Eddie Fordham

Gaston Bachelards book ‘The Poetics of Space” has been a catalyst for my work for many years. He takes us from cellar to the roof space and explains how our perceptions of buildings shape our thoughts, memories and dreams. Also in the 1920s Ernest Hemingway was challenged by his colleagues to write a story in six words. He wrote “For sale, baby shoes, never worn”. I am intrigued by the use of few words to tell a story that is built in the readers imagination. I use the vehicle of landscape and the language of paint to express a perspective of the world we live in with quiet retrospection . 'I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself' (Francois Truffant) French Film Directo