"Aaron Pearce generates visionary paintings from the canal boat environment he lives within. Reclaiming relic wood, such as 100-year-old narrow boat elm the artist discovers like forgotten treasure along the tow path he travels past, the paintings metamorphose the weathered grain to reveal haunting hidden images he sees within the natural marks of evolving time. His work captures the magical ghost world of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal which snakes through the industrial heartland of his home town, once the thriving transportation network of the industrial revolution, the paintings explore how the memory and materials of place continues to inspire and shape relationships and communities. The paintings emerge from this slower parallel network where people live closer to the environment and the natural patterns of time and season."