Volunteered to do a live painting at Coopers Sunday Green today. Was pretty fun, and motivation to solidly paint for a few hours. This piece went from concept to ‘completion’ (although I need to fix it up in parts – especially the hands) in about 4 or 5 hours, including a digital mockup.
Made a bit of progress of the Earth Deity artwork. It’s deviating from the digital mockup a bit. I think I need more mark-making utensils…
More oil painting action. Started the Earth Deity painting on an acrylic underpaint. Blocking in some shape out in my studio (backyard).
And more work on the Psychopomp.
I didn’t mean to spray drips on the left side, or by the hand… Had too much turps.
It’s getting close to ‘done’ though. The skin parts and hair are done, just clothing, mothbits and the orbs. Might add some graphic kinda linework, too.
A psychopomp guides newly deceased souls to the afterlife, and is the subject of my first (and largest) contribution to the Mythology exhibition.
I’ve decided to give oil painting a crack, and just spent the night painting with Richard Healy, who’s provided some useful input on the process of oil painting. He’s pretty great with the oils.
Anyway, here’s what I’ve been working on today. It’s something big like 48″x48″, and still a work-in-progress, but thus far I’m quite proud of my second ever oil painting! My first was a 6″x8″ picture of an apple. I think I was 9 years old at the time.
I’ve been floating around word of my upcoming Mythology group exhibition. It’s scheduled to open on 17th April but I haven’t made any promo material yet. I want to produce a series of reinterpretations. As such, I’ll be depicting mythological deities common across many cultures in a more contemporary context.
Here’s something I’m working on:
This is just a thumbnail.
Also I may revert the earth deity to look more like I’d originally intended:
A bit less humanoid and more disjointed and cumbersome.
The Summer exhibition opening is tomorrow (Tuesday)!!
I’m ready! Today I printed, guillotined, or otherwise sliced the artwork tags and signage bits and pieces for tomorrow.
Tomorrow that arrow will point to the exhibition info-card, so come along and receive your free info-card because as the text suggests; it was made specifically for you.
Not that guy, just you. That other guy’s got his mits all over the shop. You, on the other hand… Well, I quite like you.
I did an interview with the Forks Open Doors duo for Xpress this week, you can view it online here. I’m not very eloquent in this interview, possibly due to post-lunch-eating-drowsiness. It’s a pretty great writeup, though – Emma’s writing skills are good. And stuff. How’s that for eloquent?
Anyway, the Summer exhibition draws near! It opens this Tuesday!! Get down to Little Creatures with your art-evaluation beret for a mildly festive drink or two.
Who’s that sexy man in the preview frame? He appears to be holding one of my artworks.
Actually I feature pretty heavily in the start of this since I put my artworks up just above the crotch-level camera then loitered around chatting to various art-istes and designers.
Also note the subliminal Summer advertising around 0:19. ha
I don’t even remember who held the flyer. Probably Jeremy (the man behind this awesome video!)
Guerilla Laneway Exhibition, Perth, 13th Dec 2009. from Jeremy Hall on Vimeo.
I found it interesting to frantically pause-play this video and check it out frame by frame. It’s a great cross-section of the day, and there were a few things that stood out. Read the rest of this entry →
I’m just about to head to the Guerilla Laneway exhibition and put up my artworks.
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Thought I’d do a digital painting in colour for the Guerilla Laneway action since Officeworks does pretty cheap large format printing.
I started this in greyscale and it’s turning out surprisingly well… Even the skintones, which are typically a problem area, aren’t turning out too badly.
Still, I’ll keep refining it tomorrow. And by tomorrow I mean today, after I’ve slept. I’m gonna try adding some feathery texture and needa refine her belly, hand and probably adjust the lips (darkening a little).
