Showing posts with label Samuel Beckett. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Samuel Beckett. Show all posts

Monday, May 19, 2014

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

Monday, April 28, 2014

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.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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