The body in space....

Busy days lately as we roll onto the end of another year.....

I am working on a new uni subject... this time i have chosen two topics.... The Body in Space and the BODY and Identity...

It is encouraged to research widely and to experiment broadly with different materials and surfaces for these drawings.
I am investigating underprivileged people who beg in the streets of sydney... and how they claim personal "space" in an impersonal city... waiting....

Here are some images I have been working on along these lines so far...

Last minute artwork

It has been a very hectic end of Study Period for the subjects that I am working on at Uni.... I am feeling quite
exhausted, especially with crazy hours spent at work on top of it all.... But i am proud to say i am still managing to produce work.. even at this late hour! Happy with the results of this one.. It is an ink drawing about the domestic 
culture of routine... 
Inspired by Braque, Carra, Matisse ... Still life with Bust... on a collage of Bills... envelopes, recipes, newspaper.. to depict the undercurrent of busy - ness of modern day life..... no meditative domestic routine for me!! 

scroll - uni work

I was up late finishing this idea for a narrative scroll: 150 cm x 60 cm ink on fabric....
Inspired by street artist REMED

Ink drawings of the creek installation

I decided to do the drawing using actual rubbish! I found bottle tops, plastic bottles, old string, a used teabag, plastic wrappers etc and had a wonderful time using different mark-making techniques with ink that worked over a wax rubbing of the installation framework. Happy with the results...
Also I returned to the creek the following week...

50 min of my time = 2 big bags of rubbish + 40 bottles into the recycling bin. Easy!

life isn't always about being serious!

here are a couple of illustrations done for a kids magazine... nothing digital going on here...!

Organic shapes and space

It is interesting what you have to do to fill the requirements of a uni assignment.... to describe shape and form through the use of chiaroscuro. We had to create organic shapes out of clay... and then draw them investigating the space and imbuing a mood! Here are the drawings done with charcoal on A1 sized cartridge... but of course as i had to build the organic shapes I thought i may as well animate  them as well!!

waiting.. a theme i am developing with some ink drawings..