more is less [ 2016 ]

more is less [ 2016 ]

anwastad strydoedd [ illustration ]

steve coel

i'd guess that practically all the art seen by most people today 

are reproductions of the original and that most of that is seen on-

line.


this question of encountering the original is not new. but seeing 

the original through posters, books, postcards etc., asks questions 

about the experience.


in my pictures i focus primarily on reproduction and an expectation 

that my audience recognise this. 

lavernock point / penarth [ 2016 ]

steve coel

so why do i often find myself becoming defensive when explaining 

this to other artists?

the process of picture making has changed in the last few decades 

and so has the audience.

the reproduction is now becoming the original picture because the 

reproduction is  now the original experience of the picture by the 

audience.


steve coel