Thought it'd be about time to make an official facebook page with my art; check it here

Aphex Twin - Rhubarb (with bees)

Here's a digital edit of the radio broadcast which Tiffaney and I did with 3MDR on the 13th of July. We're talking about the opening of the Tiffaney Bishop Collective and I'm mentioning my current plans and development contributing to the Vertical Platform Project  along with how I wish to engage with the audience in passing at Upwey Station through my artwork. Exciting times!

Just a Bit of GIF fun

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gif creator (you can't really see much coz of the poor quality, but hey, now I know how to make GIFs) Don't forget to tune into 3MDR (97.1fm) this Friday between 1-3pm to hear me speak about what the Tiffaney Bishop Collective and I have been up to!

Tune yourself to 97.1 FM on Friday the 13th 1-3pm for a radio presentation with Tiffaney Bishop, Emma Johnson and me for the Hills Hoist radio show!

For those who follow my red bubble, I've lost access to my old account. Not to worry, I've made a new account here

I've been busy getting started on work for the Vertical Platform project with the Tiffaney Bishop Collective  this week. Above you can see images of my work in progress. In creating this work, I've found a few skills in regard to light and colour which I'd like to explore in more detail; I can feel myself developing instantaneously with each brush stroke. I'm so honored to be part of this project. It is something which is solid and this is giving me focus which has otherwise been absent in my work over the past few years. I've still a few more ideas for different works which I could use for this project, of which I'd like to get started on soon. Stay tuned for more artwork! Badges, paste-ups, bees and bins are spoiler words for now. 

Until then, check out my recent inspiration.

Michael Shapcott

Michael Shapcott

Rubix Cube Art

Rubix Cube Art

Tom Bagshaw

Jane Perkins

Currently in love with Alyssa Monks' work.

And on a more relevant topic, you can check out a recent interview of mine in the Hills Collective Project.
Or, just read the published book online!

Beautiful!

      My first publication in a magazine! Hoodie magazine; youth, art, culture.

http://peterandrewfaber.blogspot.com/ A new blogger with a fresh perspective, I highly recommend it.

Commission and Limerence ThINK Tank Project

Here's an image of a recent commission:

I was one of the three finalists for the Limerence Boutique ThÍNK Tank Project on Friday. (Thanks to Brent Dakis for the photo) Nina Maskiell was the lucky winner, with her beautifully detailed drawings. I was completely captivated. Here are some images of my entries:



The three of us have been asked to talk about our art on local radio (97.1FM) sometime in the future, exciting!

Exams this week, eeek.

I've been meeting various artists from all around, I came to realize I didn't know that many artists before moving to Belgrave.

On June the 3rd, some of my images which got shortlisted for Limerence's Th'INK Tank project are going to be displayed among two other designers. The winner will be announced on the night and the Tshirts of the winning designs will be sold at the shop. I'm excited to see the other work.

Interview

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The following images explore a more primitive expression of humans - females - representing motherhood, protection, love, oxytocin and the ancient/traditional use of psycho-actives to evolve human consciousness and aid enlightenment.

An idea which inspires me here is the super normal stimulus - otherwise known as hyper stimulus - 'if some is good then more must be better!' which I feel leads to an contemporary issue and an imbalance in most aspects of human behaviour.

I've paralleled this idea to courting rituals of some birds.

Our primitive desire for large breasts and wide set hips - how much of our behaviour is programmed by our primitive gene expression, evolution and our purpose to reproduce?
What about hyper stimulus food - like McDonald's for example. Is this creating a naturally drug induced state on our brain by selecting and eating large amounts of what our brain rewards us with, based on our primitive modes for survival such as fat salt and protein?

My RMIT interview for Fine Arts is tomorrow. I'm really excited. Although I think I'll end up choosing to go to Monash- Caulfield.

Rather than making new artworks, I settled for ones I didn't plan on using because I ran out of time. This is okay, but I wanted to avoid using them because I didn't think they were of a high enough standard ...but now I don't think it'll really matter.

:)

Fine art interviews, life drawing, self portaits and virtue

I received two letters in the mail recently telling me that the two fine art courses which I applied for have shortlisted me to the interview stage. This means I need to bring appropriate work. Monash are asking me to provide 12-15 pieces (paintings) with development work (sketches etc). I don't think I have 12 pieces lying around. I did some figures and need to paint three to seven more paintings, with development work by the 24th of November.

And I'm pretty happy about this because it gives me more reason to live in my studio. Sometimes I feel like I spend too much time in here for no real reason. I always enjoy having a commission to do, projects to finish for a higher purpose rather than my own self indulgence. Every body wins :D

So I've been thinking about painting red heads as I stated previously. I'm a red head and I had an unfinished painting from earlier this year which I decided to work on for the third time.

So it went from this:

To this:(ew I really dislike this one)

To this:

I like this one the best so far. It's not finished, I'd still like to add to her hair, lips, skin complexion and obviously clothing. I'm thinking lace details but I haven't really got time for that :P

The whole point of this portrait was to do a painting about who I am and what I'm about. I wanted to focus on virtue and what I believe the "right" way of living is for me, finding an overall balance between two extremes of two negative qualities.

From wiki:

"For example, courage is the mean between cowardice and foolhardiness, confidence the mean between self-deprecation and vanity."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtue

But I don't really know how to go about this. So I'm gonna just share my thoughts here with you and leave it at that for now.

Here are some life drawings I did the other day in the city with a friend. It was a dude! A really skinny one. Not used to working with men. But his bony-ness was lovely to draw.

This one's from a few years ago. But I thought I'd add it in too. I don't think I've improved much since 2006..

Here's a self portrait I did.

That'll do.

Night!

Some more hair clips I've been working on.

I'm planning on changing the face of this one (above) as I don't really feel as though it's to a standard which I'm happy with. Sigh. I make life hard for myself. There's only one attachment on this which I bought :) The rest is from op shops and recycle art warehouses.

I really like this one, I enjoy the tribal head dress I gave her :) The simplicity of her face is rather effective. I know it's a little asymmetrical but I don't think it worries me too much and if anything adds to its effect. 100% recycled materials for this one :)

All of these hair clips do sit in hair, as there is a clip attached at the back.