Alan Charlton's conceptual ideas, revolve around the interpretation of colour and geometrical forms, within the context of his paintings and art installations work. His canvases, systematically etched in tones of grey, dispense with pre-conceived ideas about representation and subject matter. Charlton uses geometry and monochrome precision to convey his ideas. Human input, which is usually the main characteristic for the aesthetic of a painting, is notably absent from his approach. He prefers levelled perspectives, free of discourse and pictorial props. His approach is systematic, skilfully austere, competently engineered. Alan Charlton is British and grew up in Sheffield in the north of England, where he was born in 1948. Being a 'Northerner' may have something to do with the emotional restraint and asceticism in his work. Charlton is a minimalist. With the simplest pictorial elements, triangles , squares and rectangles, he builds unpretentious modular abstractions. These works are elegant, direct, simple and have gained consistent recognition over the last 25 years, with major international exhibitions and several residencies at the Tate gallery in London, where Charlton works ands lives. Read Less