New work

Below are some images from a recently completed body of work for my mid-year assessment at university.  It consists of 12 panels 30cm square.  Six are completed using acrylic paints, and the remainder are made from a variety of organic materials sourced from various locations around Australia.
The work is about looking at the relationships between a place or environment, and the physical materials that make that place unique.  Enjoy.

Works currently on show

My current solo exhibition Nothing to be Done continues at The Yoga Social (http://www.theyogasocial.com/) until July 2nd.  All images below are of the work currently on display.

Nothing to be Done (study), charcoal, acrylic, graphite on paper

Nothing to be Done (study), Oil paint on paper

Nothing to be Done (study), Charcoal on paper

Walk from Norman Bay, Lithograph

Tidal River, Lithograph

No title, Lithograph

Estragon, Oil paint on linen

Vladimir, Oil paint on linen

Pozzo, Oil paint on linen

Lucky, Oil paint on linen

Walk from Norman Bay, Oil paint on linen

Solo Exhibition

My first ever solo exhibition opens this Saturday night (3rd May).  It's taking place at The Yoga Social (http://www.theyogasocial.com/).  It will contain a selection of my paintings and works on paper.  Details below...

https://www.facebook.com/events/1531379310421697/

Hope to see some of you there.

Samuel Beckett strikes

As part of a large studio project in the second half of 2013, I created a body of work which investigated the play Waiting for Godot, written by Samuel Beckett.  Consisting of representational work ranging from text-based (again), video and traditional oil painting, I responded to the many different interpretations of the play that have been put forth since it's 1953 inception.
Below is an example of the direction I took with the text-based component of the project.  By directly quoting text from the play, I attempted to create an initial sense of understanding the content and subject matter.  As the viewer reads from left to right, top to bottom, this understanding becomes replaced by a sense of confusion as the visual imagery of the text breaks down and starts to become abstracted.

I am Happy, Oil paint and synthetic polymer paint on canvas board, 30cm H x 20cm W

Some Pop/Comic art

As a respite from the more sombre work being created in pursuit of my degree, I responded to an invitation to submit work for a show with the guys at Artboy Gallery (http://www.artboygallery.com/ArtBoy_Gallery/Home.html)
They were having a 'Greatest Hits' exhibition.  Basically any character from any comic, film, graphic novel, book, cartoon etc could be submitted in just about any medium.  I opted to go with a tightly cropped image of Red Sonja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja), going against the usual portrayal of the character as a busty, sword wielding, femme fatale.  I enjoyed using the close cropping, and once again, the use of text in my work.  There's a really dynamic intensity in the way comic book 'cells' are created.  They manage to convey the movement and intensity of a fleeting moment.  Maybe the Futurists could have learnt a thing or two?

Red Sonja Attacks, synthetic polymer paint and oil paint on cotton duck, 90cm H x 60cm W

Work from 2012

Finally another belated update.  The following two images are related to the previous installation work.  They are both the result of investigations into communications and semiotics.

A study in Communications, digital print, dimensions variable, 2012

A for Alpha, B for Bravo, C for Charlie, D for Delta, E for Echo, F for Foxtrot, six panels, oil on composite board, each board 30cm x 30cm, 2012

Some work from last year

Hi all, apologies for the tardiness.  Life has been pretty busy.

This is an installation I completed in 2012.  It was the final result from a long period of time spent examining ideas of communication in the digital age.

Untitled (Communication series 2012), 2012, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Canvas, Tin Cans, Twine, Paper, dimensions variable.

It contains a number of small paintings on wood panel and canvas, as well as sculptural elements.



Hopefully I will soon be able to show you some more of my work from the last few years.
Thanks, Eugene