Monument II

An example of one of the paintings I did for my recent painting at the Old Ambulance Depot.
Starting off with the patenation of the copper I drew on the design for the monument (based on various monumental places around the world). This painting was done as a double to the other painting I made for the exhibition called Monument which showed a German WWI monument, run down but brooding.

 

Olympian Exhibition Edinburgh

I have paintings for sale at Olympian Furniture store on Angle Park Terrace (Gorgie-Dalry down from the Diggers Pub) along with several other artists. My small copper paintings are for sale and available now! The aim of this exhibition is for Olympian Furniture to support local artists from Edinburgh.

The paintings are the small copper paintings I have talked about in previous posts. One of the main inspirations of the pieces was the artists Paul Bril and Adam Elsheimer (images of work available on the National Galleries of Scotland website online collection and in the gallery itself on display). The idea of cabinet paintings inspired the scale of these paintings, a small painting placed in a small room in the house for contemplation and privacy.

'Mass Games' 20 x 15cm. Acrylic on incised, patenated copper. £350

'Off Work' 20 x 15 cm. Oil on incised and patenated copper. £350

'Mass Games' £350

The paintings are all for sale at £350. Please do pop into the store to take a look at;

8 - 13 Angle Park Terrace
Edinburgh
EH11 2JX

Tel. 0131 337 9284

I can smell ammonia..

'I Love the Smell of Ammonia in the Morning...' (May 2009) Dimensions 250 x 70 x 2.4 cm. Oil and spray paint on copper.

This big painting represents the city, how buildings connect in an abstract way, and how despite this beautiful geometry citys can be alienating spaces.

War on Terror Part 2

'Tanguy Underpass' (14/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil on patenated and incised copper.

'Kennel Club' (22/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil, gouache and acrylic on patenated copper.

'Double Yellow' (March 2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil, gouache on paper and patenated copper.

'Terror' (28/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil and acrylic on patenated copper.

All 8 of these paintings are part of my degree show. My works aim to convey the idea that the threat of terrorist attack, however vague or unsubstantiated is often used as an excuse to remove the liberty of a minority of people, and how this inevitably leads to it being used on the majority of people. By juxtaposing large, almost overwhelming paintings of ambiguous architectural spaces with titles such as ‘The Tube’ which suggest a sense of danger, against much smaller images suggesting the subtle everyday effects of the ‘War on Terror’ as well as its darker heart, the works try to convey the underlying issues which I want the viewer to think about. In these paintings I also wanted to look at modernist, futurist, brutalist even corporatist architecture.

These are all examples of movements promising to change society for the better which to greater or lesser extent failed.

War on Terror

'The Overpass' (20/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil, gouache and enamel on patenated copper

'Towers' (15/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil and pen on patenated copper and plastic.

'Working' (14/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Oil on patenated copper

'Mass Games' (29/4/2009) Dimensions 20 x 15 x 2.5 cm. Acrylic on incised and patenated copper.

'Utopia'

'Utopia Living' (April 2009) Dimensions 10 x 15 x 5 cm. Oil, gouache and spray paint on copper.

'Grassy' (April 2009) Dimensions 10 x 15 x 1.3 cm. Oil & gouache on copper.

High Riggs

'High Riggs' (February 2009) Dimensions 30 x 45 x 2 cm. Oil and pen on copper

High Riggs

'Rooftops' (March 2009) Dimensions 30 x 45 x 2 cm. Oil and enamel on copper.