Experiment with Rag Cotton Paper #2: Acrylic paint marker. A3. I created a half-tone line-render of Roxy, in a pop art style. I was testing to see how the rag paper held up to friction from the paint marker during application. There was some but not much. Long strokes following the line of the chisel …
“Paper Rose”
Experiment with Cotton Rag Paper #3, Acrylic Paint and Heavy UV pigmentation. A3. There isn’t much describing required for this one – I wanted to see how the paper would cope under pressure. I mixed and blended a few paints direct on the paper. It coped very well – hardly any distortion while the paint …
“Survivors Window Box”
Acrylic on Canvas, 600×750. This is a “compliation” piece. Intended intially to be 5 separate works, I combined them into one larger painting. Each rose represents a stage on the journey through Mental Health / Abuse. The commonality is “grief”, an appropriate theme for today’s painting. Artist’s interpretation I initially envisaged a series of themed …
“Crepuscular Creature”
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas, 400×300. First experiment in using “Liquid White” as a medium. Probably the last one, too. Inspired by a photo of a friends dog (Bandit) walking on a muddy path, the shadow of the dog was reflected in a puddle. My friend (C), an accomplished photographer who really should display his …
“C’s Big Night Out”
Acrylic and UV Pigment on Canvas. 500×500. Sorry peeps, this one is an “in-joke”. Sorry, C – thanks for seeing the humour and not being offended. Just don’t let me do your hair and make-up should you and E decide to go Rocky Horror-ing. When I finished the mouth, I appear to have given him …
“The Button”
Acrylic and UV Reactive pigment on Canvas, 250×250. The button depicted is a Soviet Era “launch” button, with the button replaced by a clothing button, activated using a sewing needle. The text above the button (barely legible) reads “ВСТАВЬТЕ ПИН-код ДЛЯ ЗАПУСКА” – “Insert pin to launch” or “Insert Startup Pin” depending on how badly …
“Tommy Gun Thatcher”
House paint, Acrylic and UV pigments on Canvas, 500×800. What do you get when you cross the “Cesar Romero” and “Heath Ledger” portrayals of “The Joker” in Batman – with Margaret Thatcher? A tommy gun wielding nutcase, intent on cleansing the country of all that publically owned industry. To be viewed above and to the …
“Miner Panic”
Acrylic and Charcoal on canvas, 600×300. A “Technical Work in Progress”. Following the completion of “Tommy Gun Thatcher”, I have completed “Miner Panic”. I’ve never used charcoal before. It was an enjoyable, but dirty, process. This is one segment of a two piece collection. This is the my “realist” piece, diverging from my tendency towards …
“Mackintosh Rose”
Acrylic and home-brewed UV pigment on canvas. 150×200. Inspired by the Art-Nouveau works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, this is a modern take on the classic Mackintosh Rose design. Under normal lighting, the piece is intended to look like a naive but modern interpretation. When bombarded with UV light, however, the true nature of the piece …
“Paisley Snail”
House Paint, Acrylic, Spray Paint, a teensy bit of Sharpie, and home-brewed reactive pigment on canvas. The “Paisley Snail” is a famous legal case, Donoghue vs. Stevenson. It set the legal bar for liability, and saw the foundation of consumer protection in law. The case is still taught in Law School classes to this day. …