Travailaux

Travailaux . CMYK Four Colour Seperation on Somerset Satin 300gsm 76cm X 56cm

In this abstract works, interest lay in the artistic momentum of filtering, levelling and balancing out the pictorial qualities of painted material with digital processes. Using hand painted and silkscreened surfaces, outlines of pourings and subsequent layering’s of thick paint, these textures and ‘pools’ are then photographed using a hi resolution Leica camera. Working material is then collaged and designed digitally. The approach is a form of sampling, importing or reconfiguring. Final prints are then achieved through treatment in both digital conversion and CMYK colour half tone four colour separation silkscreen technique, consisting of large printed works which are visually complex and often cartographic in form.

EnRoute

EnRoute. Four Colour Separation on Somerset Satin 300gsm 76cm X 56cm

Other strong hues in the form of rectangles, squares and shadows blend and bleed boldly from one part of a print to the next, creating a relief affect in the process. The vibrancy of the colour used demands attention from the viewer. It expresses a concern with making sure each piece is balanced, both proportionally and colour wise. It is important to be able to make sense of the chaos, for it not to completely overpower the print in a non-meaningful way. There is an extraction of abstract patterns, decorative order out of ornamental overload. Synthetic colours, scale and project themselves from various painterly shapes and arabesques. Various marks and motifs float in a flattened, shallow foreground space.  Brushstrokes vary in terms of perceived speed, temperature, and body.

History Of A Kiss

History Of A Kiss. Four Colour Separation on Somerset Satin 300gsm 76cm X 56cm

There is an interest in detail and stylistic contrast, the energy of the print coming from the injection of colour that the works display. They are art presented through distorted expressions, the dynamic of movement across a shallow screen rather than the construction of inventive space. There is the feel of a landscape, a vertical layering of features which enables a reference to landscape whilst maintaining a fairly all-over composition.

CMYK Acrylic Screen Printed sections pasted on an exterior wall which already featured sprayed graffiti, overlooking Regents Canal, Broadway Market area, Hackney London 2019. Various CMYK colour ways were screen printed on a light weight gsm poster paper in order for them to be more easily applied with wallpaper paste to the uneven surface of an urban brick wall.