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Seran uses colour in a simple yet strangely complex manner in order to entice the viewer into an instant reaction whilst demanding further viewing through finely detailed colour interactions.
The work encompasses visual references (i.e. photographic, digital and observed) and concepts/research into the less visible or obvious. This has led to collaborations with Scientists winning a Leverhulme trust award to research Neuroscience and Liquid Crystals (LCDs).
She is currently working on her 3rd series of forensic style investigations a city wide project in Portsmouth. This is funded by an Arts Plus Development Award and a full Final Award 07 for Innovation from the Arts Council of England and SEEDA with Science and Technology sponsored by Point Source Ltd.
Forensic Investigation
Seran's Forensic Investigation's span three major series of work exploring the use of scientific processes to investigate the hidden world of peoples memories and treasured artefacts.
Painting
Working in series and displayed are paintings from Astronomy and Neuroscience research, which led to work that explores personal memories in relation to space and time.
Paintings use oils for their translucency and quality colour experience, and in addition acrylics, resins, glitter, papers and photographs to explore materials.
Drawing
The drawings are recordings of Seran's memories and where that memory exists in the brain coupled with the trigger to that moment of thought. The memories of past family members are put in a context of a universal memory and recycling and rebirth of possibility.
Recent drawing use a mix of graphite, paint, ink, collage, photographs and science paper.
Light Sculpture
Light sculptures play with colour using light, wire, salt, perspex and pigments. The light box series first related to Neuroscience, and used crystal salt to diffuse light (salt is essential to neuron activity in the brain). The salt is on back-lit colour perspex that has been etched, these are drawn into with words.
Installation
Installations utilise light, UV, lenses, perspex, pigments and paint. Concepts of these installations places colour beyond it's light existence as we experience it, to realms of existence and inventions of colour in the universe - "the colour laboratory". The first "colour laboratory" installations were in London "Bromley library", Aspex gallery Portsmouth, Mile End Chapel Artspace and Dashwood Gallery London.