Works on paper

Photographic works optionally mounted to Perspex laser cut to a circular form

Circular works

CV type photographic prints, optionally mounted to Plexiglass

Photographic works on Plexiglass

Radial / THREE takes the idea of adding time and motion to a static artwork, by using animation tools to create 24 individual frames from a motion based sequence of images. These frames have then been re composited back into one singular whole. The 24 frames create a kind of ‘circle of life’ radiating out tangentially from their central core, to form a 120cm diameter toroid, that invites the viewer to contemplate the image not as a traditional landscape or portrait work, but as a more sculptural piece, that fully encapsulates it’s own geometry, as the line work curls back in like a breaking wave where it meets the outer edge of the circle.

Radial / THREE series

The Arpeggi series of drawings seemed to lend itself particularly well to the idea of being recoloured, and so after some experimentation, I settled on the idea of making six variants, which would be contained within a box, or clam shell folio. At the base level the six variations are red, yellow and blue, alongside black, white and grey. Three hues and three tones. Effectively creating a sextet of variations, or parameters, to work within. From there each piece takes on it’s own particular characteristics of course.

Arpeggi / folio

Millefiori / DMG (digitally made glass) is the next logical, or perhaps illogical, step towards trying to capture some of the light, life and vibrancy that you will find in studio glass, on paper. The series is at least partially inspired by a visit to Murano, and the glass that is made there. Millefiori tend to be quite small glass works, often paperweights, broadly made by cutting lengths of multi coloured glass rods, and fusing them into larger pieces, dense with colour, intricacy and detail. Taking that inspiration as my starting point, I’ve made a fairly random collection of glazed pebbles, and set them within a circular form, with no particular rhythm outside of the four circles that contain them.

Millefiori series

Le Klint studio is an inspiration to anyone who loves paper folding, contemporary design, and light. So of course I couldn’t resist making a series of origami like geometries for a new set of works on paper in 2015. Le Klint Studio, to my mind, are particularly well known for their folded paper pendant shades, contemporary designs which are as beautiful as they are ubiquitous.

The image I made is not an identikit line work, more an homage based around some of the origami like folds they use, with the addition of colour glazes and offset transparencies. I've also added a grid like structure of darkly shaded lines and accents, that bring the geometry to life.

Klint series

Two colour variants from my Lyric SV series...

Lyric SV

intersStella is a new series of sixteen drawings, arranged into four quads, with four works in each quad. These new works on paper comprise Venn like geometries based on circadian rhythms, bought to life with a series of sixteen colour variants, which I hope speak to the idea of the four seasons, plant life, and perhaps tulips in particular. They clearly also riff on the work of Frank Stella, a true hero of colour abstraction…

Chuck Elliott