Craig. Watercolour and Ink. 31st May, 2008
TEN SWORDS
Mixed media- acrylic paint, chain, embellishments. October, 2007
The Ten Of Swords card in the Tarot, represents great mental alacrity,
and among other inferences, mental anguish and mental illness. This particular
abstract represents when the brain sequences disrupt, cause fits and spits, anguish and
frustration. A dear friend of mine was the inspiration of this piece,
due to the friend having to overcome the effects of accidental electrocution.
The beautiful colours represent the beautiful person within.
ANGEL SASHES
Mixed Media. 2007
Paper, plaster, glass, paint on canvas.
GUN SERIES : WOMEN’S LIBIDO. 2008
Gun Series: Women’s Libido. 2007
When she bangs, she bangs! When she don’t…she don’t!
HOSPITAL SERIES. 2007
Hospital Series, 2007. Ink and Watercolour.
In early 2007, I was trying to hand rear a little 4 week old kitten . As I was feeding it, it was so hungry it accidentally took my thumb for the teat on the bottle, then a need for surgery to remove fragmented bones and clean up the site… and so started a long cycle of 14 days of one hour intravenous antibiotic to kill a serious staph infection that took over my body. The first two works were done while undergoing the drip, and the last one after it was done.
THE PARTY (SERIES OF TWO)
Top & Bottom: . Ink and watercolour on acid free card. 2006
I went to two parties in one day. The top one is the first one I went to, then the bottom one
was at night when I arrived there. Two very different parties. The top party was full of family and children
and gays and straights, and puppy dogs and heaps of babies and children getting lost in the crowd.
It was so much fun to be watching on the side.
By the time I got to the 2nd party it was late and the booze and the talking was quite
the all time low. It was all time satiety …and I wondered how it would have been if I had had these two parties’
time-switched. Probably exactly the same. Same props, different actors.
All the ‘sane’ people had left and gone home, and the late stayers too tired to shift.
PLAY BY THE RULES
Mixed Media on canvas. 2006
This work is made of paint, plaster, cedar wood, rope,sand.
This work is a conceptual piece, telling us that time is not necessarily in our favour,
but if you play by the rules than maybe you will have a few wins along the way.
GARDEN
Pastel and Ink on acid-free paper. 2006
Over the years, my backyard garden has never remained the same.
Here is a mix of ink drawing and orange pastel.
THE ANGLE OF THE ANGEL.2005
The Angle Of The Angel. Ink and Watercolour. 2005.
Have you ever been through a rough trot? Life can bring these on,
even though you try to avoid them as much as possible.
To get to understand the situation, we must find a way to be objective
and create the ability to handle the situation,
even if it means that we must end the situation we are in, permanently.
ABSTRACTED DOODLE
Watercolour and ink on acid free paper. 2004
Doodling is an interesting art to do. In my art uni days I studied Trance Art and Doodling . Doodling and Trance Art do
not need psychedelic drugs to effect an outcome.