Simon Back's paintings depict abstracted forms overlaid with planes of colour. His work evokes a relationship between humans and their landscapes that is at once nourishing and precarious. Some works portray land and water seen from above others deserted or ploughed fields with old reservoirs.

An integral part of Back's process is 'the act of painting over' - literally covering forms with planes of white or colour, which create a sense of absence in his work. Figures emerge from backgrounds or become obscured and ambiguous.

Back describes his interest in the removal of something dear or important to us. In the same way, images or areas that become strong and important and which tend to carry the painting, eventually become the obstacle for it to continue.

This is his first solo exhibition in Dubai.

“Traces” is showing at Showcase Gallery from September 13^th to October 10^th 2011