The 'Figures In A Souk' Series of paintings are Inspired by Rembrandt, Turner and Rothko. (mostly)
These works are imagined rather than observed...  This souk is a place of the mind. The figures emerge from the painting process. It's a soft focus world where nothing is defined and anything is possible.

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These paintings are on heavy weight hand made rag paper and are raw with a work in progress feel. Much of the paint is impasto - very thick, textured.. A real Fine Art studio authenticity..

Oil Paintings On Paper

OK this is clearly an Homage to Joseph Albers and his work. This is me having fun with a great idea/design.. The title is a pun on The Beatles White Album.. what follows is variations on the theme..

The White Albers

Based upon the carpets made in the Middle East. Geometry and colour meet in the Bazaar.. An imagined world.. a magic carpet ride,, a modern abstract world of art.. Josef Albers and Mark Rothko with Paul Klee..

Stand Up Colour

The 'Figures In A Souk' Series of paintings are Inspired by Rembrandt, Turner and Rothko. (mostly)
 These works are imagined. They are not observed... not drawn from real places.. This souk is a place in the mind. The figures emerge from the painting process. It's a soft focus world where nothing is defined and anything is possible.

Figures In A Souk : Submission

USAAF symbol as promised land. In the tradition of idealised landscape. Follows Claude and Poussin.

Promised Landscape

New Works

Night Moves

Bright and Beautiful

Inside the camera obscura, inside the gallery..

Darkroom

Night and the City

Minimal

Road Works

Images from inside a camer obscura within an art gallery.. With added star appeal..

Dark Room Misfits

I use dinner plates as mixing palettes. The oil paint dries. They get re-used..

Colour Plates

Shingle Style

Tsunami

Water color/gouache on Daler watercolor board. Idealized landscape, promised land. Identity, belonging, home. USAAF recognition symbol as Landscape and Mood.

United States

Idealized landscape...promised land, country. Belonging, identity, home.

American Landscape

In dialogue with 'Interior II' (Richard Hamilton)

Cinema

Experimental photography out in the street and inside the gallery...

Contemporary Figures


NEON REIGN

Neon Reign is an idea of mine and is the working title of this portfolio. I am walking in the rain one evening in the city. The neon lights are coming on as people leave for home or tidy up after a long day. Early revelers are on the streets with late shoppers. The Sony is set up to capture the blurred figures and lights. The artefacts created by the stressed processor are the point of this project. The last thing I want are perfect shots or sharply focused images.

Down streets of shops I walk shooting from the hip, unnoticed by passers by who become the stars of the show. Windows provide another point of reflection. many shots fail but the ones that work work well. Experiment now... while you still can... 



Neon Reign

Blooms... The flower is the image of it's creator... the sun, El sol...

Blooms : Here Comes The Sun

uBabe is a character created with reference to Mondrian and De Stijl. Constructed from typographic forms from the font called Courier. She is both feminine and feline and tomboy and Amazon. The man or boy character is a supporting member of the cast - part of her world. The work references among others - Picasso and Leger in style and Chagall and Lowry, among others, in some of the compositions. This is an ongoing research project using digital media.

Charles Stuart