Over the last few weeks, I've been working on a new painting/mixed media piece entitled 'City'. It was one of the more technically challenging pieces I've attempted, encompassing painting, ink-drawing, collage and some unfamiliar techniques/materials so here's an insight into the stages it went through.
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| The initial collage layout - plastics, polystyrene, card and wood on laminated hardboard. |
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| Everything was spray-painted white. It makes a good photo, but in reality looked like what it was - a blank-but-heavily-textured canvas. |
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| Sections of text from a lecture on NGOs and environmental law, and graphs from scientific papers on ecology were photocopied onto acetate sheets, then cut and attached to the discs already present. |
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| The background was painted in black oils. |
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| The black background highlights key features such as the organic structures made by applying solvent-based (but non-toxic!) products to polystyrene. |
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| 'Stars' and 'galaxies' are added in white spray, oil and acrylic paints. It is now a city in space! |
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| Details at this stage include a fox and an angel... to my eye, anyway - to yours? |
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| The final stage - 'circuitry' details in black ink. |
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| The finished piece - 'City' (80 x 60cm). Texture is a huge part of it, and a photo doesn't really convey this, but I hope you like it. Once framed it'll be up for sale... |
