Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Him & Them
Tuesday July 5th @ 6.pm
GALLERY ON WAYMOUTH!
As an artist when painting yourself and those around you they become subject matter, they are removed and your view is from a new perspective. Being the third person, it is no longer 'me' and 'us', you become 'him' and 'them'.
'A series of portraits exploring my world from the view of an outsider'
GALLERY ON WAYMOUTH!
As an artist when painting yourself and those around you they become subject matter, they are removed and your view is from a new perspective. Being the third person, it is no longer 'me' and 'us', you become 'him' and 'them'.
'A series of portraits exploring my world from the view of an outsider'
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Exhibition!
So the exact date hasn't been confirmed but I'll be having an exhibition of my work in June at The Gallery on Waymouth!
I shall post more details soon!
:D
I shall post more details soon!
:D
Monday, February 20, 2012
Expressionist/Impressionist
Here I am really focusing on working with this technique and focusing on portraits and other figurative work.
I will be doing more in this style, but for this series I have decided to add a halo around most of my figures...
I think it harks back to that fascination with old school religious iconography, the simplicity of it, and the way a simple circle around the head can add this new layer of meaning; grandeur, spiritualism, divinity???
Anyway Ill let you make up your own minds about the pieces... Enjoy!
I will be doing more in this style, but for this series I have decided to add a halo around most of my figures...
I think it harks back to that fascination with old school religious iconography, the simplicity of it, and the way a simple circle around the head can add this new layer of meaning; grandeur, spiritualism, divinity???
Anyway Ill let you make up your own minds about the pieces... Enjoy!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Untitled, experimenting...
Oil on canvas
1800mm x 1200mm
(on separate boards so able to take apart for transport)
1800mm x 1200mm
(on separate boards so able to take apart for transport)
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Some Expressionist work
Got home from work on saturday and just decided to attack the camvas with some oil paints...
all are 1200mm X 1200mm and in oils
Sorry the photos aren't better.
all are 1200mm X 1200mm and in oils
Connections/ Sculptural & Photographic Project 1
This is an experimental project combining my sculptural instalation with photography.
I am creating the sculptures and LISA SHEPHERD * lisashepherd.tumblr.com * is doing the photography (check out her Tumblr, girl has mad skills with the camera.)
The aim of this project is similar to my 'lines' series: To make tangible the connections that we have to each other and our environment. In this project I am representing these connections using the sculptures and the black tape.
The heavy sculptures and black tape in an industrial setting are commenting on the way in which our relationships can be tortuous, or even torturous. We can be hindered by our connections, forced to act in unnatural ways to our own instincts.
The photos which we have taken outside, without the black tape, are a way of viewing the same themes but in a more positive light.
These photos I'm posting are only preliminary drafts, so watch out because there will be much more to come as we explore this idea.
Ps. We are hoping, (if all goes to plan) to have this exhibited at Paper String Plastic gallery on Hindley street. (probably next year sometime)
I am creating the sculptures and LISA SHEPHERD * lisashepherd.tumblr.com * is doing the photography (check out her Tumblr, girl has mad skills with the camera.)
The aim of this project is similar to my 'lines' series: To make tangible the connections that we have to each other and our environment. In this project I am representing these connections using the sculptures and the black tape.
The heavy sculptures and black tape in an industrial setting are commenting on the way in which our relationships can be tortuous, or even torturous. We can be hindered by our connections, forced to act in unnatural ways to our own instincts.
The photos which we have taken outside, without the black tape, are a way of viewing the same themes but in a more positive light.
These photos I'm posting are only preliminary drafts, so watch out because there will be much more to come as we explore this idea.
Ps. We are hoping, (if all goes to plan) to have this exhibited at Paper String Plastic gallery on Hindley street. (probably next year sometime)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
The Body Through Time & Space.
Pine, Fabric, Felt Tip, Screws.
Upon meditating on journeys, the body through time and space, I can’t help but think about the metaphysical journey I have taken within my own life, how I got from A to B, from who I was, to who I am now.
Focusing on my trip, to and from my old house on Goodenough St, to the city, I bring up many memories from my past. A dark time in my development as a person, but perhaps a chaotic time I needed to go through in order to reach the path I am on now.
The places I haunted in Mile End and in the City were the focus of my map, and the self destructive and directionless attitude I had, reflect upon my memories of the places I visited.
The places I haunted in Mile End and in the City were the focus of my map, and the self destructive and directionless attitude I had, reflect upon my memories of the places I visited.
The particular trail I focused on for my map was the walk that I took when I went through a complete mental breakdown and was part of the psychological reinvention of myself. Retracing these steps bought back a lot of old memories, and bought into question, who I was, the person I was trying to be, and the person I have now become.
I chose to present my ideas in 3 dimensions, as when we travel through time and space, we are moving in 3 dimensions. The form created represents people and the system of paths they have taken. Like the sculpture, we are all held together at a base, however as we grow and journey through our lives, our cognitive perception is internal thus separating us from one another. This separation is also representative of my own separation from society at the time, through my abuse of drugs and alcohol I forgot how to connect with people, like the sculpture, we may cross paths, but never touch.
The text covering parts of the sculpture are stories that I have kept from that time, self destructive and heinous acts which I have committed. They are a point about the directionless life that I led, and the irresponsible acts which make up the emotional baggage that is my memory.
The fabric covering the bare pine is a statement about superficial lives led by myself and those around me. I was trying to mask, alter myself, to fit into a world which ultimately I didn’t belong to, the material is representational of the superficial lives and paths governed by materiality.
I chose to present my ideas in 3 dimensions, as when we travel through time and space, we are moving in 3 dimensions. The form created represents people and the system of paths they have taken. Like the sculpture, we are all held together at a base, however as we grow and journey through our lives, our cognitive perception is internal thus separating us from one another. This separation is also representative of my own separation from society at the time, through my abuse of drugs and alcohol I forgot how to connect with people, like the sculpture, we may cross paths, but never touch.
The text covering parts of the sculpture are stories that I have kept from that time, self destructive and heinous acts which I have committed. They are a point about the directionless life that I led, and the irresponsible acts which make up the emotional baggage that is my memory.
The fabric covering the bare pine is a statement about superficial lives led by myself and those around me. I was trying to mask, alter myself, to fit into a world which ultimately I didn’t belong to, the material is representational of the superficial lives and paths governed by materiality.
The map which I have hanging behind the piece is overlayed with memories about the life I led, the places I frequented and the self-destructive path which I took. I decided to fold up the map as small as I could and keep the creases, to make a point that the ‘map’, my memories, have been carried for some time, and will always be with me, a map of my old self.
Essentially this map is a journey through my past, and a reminder of where I have come from.
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