Paul Gerrard - Spirit of Paris, Digital Print on Canvas, Signed Edition of 1, 30" x 40", 2009

Last Rites Gallery is pleased to present Skins from the Shadow Circle, an exhibition of new works by Paul Gerrard.  This is Gerrard's first solo exhibition with the gallery.

Opening Reception: Saturday, December 5th, 7-11pm

On Display: December 5th - December 27th, 2009

From 2002 -2008 Paul Gerrard worked in computer games, with industry giants such as Infograms / Atari and Ubisoft as an Art Director and teacher.  As part of Ubisoft Global, he worked in India for six months developing a new studio with a staff of over 150, hiring / teaching artists, and animators and setting clear art direction for various game titles. Taking the opportunity whilst there to write and illustrate the epic and surreal story of the Butterfly Soldiers ™.

It wasn’t long before Paul’s imagination and unique way of working caught the eye of Hollywood. In concept art his work excels in creating mood and atmospheric scenes.  A visceral blend of immense detail and scope, created in a super intense mode. This is not ordinary concept art; Paul has a way of visualizing and creating scenes from his mind, recreating them with intense realism and style for directors alike. Work recently wrapped up on the movie BATTLE LOS ANGELES. Paul worked with the Director from the beginning, creating artwork for the pitch then  further more creating over 300 illustrations for pre-production phase.  Concepting and illutrating every aspect of the aliens / machines / locations of the film.

"Film work has become a great interest of mine, something I hope to return to at one point. I am currently concentrating on personal work after working flat out for almost a year on two full time projects . Creating the worlds and creatures in my head has become an almost spiritual experience of late. I feel connected somehow to these other places. The more time I spend there the less time I want to spend in physical world."  - Paul Gerrard

Filmmaker Jonathan Liebesman had this to say about Gerrard's work, "If you can imagine taking the nightmares of Giger and the dystopian scope of Beksinski one step further, then you can imagine the work of Paul Gerrard"