The first update in a lonnnnnggg time

SORRY!

Sorry I've neglected this blog so much and haven't posted anything for months , I've been relatively busy with various things so haven't had much of a chance. With that lame excuse out the way , onwards with the blog -

Studio

Just going to update generally , Major thing is I've now got a studio where I can paint!! In my home town in a mill building, settled in there now and I'm very happy with it, suits my needs to a tee. Nice space, nice amount of natural and artificial light and a place where I can escape from the world to create. Currently participating in a group show in the exhibition space there which is on till this Saturday.

Art wise I've been more prolific than ever painting more than I ever have previously. Pretty much at least two hours a day every day of the week!! It is good when I'm feeling it, but sometimes I can feel creatively drained so it's a double edged sword.

Anyhow here's a few pictures of my newer work (Most of which I'm pretty pleased with, I feel I'm evolving artistically a lot more now)

Oh yeh and I have a website up now, check it - chrisgodberart

What I've been up toooooooooooooo

Just an update really......

Drawings - done a few self portraits and a sketch of Thome Yorke recently because as always I am trying to improve my portraiture skills, making progress slowly... here are a few , also did a still life - apples in a bowl sketch






















































Paintings - Working on a 60 by 80 cm abstract at the min, after quite a long break i'm painting a lot more , finding the will to do it again :). Also have painted a small still life on a 8 x 10 inch canvas called bowl of apples (with help from the sketch I did earlier and observation), needs a lot of improvement but it's an ok first try I guess, was going for a kind of fauvist inspired frenzy of colour, but I don't think I really achieved that.






















Completed this abstract painting a few days ago , it's untitled though, quite pleased with it, was trying to go for a flowing abstract expressionist feel.

Newest work + Oxfam exhibition

Haven't updated for a while, mostly because iv'e been slacking a bit in the artwork department (skint, lack of materials and energy etc etc) but here's the latest work i've done , well from last month but still :)

Oh yeh , the exhibition for oxfam never really updated on how that went, it was preety good even though I didn't sell anything , it was nice to get the chance to see what people thought of my work though and I got positive feedback on the whole as well as some constructive criticism which is always useful!!






Construct - Acrylic on 60 by 80cm canvas


A simple abstract composition , kind of done on a whim , didn't really plan this one out just went with the flow. It turned out ok I think though perhaps it could be more complex.














Lips that would kiss form prayers to broken stone - Acrylic

Based on a line from the T S Eliot poem 'The Hollow Men' which I was listening to a lot prior to this paintings creation. This was based on a sketch I did of two figures kissing, and then I added the detail of the buildings in the background in the painting. I wanted to create a loving yet sombre image for this painting hence why the colours are quite faded and greyish/dark. Im quite pleased with it and I was going for an expressionist feel which I think I broadly achieved. Though the guys ear could of been done better, that is the major niggle I have with this one, ears are tough though!!!








Outwards and Downwards - Acrylic

The oldest of these three, actually thought I had uploaded this one, obviously not though. I am really rather pleased with it, just like how it is very energetic and busy, more akin to some of my abstract drawings.

Eating its own tail painting

Most recent painting - Eating its own tail


This is a painting I completed yesterday, I am quite pleased with how it came out. My artwork seems to be getting increasingly busy and bustled, but I spose my drawings have always been this way and now im just painting more like I draw. Im very glad this turned out as it did, there was a point when I started this one out where I thought it was going to be a real diasaster...

The title is a reference to the ouroboros (the snake eating its own tail)

Upcoming Exhibition

Im having some of my paintings shown in an oxfam art exhibition
called painting for poverty. Preety excited/nervous about it haha.

27th march - April 5th (11am-11pm)

at Solomon Grundy, Wilmslow Road, Withington Manchester


http://www.citylife.co.uk/arts/news/12792_art_community_unites_to_paint_for_poverty

Jill Smith Art: An Interview with Chris Godber

Jill Smith Art: An Interview with Chris Godber

Interview with me on Jill Smith's art blog

Demon Eye - New painting - My biggest yet!!!

This is my newest painting called demon eye, an exercise in abstract expressionism. It's also my largest painting thus far at a meter by a meter..

I am quite pleased with how it came out, I wanted to produce something more dark and moody than some of my other work, something inbued with more of an inner tension and I think I achieved this broadly.

the creative process that went into the painting was one of going with my first feeling or my gut feelings and seeing how it turned out. It was also painted in an almost action painting sense as I experimented with different ways of attacking the canvas as it were, and different methods of applying the paint. Sometimes with broad brushstrokes, othertimes with an almost stabbing
motion.


I like it though , its preety messy i'll admit but I think it looks good and works on the whole.