West Studios Exhibition -It's On!

I have two of my original paintings showing at West Studios Open Exhibition, Chesterfield

West Studios

Sheffield Road

Chesterfield

S41 7LL

tender-draw-public (w3w)

Another great opportunity for people to see my artwork. It is nice to go back up North and reminisce about adventures past, but with my good foot stepping into the future.

Lonely Bipeds With Giant Dreams

Acrylic, chalk & charcoal on paper

We are not apart from the environment, we are a part of it. Yet we wander the Earth as lonely bipeds with giant dreams, elegant, haughty and detached. The subtle drawing a tones give this image a light and spacious feeling. The composition suggests the viewer in beneath and looking up at the “bipeds”.

Together When? When Together

Acrylic, charcoal and conte crayon

on paper collage

A detailed, gentle painting of abstracted tenderness. Painted over a short story co-written by the artist and a close friend. Together when? When together. The suggested forms and colours complement and feed off each other.

more artwork can be viewed at www.art4oka.com & #art4oka

Exhibition Now On!

I have 12 original abstract artworks on display at the Courtyard Gallery

This Exhibition is now on!

The Courtyard Gallery

Ballroom Arts

152 High Street

Aldeburgh

Suffolk

IP15 5AQ

smallest-applauded.tungsten (w3w)

You can see more of my artworks and information at www.art4oka.com

Below are some of the paintings that I am exhibiting at the Courtyard Gallery.

Chapter 9 rest

acrylic & conte crayon on photograph

The scene is relaxed and contemplative. The image could be translated as restful beneath a calm blue background. The subtle beige/ brown complements the blue. The texture is highlighted by the conte crayons reaction to the under painting which in turn adds detail and intrigue.

It Reminds Me of the Docks

Mixed media on paper/ photo collage

Delicate ballpoint pen and coloured pencil work plays over the surfaces of the materials within the collage. Details are noticed on the larger colour planes. Conte crayon, wax and acrylic paint is also sometimes used. It reminds me of the docks. What 3 words locations. Serve -monkey -anyway, bolt -slip -work, wide -frosted -fear and honey -tone -left

More information of upcoming exhibitions is to follow.

As well as posts on a number of projects I have on the go.

At present I have 53 artworks on display at various venues.

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Concise, Precise perhaps or perhaps not? part 3

In Concise, precise perhaps 2 I wrote about the work of one of my favourite artists, Richard Long. In particular his prose or text artworks. Where his words are seemingly of randomly placed together, for example; the things he sees or his experiences every mile on one of his wilderness walks. The words go on to form a kind of poetry or prose. Which in turn transports the viewer mentally into a supposed similar circumstance or allows them to reflect upon a triggered memory.

I use to give my daughter spelling tests of about thirty words. This was something we could do whilst I was driving or preparing a meal. Invariable, after about ten words she would start another column and so we would continue until we reached thirty words and therefore three columns. Upon reading these columns left to right we would discover some nice lines or funny, nonsensical statements in these almost a random sequence of words.

Retain Bloodshot Paper (detail)

mixed media on paper collage

www.art4oka.com

This leads me on to write about the what3words app. I love it for its randomness and its coincidences. Apparently every 3 square metres on planet Earth has been named with just three unique words. I do not know yet how these words were decided and selected.

It is a fantastic tool / app to find the location of places and even missing persons. It rules out the need for coordinates and surmises that everyone has a mobile data signal.

For example: "airstrip-artist-octopus" is the location of my art studio. Okay so I don't have an airstrip in my back garden, but I am often quite busy though I can't do eight things at once.

Hopefully more and more people will use it in daily life, as I am starting to do with photo locations and directions. If this does become the case, people could start answering questions like "Where have you been?" with nicely random phrases such as

"Tourist-research-directive" The Old Man of Hoy, Scotland.

Grin Shelf Cheese (detail)

mixed media on paper collage

www.art4oka.com

The naming of species's and paintings could I suppose be dealt with in a similar manner.

Presently certain guidelines are used to identify the above family, genus, location or discoverer. Inia Geoffrensis = the Amazonian river dolphin.

I am led to believe that in some first nation /native american cultures names were chosen for individuals after an unusual natural event or happening. These events probably occurred in within the local vicinity.

What if, when the word labels from what3words were being dispensed the items (nouns, verbs and adjectives) where actually in that specific 3 metre square. Is there a way to check?

for example "awaited-passive-landings" is one of the 3 metre squares in Stonehenge.

Tinkle Crumple Testy (detail)

mixed media on paper collage

www.art4oka.com

I enjoy a quirky word sequence.