Acrylics

Happy Birthday To Me

January 22, 2011

It was my 29th birthday yesterday. I’ve never been a ‘bucket list’ kind of guy but somehow the prospect of being one year off thirty made me acutely aware of all the things I haven’t done. The most random things too, like “I’ve never drank sake.”

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Painting Rage

July 6, 2010
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Sometimes I paint. Sometimes I just take my frustrations out on a canvas. This is certainly part of the latter.

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Painting: Self-Portrait (Anguish)

May 3, 2010
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Even though this image is quite crude I really feel like it embodies a great emotional truth. This is now how I ‘picture’ personal anguish. When I look at this image I am filled with a sense of recognition. I know what that is in a split second, I know what that feels like.

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Painting: Single Tulip

April 19, 2010
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This was probably much more an exercise in creating interesting backgrounds than painting a flower. Indeed the flower was an afterthought.

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Painting: Crucifixion

April 5, 2010
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I am not a particularly religious person. As a teenager I decided that I probably wasn’t going to be struck down by an unseen deity. I also realised that there was – and is – a rich relationship between religion and religious institutions and creative endeavours. I have this great aesthetic appreciation of religious art and music and narratives even though I don’t approach them with the devotion a true believer might.

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