Ant Carver Don't Worry About Me, 2025

Often deeply personal and shaped by a fascination with the balance of process and narrative, Ant Carver's (b. 1991) work explores themes of grief, loss, and human connection. Through both monochromatic and vividly coloured figures, he incorporates symbolism to reflect on relationships, vulnerability, and the complexities of life. His latest work examines the role of found imagery and how we consume visual information in modern society. Carver's paintings merge realism with expressive abstraction, layering precise detail with gestural marks, sketched elements, and bold textures.

I'm really interested in what feels like a constant push and pull between the physical process of painting and the act of storytelling. It's a feeling of not having the right words or enough of them to express something so searching for just the right mark or texture to explain.