Joe Ridley

Raw, intense and passionate.

 The intentions of my work is always to shock and entice the viewer. Throughout the last two years these goals have became a lot more prominent in my work where I have the viewer question the meaning and use their own emotions to develop an understanding of my artwork. Although the viewer plays a large part in the meaning of my artwork I feel I have gained more confidence in expressing my own feelings and ideas in my work. In previous artworks I have relied on realism and likeness to illustrate my feelings whereas now I feel I have developed a stronger language In art, where I can use marks and colours to show my emotions.