WE ARE ALL ARTISTS - 12mins UK 2025
What started as a snapped photo of a simple pattern drawn in the sand on a Cornish beach soon became a filmic quest to document the mindset, motivations and creative endeavours of a unique British artist.
We met in the summer of 2023 and I was immediately taken by his openness, humility and passion for a very particular kind of self-expression.
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With the beach as a living canvas and the cliffs of North Cornwall as a backdrop, he would create his art between outgoing and incoming tides. Striking, unorthodox, yet deeply universal in theme, each creation would be a swirl of movement, geometric simplicity and sacred design.
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My aim was to capture, not only the man at work and the art he was making, but also the tranquil, almost meditative feel of the process itself. And, although inherently short lived due to the ebb and flow of the tides, each piece would prove to be both a catalyst for human connection and a reminder to us all of the fleeting nature of life itself.
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Shot over two years and presented in black and white, the resulting film is an exploration of the meaning of art, life and consciousness, the acceptance of impermanence and the power of the universe to provide profound inspiration.
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The film is currently screening at festivals worldwide.
