Flirting with a painting-by-numbers set and ending up with a subversion in soft pastels of Van Gough’s Starry Night opened one of those mental doors that might have stayed close without considering how Van Gogh’s panoply of disorders could have … Continue reading Rift #4 – being and not being ‘normal’
I’m quite fond of subverting what might be described as genre output by juxtaposing or underpinning a relatively traditional piece with something that jolts it a bit. So when I came across an ad for a painting-by-numbers Van Gogh, my mind had already raced to an idea involving tracing and cutting out the numbered areas then enlarging and exploding them over an A1 card. But reality had other ideas. The schematic is printed onto the canvas which, unlike the ones from my childhood, is real and not a piece of cardboard. But even if it had been a firm surface, … Continue reading Subversion – personal painting, #rift
I was thinking this time of socio-political rifts and what more fundamental one could there be but the impact of Brexit on the union? Scotland, which has been pressing for independence for many years, is closer than ever to having … Continue reading Personal Painting – Rift #3
After taking yesterday’s multi-layered piece almost to breaking point and assuming I’d finished, I couldn’t help but take another run at it today. This time I had green screen in mind from the start. First, I gave it a wash … Continue reading Personal painting – recycling (Rift #2.2)
My focus for this is Rift – geological, political, metaphorical. The work is a development of the digital/physical hybrids I made in earlier exercises and projects, and also as part of my personal painting that had no connection to that until this idea began to form. The first is almost entirely dependent on digital ‘post production’ in that an original painting in acrylics passed through Paintshop Pro, Rebelle 5 Pro, Flamepainter, and PhotoMirage to become the first Rift. The second is, in very many ways, more rooted in the physical and also represents an extension of my video making skills. … Continue reading Painting Practice #1
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