No Studio, no work?

As I don't currently have a studio up in Glasgow it limits my options when it comes to making a mess, or as I like to call it painting. In regards to this I attempted to create some digital work based off the Mr. Painters series. I have also been developing some (hopefully amusing) animal designs which also feature in the paintings.

Mr. Painter at his Desk
Digital

Mr. Painter's Race
Digital

Mr. Painter's Mural
Digital

Mr. Painters Degree Show

These paintings were completed over the final semester, since March. The aim of the body of work was to create a fun, light-hearted body of work to make people smile, while also developing the painting skill and communication of ideas through the artwork.

The exhibition space also contained the artist chair and overalls as well as a paint brush. This added to the humourous atmosphere while also adding contextual clues as to the origin of the paintings.

Mr. Painter's Degree Show
60 x 60cm
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

 

 

Mr. Painter: Origins
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter's Dream
60 x 60cm
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

Mr. Painter's Inspiration
60 x 60cm
Acrylic and Oil on Camvas

Mr. Painter's Palette
60 x 60cm
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas

Mr. Painter's Preparation
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter and Little Miss Sculptor
60 x 60cm
Acrylic, Oil and Pen on Canvas

Mr. Painter's Rest
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on canvas

Mr. Painter Cont.

These two paintings were completed last semester and submitted for assessment with the paintings within the previous post. They developed the series combining successful elements from the previous paintings. These two paintings depict the direction of my most recent paintings which will feature in my degree show, combining the use of straight edges and freehand, expressive painting. 

I invite everyone to come see the degree show as it will contain artwork by some great artists who are peers and friends of mine. 

Show dates : 6th - 14th June 10am - 5pm at Loughborough School of the Arts.

Mr. Painter Always Tries to be Tidy
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter Ran Out of Space
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter: Origins

“Just what do you spend your time doing” is the first question I get when people find out what I study. The Mr. Painter series of paintings takes a light-hearted, comedic approach to explaining the studio practice of a painter. The paintings demonstrate the circumstances and decisions behind my studio practice with use of artistic license of course. The series matches the importance of humorous dialogue and content with the formal qualities of paint.

The dialogue is developed from the character "Mr. Painter" who I had previously created based off a culmination of my own identity as an artist, the idea of "the painter" as a stereotypical identity and Roger Hargreaves' Mr. Men. Although the paintings are executed in a subtractive abstract manner, it is possible to deduce the scene with help from the title.

Behind the comedic exterior the paintings examine a discourse of painting, exploring formal qualities of medium, techniques and painterly decisions and examining the place of painting within contemporary art. I have spent the term exploring painting through a series of studies, working with oil and acrylic to explore colour, composition and the limitations of the media in relation to the Mr. Painter series. Below are all the finished paintings from the series, ready for submission next week. However there are a few more uncompleted ones.

Mr. Painter Sitting in his Chair
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter Likes to Work Alone
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter Sometimes Re-uses Old Canvases
60 x 60cm
Oil and Pastel on Canvas

Mr. Painter Forgot his Brushes
60 x 60cm
Acrylic on Canvas

Mr. Painter Couldn't Resist a Good Flocking
60 x 60cm
Flock and Acrylic on Canvas