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Alexander Heaton. This young English artist is replete with ideas; he meticulously studies and researches his themes. H…

Alexander Heaton. This young English artist is replete with ideas; he meticulously studies and researches his themes. He walks and climbs in the remotest places to cast an eye on his artistic prey – a lonely figure lured by mountains, Alpine skies and forbidding ravines. Through his canvases Heaton continues on the true Romantic journey, but in a very 21st-century way spikes his landscapes with symbolic references to ancient lost civilisations, mythology and the occult - in the sense of beyond everyday human understanding. These are his interests. Engaging with rugged nature is also the driving force of his discipline, and this rigorous approach informs his stylish, distinctive and ever so slightly quirky takes on philosophy and the physical world. Heaton open-handedly shares his highly personal and quixotic notions of The Romantic with his audience. He enjoys playing with our expectations of landscape and fauna, and his powerful use of colour, shape and composition, linked with his depiction of mysterious symbols and ciphers, makes for memorable artworks. His accomplished oil painting technique suggests echoes of a bygone era in its detailed rendering of nature's own challenging compositions and potent atmosphere. Is Alexander Heaton's work complex and sometimes puzzling? Yes, indeed. But his canvases are often deeply rewarding, visually stunning, and clearly executed with a sure hand. Larry McGinity London, November 2011 Larry McGinity is a writer on art history, specialising in early modern art movements, and an artist in his own right. He contributed the early modern sections of Dorling Kindersley's ART – the definitive visual guide, named The Sunday Times Art Book of The Year in 2008. Most recently he was the editorial co-leader on Thames & Hudson's flagship volume, Art – The Whole Story published in 2010. He has also written on art history for young people.