Burnt Match With Twin Shadows
Oil on linen on MDF
100x100mm
This was a commissioned Burnt match painting.
Showing posts with label Matchstick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matchstick. Show all posts
Saturday, December 07, 2013
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Live Match on Lapis Lazuli
Live Match on Lapis Lazuli
Acrylic on ivory piano key mounted on rosewood
I thought I'd try grinding the lapis lazuli pigment in acrylic medium, reasoning that the acrylic is colourless compared to the yellowish oil and so perhaps lending more clarity to the subtle colour.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Two Dolly's Tea Cups
Two Dolly's Tea Cups
Oil on linen on MDF
60x60mm
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When painting miniatures I've often joked about painting a dolly's tea set! I put the ubiquitous matchstick alongside for scale as it didn't seem to work otherwise.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Novelty Matchstick Pencil
Novelty Matchstick Pencil
Oil on linen on MDF
230x75mm
This was given to me as a joke gift by someone who knows I have painted both matches and pencils. It's taken me a while to finally getting around to painting it, and I think it is because it's like someone else's joke. But I like the fact that the act of painting it gives it one further level of irony. Like Maggritte's famous painting of a pipe "ceci n'est pas une pipe" ie "This is Not a Pipe", this is not a novelty pencil....
Sunday, January 09, 2011
A Slightly Better Match
A Slightly Better Match
Oil on linen on MDF
103x102mm
Well... it's slightly bigger than my previous efforts, and they say that "bigger is better"...
Friday, June 25, 2010
Erect Match Standing in Blu-tack
Erect Match Standing in Blu-tack
Oil on cotton on MDF
62x69mm
In a way this is a tribute to New Plymouth and our famous Wind Wand sculpture by reknowned international kinetic artist Len Lye.
It's also a homage to blu-tack. I have recently been considering using blu-tack to "paint" with, however a cursory Google search reveals that like everything else I think of, it has already been done. This is one of the most thought provoking and stimulating sites on contemporary art I have viewed in recent years: Worsley Institute of Blu-Tack Art
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