I very much like this picture of Francis Bacon's studio in Dublin. it shows chaos, maddess and productivity in my eyes. This is going to be the subject of one of my future abstracts, trying to represent the chaos but calmness that a studio needs to survive the artists thought process's and everyday use of a single room or warehouse. To me as an artist this has everything that a painting needs mood, texture, movement and plays through a story like a play.
Harrowing is a strong word, but it certainly applies to some places of no human existance after a major man-made disaster. I have recently been trying to find old buildings and towns to paint in. I have been in pursuit of these places for a few months now. I think the most harrowing place to paint is Chernobyl, its one of the few places on earth where everything still remains yet it is the ultimate ghost town. It’s full of memories, lost objects, relationships and human objects to record all of these emotions that were felt in the few hours before the mad dash for safety.
This to me is the ultimate place to paint. Treat, with respect and images will forever be a beautiful reminder of solitude that comes from human disaster. It also so remembrance to those who died in the accident and the family’s that got tore apart in the madness of the last day. I found this video to show some of the beautiful thought provoking imagery painted around the city. I’m not sure who the artists are but they have certainly done a fine and respectful job in my humble opinion.
I painted up the kidderminster subways for the third time. It was re painting the first subway, I decided to go massive with my wall (starting at 12 x 6.5 but slowly got bigger through the day) here are the pictures of my work and at the event....
i will endever to find someone with a better photo as this does not show all the colour fades. catch you lot on the other side.
I now have a new website up and running on the interweb. It supplies people with with canvases, custom murals and canvases. Check regularly for updates on new murals and canvases. see you on there.
over the past 4 days i have been at boardmasters painting with the upfest gallery. these are the results of the first day painting
This piece was situated right next to the exit of the dance tent so the people that had been raving away in the afternoon had something colourful to look at.
Then second day i decided to go with a simpler design with more fades on to taking influence from graffutreism. I will be painting a lot more like this in the future as I was painting the energys of the event, surrondings and people which to me is a very organic, moving way to paint.
Tomorow i set of for boardmasters in newquay. all the bags are packed and im ready to go...... this is the rough sketch i will be painting from.
its based on tents and the waves in the sea, relecting the rocking motion in the wind. pictures of the finished article will be posted when i get back.
the other day i painted outside the upfest gallery. I decided to keep it abstract with the theme being about ballet dancers halfway through a performance. using striking colours to to show the energy's behind the passion and movement. This was an extension of a piece of work i featured on my blog a few weeks ago.
there's a long summer planned for painting, so keep your eyes on this blog for up dates on my latest work and musings.
