleries London

Oct 2015 Gallery Art Veritas ‘New’ Gothenburg Sweden

Oct 2015 Royal West of England Academy (RWA) - Bristol

Oct 2015 Affordable Art Fair – London (Northcote Gallery)

Aug 2015 Belgravia Gallery ‘summer show’ – London

June 2015 Royal Academy ‘Summer Exhibition’ - London

Feb 2015 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Mall Galleries London

Nov 2014 Discerning Eye – Mail Galleries – London

Oct 2014 Affordable Art Fair – London (Northcote Gallery)

Oct 2014 Royal West of England Academy (RWA) - Bristol

Oct 2014 Dulwich Picture Gallery London ‘60th Open Exhibition’

June 2014 Royal Academy ‘Summer Exhibition’ - London

Feb 2014 Wall Projects ‘the sea is here in me’ Montrose, Scotland

Jan 2014 Royal Cambrian Academy (RCA) – Conwy N.Wales

Awards/Prizes

Nov 2015 Chairman’s Purchase Prize Discerning Eye

May 2015 Winner of Best Open House

May 2012/13/14 Shortlisted for ‘Best Artists Open House’

Dec 2011 Aesthetica Creative Works Finalist

Television/Radio

June 2010 Radio Reverb ‘Earth Boots’

April 2005 Channel 4 Documentary ‘life begins again’

Selected Press & Publications

Nov 2015 Bath Chronicle

Nov 2015 The Bath Magazine

March 2014 Aspect County

May 2014 Home For Now (Joanne Thornill)

Jan 2012 Aesthetica Creative Works Annual

July 2011 Art of England

April 2011 Sussex Life

Sept 2010 25 Beautiful Homes

June 2010 Art of England

Sept 2009 Battersea Exclusive

May 2009 Absolute Brighton

Nov 2008 Art Of England

Nov 2007 Homes and Gardens

May 2007 Absolute London

March 2007 Homes and Gardens

May 2006 Absolute London

April 2005 Devon Today

June 2003 BBC Good Homes

Commissions & Collections

Commissions have been undertaken for private and corporate clients including:

Candy & Candy – London

CB Hillier Parker – London

Coxbridge Enterprise Centre – Farnham, Surrey

L.A. Animal Services - Los Angeles

Mar-Con Group – Finland

McCann Relationship Marketing Worldwide - New York

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter – London

Sankyo Seiko Co Ltd - Hong Kong.