Ok first up then is this untitled long format painting I did
Untitled - Acrylic on canvas
This was a slight departure for me in terms of I wanted to mix things up a bit more and make something that had geometric elements but mixed up with some more expressive marks, instead of my usual quite expressive style. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, but I haven't explored this area much more over the year so this remains in terms of my 2010 work a bit of an anomaly. Still I may explore this idea of mixing up the geometric and expressive so that they become a single unity more in the coming year.
Gateway - Acrylic on wood
This was a second of two paintings I did on some long pieces of MDF I was given, really enjoyed the process of creating it and I am very pleased with how it came out. There is some very nice mark making in the painting and I think the more subdued colour than usual is actually a plus. It's also certainly more abstract than some of my other work, although I think it hints at the landscape.
Twilight - Marker Pen on Card - Framed
This is one of a series of drawings I have been producing recently with marker pens on card. Am very pleased with this and the other drawings I have done and I love the spontaneous process of creating it. Again Interestingly this work hints at landscape as does the previous painting, expect obviously in an abstracted surrealistic way.
Dark City - Acrylic and marker pen on 30 inch by 3o inch canvas
This I think was perhaps one of the more ambitious and style shifting works I produced in 2010 as it is quiet markedly different from everything else in a lot of different ways. Firstly the pallete is reduced to a monochrome gray, black and dark blue, giving it a much more sombre feel than my usual colour. Secondly the composition is quite a departure in the sense that is much more obviously incorporating figurative elements such as the building to the right, but still with abstraction and distortion. It also looks quite graphical and I was quite consciously trying to incorporate a more graphical style for this work, influenced by street art. One of my favourite paintings of the year I think.
Cool Mechanics - Acrylic on canvas
This painting I like mostly because I enjoy the composition of it , especially all the jumbled up craziness in the bottom left corner! Not much of a departure from my usual style I.E Black lines, solid areas of colour etc, but I think it's done well, so it doesn't matter.
Combust 01 - Acrylic on 30 inch by 30 inch canvas
This is quite recent and again I am returning to a darker pallete, but I like several elements of this painting. Firstly I love some of the painterly mark making of it, such as the scratch marks and dollops of paint applied with pallete knives and secondly I like the composition , especially the central shape which looks like some kind of creature. Very pleased with this painting and it was a joy to paint!
