Double Exposure: Landscapes of Devon through Painting and Photography

Devon based artist photographer, Paul Moody, and painter, James Tatum, SWAc, are presenting an exciting joint exhibition in Exeter.

Double Exposure: Landscapes of Devon through Painting and Photography will be on show at St Stephens Church in Exeter from 9-14 May.

This collaboration is unique in celebrating the rich and varied landscapes of Devon showing both Paul's stunning photographs along side of James's expressionistic paintings.

James Tatum is an established landscape painter living in Exeter, Devon, his approach to painting is an expressionistic, visceral response to the landscape and especially, wildness. His process involves risk taking, in order to make dynamically exciting paintings. "Wildness is a necessity for me and it is my prime motivation for painting".

He exhibits regularly in Devon and throughout the U.K. as well as having solo exhibitions in Holland, Switzerland and the U.S.A. He is also a successful painting tutor and runs workshops through out the year in Devon, Holland and France.

Paul Moody has been a globetrotter most of his life. His early years were spent travelling with his father who being in the army was posted to six different countries, and then in later years travelled half of the world as a lorry driver, diver and sailor. He observed the environment changing drastically under heavy population and industrialization, and was moved to take up photography in an artistic manner to portray the natural habitats the world may lose if we continue on our destructive path. He says, "I use the camera as a tool to convey, like most artists, the need to give nature an undisturbed place in our lives. I use the photographic process as a means of inhabiting the spirit of the landscape." Paul is currently working on projects with the Woodland and National Trust.

The two artists are exhibiting together for the first time and this exhibition is the result of meeting several years ago and discovering that they had a mutual interest in landscape, ecology and wildness.

Both Paul and James have travelled widely for many years and bring varied experiences of woods, deserts, mountains and the sea to their work. In this exhibition they wish to show that the precarious aspects of the threatened landscapes are what make them precious.

The exhibition is open from Monday 9th May to Saturday 14th May, 10am-6pm daily at St Stephens Church (next to House of Fraser) High Street, Exeter.