This piece is based on a photograph of a great coffee shop in Kensington Market where I used frottage and photocopying to enlarge and trace the image to the canvas. I added a surreal detail of Jupiter and outer space being behind the ripped surface of the canvas
Universal space
Universal Space 60é48 oil This large surreal painting has many different shapes and details with a colour scheme to suggest what it may be like in the depths of outer space.
Feeling Blue
Feeling Blue 18é14 oil This portrait was painted in blue monochrome to suggest human emotion through colour with an attempt to make the painting look like the actual model.
Humanity
Humanity 40é30 oil This painting is a study of the human male form with added line work and shape to suggest the complexity of life and what is unknown about the Universe.
Three Figures contemplating the meaning of Life
Three figures contemplating the meaning of Life 2014 60é48 oil Three models posed for this picture for six hours each over three weeks and each model was painted a different colour background to suggest there relationship. Later, over many years surreal line work and shapes were added around the models to suggest the miracle and […]
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