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Ross Bradley 

 
BA [Hons] Art

Born in County Wexford, Ross Bradley has always had a passion for the arts, especially storytelling and drama. Over the past 4 years, he has studied fine arts by utilizing techniques in drawing with graphite. Techniques to produce works in a hyperrealist and surrealistic nature, he has always been interested in the concepts behind his work, more than the visuals. Working in Dublin for periods of time and moving abroad from Wexford, his recent work touches on the idea of moving away, and learning to accept change.

This was the first blurry drawing I had completed for this project. Titled Don't Focus on Me, it was a way to challenge the techniques used in my previous drawings. Wanting to change the way I used pencil, I decided to try something new. After completing this drawing, I knew I had to do a full series on blurry drawings. Every year unconsciously, I have made a self portrait with the hand covering the face. I didn't realize that until after I completed this latest self portrait.
Distant Memories, 2023, Graphite, 80 X 65 cm. . Created this outdoor drawing after my Don't Focus on Me.
Lost, 2023, Graphite, 56 x 84.1 cm.
Touch, 2023, Graphite, 56 x 84.1 cm.
Out of Focus, 2024, Graphite, 56 x 84.1 cm.
In Focus, 2024, Graphite, 56 x 84.1 cm.
Expenses of Modern Life, 2024, Graphite, 65 x 50 cm.
Project Description

The project focuses on the idea of traveling and learning to accept the idea of change. It gives the viewer an insight into universal feelings that are attributed to traveling, leaving behind old locations, and even realizing that all things must pass. Using a technique to blur reality on the page, to represent the idea of memories, and how one recalls past events, and people. To compare the blurry and the detailed is like comparing the past to the present, which I touch on in this project. Drawing from experience of moving away from home, I developed these works based on location, people, and even senses that I once felt, like touch or sight, now have become a blurry memory.

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