texture launches with three solo shows, from Craig Coulthard (Manchester), Candice Dehnavi (London) and Errol Theunissen (Middlesborough)
Craig Coulthard – Literature and Fun Places
Craig Coulthard presents Literature and Fun Places, a solo exhibition of paintings that could appear to be relics, but feature contemporary and anachronistic elements placed in dialogue with one another. Some of the influences and interests include:
– imagined conversations – a collision of imagery from across time and space – Japanese woodcuts, Pictish stones, cars, landscapes – fragments of history, rearranged – moments that don’t make sense – symbols and eras colliding – cropping and restaging of imagery – echoes of the past in new formations – timelines bending, breaking, folding – artefacts out of place
– imagined conversations – a collision of imagery from across time and space – Japanese woodcuts, Pictish stones, cars, landscapes – fragments of history, rearranged – moments that don’t make sense – symbols and eras colliding – cropping and restaging of imagery – echoes of the past in new formations – timelines bending, breaking, folding – artefacts out of place
Craig is a painter from Fife, and is based in Manchester
Candice Dehnavi – Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust
Candice Dehnavi presents Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust, a solo exhibition featuring a new sculptural installation. The work includes oversized forms stretching out from the ground, coupled with bronze cast symbols. The work explores some of the following:
– mythology and astrology – dreamlike imagery – absurd world-building – storytelling across cultures – Iranian and English upbringing – cultural familiarity and estrangement – playing with scale – artefacts from unknown stories – alien forms emerging – old Persian zodiac symbols – djinns and spirits – visual poetry – tales passed down through generations
– mythology and astrology – dreamlike imagery – absurd world-building – storytelling across cultures – Iranian and English upbringing – cultural familiarity and estrangement – playing with scale – artefacts from unknown stories – alien forms emerging – old Persian zodiac symbols – djinns and spirits – visual poetry – tales passed down through generations
Candice is a sculptor from Devon and is based in London
Errol Theunissen – Still Warm From the Sun
Errol Theunissen presents Still Warm From the Sun, a solo exhibition of paintings which capture the intense colours and emotional truths of everyday life. Amongst other things, he is interested in:
– vivid colour – dust, cloth, fur, sky – the colours of Africa – the trust between a person and their dog – primal bonds – purity, honesty, innocence – symbols and moments – the importance of home – the shared innocence of child and animal – resisting the complications of society – capturing and processing
– vivid colour – dust, cloth, fur, sky – the colours of Africa – the trust between a person and their dog – primal bonds – purity, honesty, innocence – symbols and moments – the importance of home – the shared innocence of child and animal – resisting the complications of society – capturing and processing
Errol is a self-taught painter from Zimbabwe, and is based in Middlesbrough
Radio (2024) Errol Theunissen, 80x60cm, oil, oil stick and spray-paint on canvas
Envy (2024) Errol Theunissen, 40x50cm, oil on linen
Time Out (2024) Errol Theunissen, 40x30cm, oil on linen
Dog Shakes off Water, Cat and Boy Evacuate (2025) Errol Theunissen, 40x30cm, oil stick and oil on linen
Yes, I am certain that the Romans did not lie on their sofas wearing dirty Vans and feasting on pasta! (2024) Errol Theunissen, 50x40cm, oil on linen
I would play ball with you, but there is so much to look at! (2025) Errol Theunissen, 40x40cm, oil on linen
Pool Party (2025) Errol Theunissen, 50x40cm, oil on linen
Castlerigg Stone Circles Clarifies the Context for the BMW 2002 (2023) 60x45cm, acrylic on canvas
C.W.McCall’s Jeep CJ5 Discusses Decontextualisation with Anasazi Pottery on the Black Bear Road (2024) Craig Coulthard, 62x46cm, acrylic on canvas
A Beauty in the Jewel River, Face Down in the Don (2021) Craig Coulthard, 44x32cm, acrylic on canvas
Elite Centres Explained the Nurse - Katsushika Hokusai/Rhynie (2021) Craig Coulthard, 44x32cm, acrylic on canvas
Beyond the Waterfall; A Beach (Sea-Stack Procession) (2023) Craig Coulthard, 44x32cm, acrylic on canvas
A Wrestling Match Between That Which is Seen & That Which is Felt (2022) Craig Coulthard, 60x45cm, acrylic on canvas
Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust (2025) Candice Dehnavi, Dimensions variable, jesmonite, fibreglass, bronze
Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust (2025) Dimensions variable, jesmonite, fibreglass, bronze
Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust (2025) Dimensions variable, jesmonite, fibreglass, bronze
Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust (2025) Dimensions variable, jesmonite, fibreglass, bronze
Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust (2025) Dimensions variable, jesmonite, fibreglass, bronze
Just Another Screaming Speck of Dust (2025) Dimensions variable, jesmonite, fibreglass, bronze
