Linocut Jigsaw Print on Acid -Free Card. 2004
Here’s another way of using the Linocut printing method.
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.
DREAM CATCHER GIRL. CIRCA 2004
Dream Catcher Girl. Pastel on acid free paper. Circa 2004.
This little girl used to appear in my dreams a lot. I do not know who she is.She blows a kiss to the viewer.
She also reminds me a little bit of my sister when she was about 5 years of age.
But the resemblance stops at only possibilities.
LINOCUT PRINTING ON COTTON
Linocut printing on cotton. W.S.U. 2004.
This shows a portioned section of a much longer & larger work.
Printmaking can have many good practical uses.
This is the same linocut , but hand painted after the initial print has matured.
GUITAR
Treated Plaster. 30th September, 2003
Guitar is done in the Minimalist Style.
I also love Minimalism. Brancusi’s work was a simplification of the things around him,
with the strength of what was really mattering in its visual communication.
Here’s a wonderful quote by Brancusi, the Minimalist Sculptor: On form and essence
Quote:“What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things”. Unquote.
WORKING WITH VENEER TAPE: RUNNER
Mixed Media. 14th April, 2003
Making comparisons with the Drawn Line, then realising these approaches
into 3D sculptures using veneer tape, wood, and metal binding.
Practical approaches for this extending weave, can be used for blinds, and wall hanging sculptures.
WORKING WITH VENEER TAPE: CUBE
Veneer Tape. 14th April, 2003
Along with the Fan, and the Runner being made with veneer tape, this cube was
made without any kind of joining or fastening system, or glues.
This is purely a fully closed in cube where there is no lid, nor opening. The ends were tucked in.
The concept is how to use the Drawn Line into a 3D object/ sculpture.
Practical use could be as a seat if inside is stuffed before closure. Otherwise, object d’art.
WORKING WITH VENEER TAPE: FAN
Veneer Tape. 14th April, 2003
I made several works using veneer tape. This was about working the Drawn Line
into a 3D object.
The practical use for this fan was made to be used as a housed
sculpture underneath a glass table top for a coffee table.
THE WORKINGS OF TIME
Treated and painted plaster with embellishments. 2003. W.S.U
This work is about the mechanics of life and how we must go through these journeys, to learn and navigate it.
There is a push light in the middle of the light , and the two columns, one being black, and the other being white,
is representative of the balance of understanding needed to reach through and beyond the columns.
A very symbolic work about my son’s life and what is before, during, and after.
COLLOGRAPH
Ink on acid free thick printing paper. Circa 2003
This collograph was my first , and it was to get the feel of the new process.