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Derek Hyatt

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The landscape, particularly the high vantage point above Bishopdale over the Northern Moors form the focus of Hyatt's physical and creative painterly exploration. Although abstract in nature one can recognise the incisive lines of stone walls and enclosures that define the topography of moorland landscapes. In this example there are suggestive hints of both the feathers and figure of Icarus and a spatial sense of distance in which to imagine him free falling. As he does in his poetry, Hyatt allows ideas, memories, myth and free associations to enter into his work. In Icarus Falling Hyatt is playful with visual metaphor whilst descriptive with palette and application. He sees the role of the artist as that of the shaman, a person who can evoke ancient memories, dreamtime, and contact the 'world beyond appearances'.