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Gary Dickins was born in London in 1962 and moved to Somerset in 1972.
Since 2004, Dickins has worked from a studio on the Blackdown Hills in East Devon.
As a self-taught artist, Dickins has developed a unique style of contemporary painting from the use of found materials. Handmade paper, canvas, earth, fungi, stitching, paint, fabric and broadsheet font are combined to create a body of dramatic and powerful work. For the 'Conflict' series, all elements combined play an equal part in creating a sub-text of psychological trauma.
Dickins’ work invites you - the viewer - to stop, engage and reflect upon both the world around you and your role in maintaining a civil society. It bears witness to the civilian victims of contemporary war. The imagery is a memorial to the lives of loved ones lost.
Dickins says: "The inspiration of a new idea; the influence of an image, a piece of text, a rough sketch......... no work starts the same way. The process of creating, assembling, gluing and stitching; the utilisation of everyday materials and the final framing and closure of a piece of work......... these all bring to me a welcome release in an increasingly pressurised and frenetic society".