Double Portrait Experiments

 

 

 

Emulsion, acrylic, ink, pen and charcoal; framed.
Image transfer on dyed calico; framed.

"Breathe & Reboot" at Vyner Street Gallery

My natural automated process of approach to any initial artwork is to amplify my subject, no matter the motive or context, thus involuntarily establishing restrictions within the composition – confining any ability to capture the subject as a whole.
The work itself becomes contained within a capacity I choose, often culminating in indefinable, graceless and uncoordinated quantities.
This particular piece is from a series of which have been painted to produce fleshy, animal-like positions with attention to capture instances of motion and gesture.
The presentation of the work adds to the control I endeavour to pursue over what can be observed: encasing the study within a structure adds another deterrent where the piece becomes apprehended once more.
To isolate the subject reflects in the most part my conflicts and limitations within circadian life – repeatedly controlled and restrained within “a generation abandoned” – the preeminent execution is to breathe and reboot. 

Experiments using pen, ink and pastels. Continuing with the theme of restriction to create curious shapes and perspectives -  developing further the motion and gesture elements of previous paintings by over-laying momentary shifts of the human form causing to some extent an indefinable, uncoordinated accumulation of pieces.

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The Brick Lane Gallery

Photograph from The Brick Lane Gallery exhibition - Voyager

Restriction of the composition, cropping of the human form, adding constraints to the image; these elements are the basis for this series of work. 

 Focussing on, and examining a limited area of the human figure- much like a surgeon would. Rather than considering it in its entirety I have aimed to capture instances of motion and gesture which construct curious shapes and perspectives of the body- with purpose and attention to produce fleshy, animal-like positions, painted in an awkward manner.

Finally finished