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Charging Bulls

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Here is a very large scale piece I did for a local Tapas Bar called The Bowl Full in Lincoln. The request was to paint a scene of stampeding, charging bulls from a face first view. A challenge in itself as nobody seems to have been able to get close enough in front of a herd of charging bulls to take a photograph! So working from imagination as much as possible I took to the job with an enthusiastic approach and a very loose hand. In order to portray strength and power in abundance I applied the paints with the same physical, expressive strokes myself (a technique I researched relentlessly towards my dissertation for my degree) and hoped that what came across was the same urgency, movement and power to compliment charging bulls.


This piece is now installed in its new home The Bowl Full 🙂

Stag in a Forest

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As part of my plan to make up for my neglegance of this website I need to update my own artwork with that of 2012. After taking part in 3 Artist Markets on Steep Hill in Lincoln, I have done plenty more pieces, some fast small images and some large scale paintings. I have been creating work via commissions, made to order, and by request. These will all be uploaded to the ‘my work’ section.

 

I’m back!!

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I have had a leave of absence from creating any paintings or pieces, as well as having a long time away from this blog. I am however back in full force with to-do lists raging and armed with many genres (painting, drawings, photography, tattooing) to get stuck into.

After being away from my work for a while I have had so many new ideas written down that I can’t wait to get started on, however I’m mostly excited about using the Internet to its full potential. To communicate with other artists and the rest of the world, join the many art communities and forums and get involved! If anyone has any tips or can help a technospaz like myself it would be greatly appreciated!

For now, I cannot separate my desires to explore all the genres of art that I am dipping my toes into, so I will have to juggle them all! Personal challenge accepted.

Here is a picture taken today, one that inspired me to get back into my paintings and art work. Something you could sit and stare at from every angle in awe, and one of the most beautiful, natural, strong, practical and functional pieces of art there is! (I named the creator Charlotte)

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Exhibition

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I am very excited to soon be exhibiting a few bits of work at the Angel Coffee House in Lincoln. I have quite a lot of ideas that I have been wanting to start working on, therefore I will be making entirely new creations especially.

I will be exhibiting alongside Lee Griffin, who does fantastic pieces on canvas involving intricate illustration.

Here is his facebook page 🙂

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lionbird-Artist/229696570376160

Updates to follow 🙂

Timed sketching

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In order to keep my representation of perspective and detail in tact, I have been practicing with timed sketches. Giving myself 60 seconds to sometimes 10 seconds to not only find the subject on the spot but draw it too. I find the outcome never fails to surprise me. Obviously the drawings as a whole are not works of art, but I find there are sections within the drawings that I love, yet could not possibly recreate because of the speed, spontaneity and completely momentary situation.

This makes for good practice and sometimes, good inspiration. One sketch can lead to a tangent.

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Lucian Freud

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A rather delayed reaction to the death of another fascinating and influential artist last month, Lucian Freud. Another prominent artist throughout my university years, used as an example of the connection between subject matter and creation.

Grandson of Sigmund Freud, Lucian is known for his psychological overtones embedded within his portraiture. His relationship with his subjects were deep and often questionable. His enthusiasm for grasping the nature of his subjects on a level that excels from just skin deep formed the backbone of my 10 000 word dissertation.

Alongside this his style of painting was very honest and beautifully crafted.

On another note.. I am currently drowing myself in research for the process of selling art. Technology is not one of my strong points, and I have never partaken in photo-shopping or even used the program before in my life, therefore many things I have planned such as developing websites and business cards will be of very slow progression.

Any help/tips at all will be of huge help!

Mixed media, jumbled mess

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After finally getting re-equipped with some basic art materials as a result of my post-moving clear out, I have begun the sketch for my first large scale painting in quite a long time. I am not expecting to bang out any masterpieces, just merely blow away the cobwebs.  Inspiration: mixed media, jumbled mess. Subject however, completely random…

I always find myself not trying to enhance the piece but trying to follow the guidelines for the composition that I set out in my head. For some reason unknown to me, I know where I want a dark patch, and I know where I want to express delicacy.. I seem to know this and apply this without considering fully what exactly I am trying to paint/draw. This makes for frustrating work.

A few hours down the line and I have myself a foundation for my piece.

I am now stopping for the night! I have ideas for improvement. (Whether to tone it down or make it bolder however I don’t yet know!) If I were to carry on for another hour I would get lost. But hopefully soon I should have a sale worthy piece on my hands…

Cy Twombly

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I am hugely saddened to hear about the death of a man whose work formed the backbone of my  inspiration throughout my university studies. Inspired by his conceptual core ideas, right through to his physical approach to creating his art work, Cy Twombly was by far a prominant and important figure in the development of modern art, paving the way through to abstract expressionism. Twombly set himself apart from a movement that was heading in an entirely different direction, and embraced this in every form.

Challenging the audiance to find their own meaning within the marks created by one singular person is something that I integrated within my work, as handmade marks cannot but express the maker, it is to be hoped that the onlooker can make out something of their own. Involving the viewer rather than being just observed has fascinated me endlessly. Especially when the piece is to be seen, without physically integrating with.

Twombly’s work will be celebrated and will continue to do so as his pieces and their concepts will only mature well as art movements progress onwards.