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

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

Radar Green

Radar Green, oil on canvas, 55cm w x 65cm h

Another work from a series investigating the correlations between buildings and communication in the modern world.

Radar Orange

Radar Orange, oil on canvas, 61cm w x 76cm h

This work is part of a larger series incorporating paintings and works on paper that investigates man made constructions that protrude above the horizon line in the urban environment, and how they relate to communication in the modern world.

Work in progress

Oil on stretched linen, approximately 20cm x 20cm. This is the first time I've ever painted on linen, and I'm finding it to be a fantastic support. Rabbitskin glue was used to primed the linen. No ground was put down as I want to try and utilise the colour of the linen as part of the tonal process. Also I kind of like a bit of the canvas texture showing through in parts. Painted from life, I'm pretty happy with how the metallic effect of the gold box is coming along.