For over a year now I've been working on a series of art pieces in various mediums and materials. As a young visual art student my main ambition has been to discover my style and display it through new inventive artistry. Through the course of creating my art peieces my main source of inspiration has been people. I guess you could say I have a over-keen fascination with people, the way we interact with one another, our human nature, sexuality, culture and the list goes on and on. My works definetly come from a personally perspective, but with the use of inspiration from family, friends and people I interact with on a daily basis in my day to day routine in life, I have been able to combine images that convey people form my perception in life.
'Family Treasures'
Photographs of family and friends has much more meaningful significance than just the image itself. A photo can transport you back to a certain
past time in your life, unlocking certain emotions from that time,
commemorating feelings long forgotten. Gathering photos from
an old family photo album, I have used photos of close family
relatives as my main source of inspiration. My series of paintings titled
"Family Treasures' exhibits portraits of close family members I feel have
each shaped and influenced me characteristically and the nature of the person
I am today. The materials and methodology I have used is consistent
throughout my series. All portraits are painted in acrylic and pencil using
particular colors such as green and brown that was influenced by
the colour theme of my Grandma's home interior. In addition, the use
of such somber tones suggests the image of the subject is representative of
a past time, adopting the worn, aged effects of an old photograph.
Pic.1 Acrylic & Collage
Pic.2 Acrylic & Collage
Pic. 'Sullen man'
Pic.2 George
