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For the past twenty years John Kingerlee has lived and painted on the Beara Peninsula in West Cork. During this period he has evolved a technique of painting whereby layers of pigment are applied one over the other, forming thick strata of paint akin to the rocky landscape visible outside his studio window. Each layer requires considerable time to dry and in pictures such as the present work, which can have as many as fifty to one hundred coats of paint, the entire process is lengthy and deliberative.
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Kingerlee Film Showcase
Cork Film Festival
9th November 2011
Colm Hogan, Martina Levitina
Ireland | 2011 | 48mins | DCP | Colour
Kingerlee is an experimental documentary exploring the inner world of the West Cork artist, John Kingerlee, and the nature of the creative process. It is a visual and aural exploration of the internal forces and processes – memories, feelings, thoughts and spiritual experiences – as well as the outer forces, such as the visual power of the landscape, natural sounds and textures, that shape the human experience and affect the artist’s inner world. The documentary was shot at John’s home on the Beara Peninsula and in Morocco.
For more information check out: http://www.corkfilmfest.org/
KIngerlee – What Lies Beneath Exhibition – Tom Caldwell Galllery from Seamus McVeigh on Vimeo.