I won't bore anyone with a recap of three years at art school. Instead: a snapshot of about one-and-a-half terms worth of painting in my CIT studio space. I believe it must be said that I'd have developed rather significantly and produced many more works, had the institute been friendlier towards my particular painting aspirations (more on this later). But twenty or so paintings for a grad show may be enough - we'll see once they're hung.

Before my last term began, I was privileged with a financial support scholarship (which I treated as an arts grant) from the Mick Young Foundation. Without their help, I couldn't have painted half as much or pushed significantly my painting vocabulary.

Despite updating my online gallery, photographic reproductions hardly ever catch the reality of a heavily textured, painted object. If you're interested in 20th century expressionism and the mischievous and often cruel elements of childhood, I believe the show is worth exploring (and even then, there are thirty other, very different artists exhibiting). Worth mentioning is fellow emerging artist Jillian Pontré and her projection of a sickly and playful makeup-video alongside large cosmetic paintings.

Attached below is the poster for Primed, a contemporary visual arts and jewellery show, running from 4-13 December. Please do share it about if it suits you. 

Work is for sale at emerging level prices. Jillian and I will be minding the show on the two Saturdays, if you wish to catch us then!

It's well known that Bacon incorporated found imagery into his paintings. Bacon obsessed over the paintings by Soutine and Picasso:  their work littered his studio in reproductions. But where else did they turn up? Certain forms by the each artist might have found themselves incorporated into his own paintings. Without ignoring possible coincidences, the two resembling forms I've selected here may been used as points of departure from the beginning of a painting, or as devices to resolve compositional problems he encountered.

Comparing borrowed forms has been an integral part of Baconian study. I'm not sure if specifically these images have been assessed together in that context, but I don't consider them too different to be merely coincidental...

Above left to right: 
     Left: Chaim Soutine - Street at Cagnes (La Gaude) (detail), 1923 
     Francis Bacon - Three Studies for a Crucifixion (Right panel) (detail, flipped), 1962
Bottom left to right:     
     Pablo Picasso - The Old Guitarist (detail, flipped), 1903-04
     Francis Bacon - Head I (detail), 1947-48

With a late opportunity at CIT, I'll be taking and uploading better quality high-resolution imagery: paintings, sculptures, etc. 

Some will be available in the DeviantArt print shop if preferred. The hi-res images will be downloadable for free. I only receive about one-seventh of the sale profits, so I'd encourage donating if supporting the artist is your primary or only intention (in which case just contact me).

Quickly, I have about 25 new paintings to photograph. Some are 4 foot square - the largest I have gone. I'm excited to upload them!