“I was an art student who became a screenwriter. Twenty years later, I abandon the page and return to the canvas as I attempt to tell stories through pictures.”
February - Craft: Composition for Emotional Impact
Why is composition so important to artists? Because we want to control and manipulate you *mwa-haha*
February - Painting Music (Part one)
Inspired by artists Delaunay, Klee, Kandinsky and Pollock, I make my first attempt to spontaneously express the emotion of music in a painting.
February - Why Did Kandinsky Paint?
With the birth of photography, modern artists sought to justify their work beyond realism and express their own unique way of seeing the world. This week I attempt to find my own answers to these questions.
Making Bad Art
I had big plans to deliver some great art in January. It was going to be lovely. However, I didn't envisage creating with a battle going on in my head.
January - An Introduction to Expression
The Abstract Expressionist artists of the 20th century were the first to place value in painting an emotion as a subject matter and rebelled against image-based work. In this introduction to my year of expression, I look at why this movement is so important to me.