arvon wellen

SCULPTURE

Arvon trained as a sculptor and a printmaker and much of his work has a three dimensional presence about it ranging from his small wood and metal sculpture to his prints with cut out paper shapes and paintings that project from the wall. His early work was influenced by the English sculptors such as Kenneth Armitage (1916 – 2002), Michael Ayrton (1921 – 1975), Lynn Chadwick (1914 – 2003) and in particular George Fullard (1923 – 1973). However, he was more particularly influenced by Antoni Tapies (1923 – 2012) where the boundaries between two and three dimensions were less tightly drawn.

  Mother and child: mixed media on canvas; 30 x 20 cm 1998

Palace: Oil and mixed media on canvas; 2002;
30 x 20 cm; from the Babylon series.