MAJOR PAINTING ENTERS CAIRNS REGIONAL GALLERY COLLECTION 18.01.2012

 

Painting "Vibrations 13" 2008, 1500 x 1800 becomes part of Cairns Regional Gallery collection. 

 

Exhibitions' Manager, Justin Bishop preparing Vibrations 13 for delivery to the gallery.

KICK ARTS INSTALLATION VIEW

STEEL ETCHINGS

Part of the exhibition @ Kick Arts Contemporary Arts, are 6 Steel Etchings created during my workshop with Master Printmaker, Theo Tremblay of Editions Tremblay.

Exhibition closes June 30.
http://kickarts.org.au/exhibitions/current/by-extension/

Land of Space and Shadow - steel

Land of Space and Light - steel

Land of Space and Liquid - steel & bitumen

Land of Space and Earth - steel & bitumen

Land of Space and Metal - steel & bitumen

Land of Space and Distance - steel

NEW WORK @ KICK ARTS CONTEMPORARY ARTS

A new series of my work has just gone on exhibition at Kick Arts Contemporary Arts, Cairns.

About 3 years ago, I exited from conventional formats to play with composition on irregular shaped surfaces. This presented many questions, but also lent itself to exciting new possibilities.

Most of these works were designed around a flattened image, but more recently they allude to 3D giving a sensation of shallow depth.

Basic Test of Nature, acrylic & oil on Nycell board & Perspex

Rain Dance Thinking, acrylic & oil on Nycell board

Confessions of a Day Dreamer, acrylic & charcoal on Nycell board

Wind Forces a Review, acrylic & oil on Nycell board & Perspex

Determined Through Spring, acrylic on board

Scattered in Broad Daylight, ink and acrylic on Nycell board & Perspex

WORK COMMENCES ON INDUSTRIAL MATERIAL

Started cutting out larger sized images for irregular shaped paintings, utilizing a plastic material mainly found in the fibreglassing industry.  It has many benefits - doesn't attract mould (which is important in the tropics); is easy to cut; very light in comparison with other media, and with simple preparation, can take acrylics and oil paint.

My colleague using the jigsaw, is marine engineer, Ken Raabe.

 

 

STEEL ETCHING WITH MASTER PRINTMAKER - October 2011

Received a grant from Cairns Regional Council & Arts Queensland, to conduct experiments with different surfaces that will become the basis for irregular shaped canvases. 

Metal was the first choice, as this substance can be distressed using contemporary printmaking techniques and I was fortunate to explore a variety of techniques with Master Printmaker - Theo Tremblay of Editions Tremblay.  http://editionstremblay.com/

The first medium was aluminium – but the etching did not go deep enough. Steel was much more receptive,  and we could see where a graphic surface would look great on larger scale sculptural works.

The rust effects were manipulated to be an integral part of the process.

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Theo Tremblay photos