New painting: “Self, isolated” (oils and marble dust on wooden panel 61cmx 61cm). Would you believe it’s supposed to be a self portrait? It’s inspired by the Laocoön sculpture and by Picasso’s painting of ‘Woman dressing her hair‘, and is an attempt to sum up the feelings of claustrophobia and depersonalisation brought about by the …
This is a new painting based on a 2018 painting titled ‘Seated Nude II’, so thinking of calling it ‘Seated Nude II’ (Redux). Whilst painting it I was thinking of a (Wayne Thiebaud?) quote (heard on the Savvy Painter Podcast?); ‘Shadows aren’t objects, but they are evidence of objects’ (or something to that effect). It …
New drawing: Isolation (charcoal on paper 59cm x 59cm), based on a recent life drawing.
This is a new painting based on a recent sketch ‘The Space Between Us II‘. (Acrylic on canvas 83.5cm x 59cm)
This is my latest painting and is a first attempt at using Flashe Vinyl paints by @lefrancbourgeoisofficiel. Once again it’s loosely based on the Henri Matisse painting ‘La Joie de Vivre’ as well as David Bomberg”s ‘The Mud Bath’. To be honest, I’m really struggling for a title for this one. I’m tentatively calling it ‘The …
This is a recent painting, which was partially inspired by Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, hence the title…
I was struggling with trying to find ways to play with three-dimensional form on the two-dimensional printmaking surface, a recalled the Cubists’ use of cardboard maquettes (of guitars etc) to try and work out their ideas, so these are my attempt to reverse the process and create depth using flatness.
I’m currently re-reading ‘The Cubist Epoch’ by Douglas Cooper (Phaidon) and I can’t stop thinking of the following passage relating to Picasso’s painting, ‘Dance with Veils‘: [which] reflects yet another of Picasso’s sculptural preoccupations, for it seems to bear out his expressed hope that, if he had succeeded in truly representing his subject, one should …
