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.

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.

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

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.