Number Two in a Series
Digital print. Drawn in Procreate. March 2023
Titled Number Two in a Series, this is part of a series of prints based on images of numbers drawn in Procreate on an iPad.
Number Two in a series
Abstract digital art created on iPad
Digital abstract painting
Painted in Procreate. March 2023
This is an example of digital abstract art, created in Procreate on an iPad using an Apple Pencil.
The brushes in software such as Procreate and Adobe Fresco are getting better all the time, allowing for much more spontaneous and expressive work than was ever possible in the past. The expressiveness of the medium is now such that I think that the results can legitimately be classed as paintings rather than just digital art.
Abstract acrylic painting
Abstract acrylic painting.
Acrylic on watercolour paper. 30x20cm. 2022.
An abstract painting composed of black lines and areas of colour.
The framework of black acrylic lines was painted first, quite quickly and spontaneously. The coloured areas were added to this superstructure later after experimenting with their positions.
Abstract acrylic painting: linear and curved forms
Linear and curved forms
Acrylic, paper, collage. 35 x 25cm. 2022.
A painting from a series of abstract acrylic artworks featuring strongly linear black forms interacting with curving coloured forms.
Although the black linear elements in the painting are abstract their composition give the impression of a living entity such as an animal or a person – an effect that is heightened by the coloured curving forms, some of which hint at anatomical features such as eyes or ears.
Rorschach mask
Rorschach Mask
Watercolour, acrylic, paper, collage. 30cm x 21cm. 2021.
A watercolour Rorschach pattern, or inkblot test pattern, with a panel of stripes in acrylic collaged onto it, giving the impression of a mask.
The type of watercolour paint used to create the Rorschach diagram (Daniel Smith lunar black) creates a particularly intricate and textured inkblot pattern.
Below, the image framed.
Painting of linear and curved forms – acrylic on paper
Linear and curved forms
Acrylic, paper, collage. 35x25cm. 2022.
An abstract acrylic painting featuring a strongly linear black form overlaid by curving coloured forms (some of which are collage while others are painted directly onto the paper).
Although the black linear elements are abstract they convey the impression of a dynamic animal form. This is heightened by the coloured curving forms, some of which hint at eyes or of other anatomical features.
Perception-challenging artwork
Shapes at the edge of perception
Papier mache, acrylic, card. 30x21cm. 2021.
A wall hung artwork in which a matte black hemisphere protrudes from a flat matte black surface. Due to the darkness of the surface the protruding hemisphere is quite hard to see (although in this photograph it is lit in a way that makes it reasonably visible). Even less obvious than the protruding hemisphere, the matte black circle at the centre of the metallic area is actually a hemispherical indentation. This indentation is very rarely noticed by observers.
The work is an investigation into perception, optical illusions and expectation.