Oliver Reed

Last week, artist Oliver Reed came in to the college and spoke a bit about his work.

I particularly liked his painting "Thicket" which was created in 2012 using oil on board.

I love the eerie, mysterious atmosphere in this painting. I think the dark shape in the centre is haunting in itself but together with the thin trees and the sharp twigs and branches of the thicket it is utterly mesmerizing. It's almost as if something is going to jump out and attack any second.


There were quite a few paintings in Oliver Reed's presentation that I liked but as he only put the sizes, I can't easily find pictures of them online. I tried looking at his website but the paintings are all split into different titles/categories so it's very hard to find the image(s) I was looking for.