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§ John Caple (1966-)

In Elder Wood
signed 'John Caple' (lower left)
acrylic on gesso panel
30.5 x 30.5cm



Exhibited:
London, John Martin Gallery, In the Midnight Wood, 12 February - 15 March 2014



Throughout his career, John Caple has summoned a fully realised and darkly enchanted world in paint. Inspired by the poetry, folklore and traditions of his rural upbringing in Mendip, where his family have been land workers since the 18th century, Caple’s works are populated by a reoccurring cast of characters based on the faces of his mother, grandparents, uncles and other relatives. Often set beneath moonlight, Caple’s enigmatic and lyrical works are a meditation upon collective and personal memory and describe the enduring significance of tradition and folklore in rural communities.

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