Thanks for the fish

The only reason I'm actually writing something here, is that it would feel like a book without an ending. So, what's left to say is, so long ... Ten Thousand Things

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The other side

I have created a new blog for writing on: please visit it at: Ten Thousand Things

Cosmic Cephalopod

This is my first painting to go up here, and was done with acrylics on canvass.

141

141 used to be the extension to the bacteriology lab that my father-in-law worked in. However, I decided to take a new slant on the phone in question, and other than an engaged tone, there's only 6 other extensions to call, who they go through to however is a different matter.

Something's not right here

Trauma

Most of my art tends not to come from such a dark place within myself, however occasionally situations arise in life that can force feelings back out into the open again. This piece comes from a trauma I struggle with when unwanted sound comes my way, and manifested over two years of my life during 2006-2008. It was not a place I desired to relive, and I don't really want to go into a full explanation about it. So, hopefully the art speaks for itself.

Building Blocks

This was originally started as a nudge to get me back into drawing something, however it has ended up being framed and on a wall!

Devoid

Cow

I have been rather out of doing any art over the past couple of weeks for various reasons, however I have been using my creativity in a slightly different way, I learnt to crochet! Since then, I have been busy making lots of things, and thought I'd share my first crocheted cow with you.

The Making Place

Hunter's Retreat

'Hunter's Retreat' (thanks go out to Ian who came up with the title), was inspired after seeing three different takes on one shape, and is primarily a pen and ink drawing, however a paintbrush was also used. The piece is actually A3 in size, so I've had to take a photograph of it, unfortunately some of the texture of the artwork has been lost due to the conversion and size reduction needed to display it here.

The Wanderer

I created this montage after becoming inspired by a shadow cast over one the wardrobes. The piece is made using old photographic paper that has changed colour due to its exposure to sunlight. Over time is it also possible that each piece of paper will continue to slightly change hue, so it will be interesting for me to see it in a year's time.

XV

I had become annoyed and frustrated prior to drawing this piece, and it wasn't until I had finished it, that I realized it had come from somewhere very deep within myself, basically what in Jungian psychology is called the shadow.

The reason I have called the piece 'XV' is it also appears to be my own representation of the 15th card in the Tarot's Major Arcana. Due to this realization, I might re-draw the piece more precisely and not in charcoal; and am contemplating whether I should experiment in drawing my own representations of the other cards.

The Room

This drawing was done back in April 2009, as an illustration for a short story called The Room It has since been decided that the illustration can now also appear on my blog.

Refraction

I have always found it difficult to make a true representation of any artwork I do using either charcoal or pastels, as the colours never seem to translate quite correctly on the computer and the subtleness of shading is often lost to some degree.

'Refraction', although rather simple in its abstract style, can be interpreted in several ways. I will leave it up to you to consider any meanings, free from my own thoughts, as the piece will no doubt be perceived slightly differently by each viewer.

Windrush Hill

Way up high on Windrush Hill
I stand for hours to test my skill
Like a sail upon a stormy sea
Completely as one, I'm free.

Me and my shadow

For the past few weeks I have been concentrating on drawing up blueprints, so I thought I should share this very quick cartoon drawn on my new whiteboard.

From behind the curtain

On and off over the past week I've been working on something slightly unique to me. Partly because it is Gouache on stained wood and a re-creation of some of my previous artwork, but also as it is painting instead of drawing.