Tuesday 2 October 2018

Star Sequence


 Acrylic and ink on board [122 x 61cm]



Pen and pencil on grid paper


Every star starts its life as a cloud of dust and gas.

This work is a continuation of the compositions previously made using Posca paint pens. 

The sequence of this painting is a single line of shifting colour folded within the boards bounding format. The painted corridor snakes across the surface of the picture like a maze with no wrong turns. Paint is applied one section at a time beginning at top left, moves thought the centre, and ends at the bottom right corner.

Three colours, two end points, one line.

©ADG2018

Thursday 23 August 2018

The Night Before


Feeling very lucky to have been included with this amazing group of artists.
I'll be showing some new work.
One weekend only.

Sunday 29 April 2018

Static Animation


Acrylic on board [93 x 60cm approx]

The drawing for this paining requires working through many repetitive variations until the final composition is discovered. The relationship between the format of the board and the line-work has to be exact, as any variation shifts angles and distorts the overall figure.

In searching for new compositions within different containing shapes, I find myself rediscovering this same figure as viewed from different angles. This is something to think about.

©ADG2018

Sunday 18 March 2018

Two Rocks


Acrylic and ink on board [60 x 45cm each]

I have been playing with simulated rock surfaces for a while now, but these are the first two paintings that utilize all I have learned in these previous experiments. The flat trompe-l'œil is achieved by following a logical sequence initiated in the drawing phase.

A rectangular area is divided into six segments, of three pairs of unique shapes, arranged with rotational symmetry. By removing the edges cut from the rectangular template I push the composition into a more rounded form using flat curves. Tonal values of light to dark follow from top left (lightest) to bottom right (darkest). Applied in many transparent layers a neutral green gray is made by mixing complementary opposites of red/pink and yellow/green.

I am fascinated by this whole process, from start (line drawing) to finish (rock) and intend on producing more in series, building towards some kind of rock wall.

©ADG2018

Tuesday 27 February 2018

Web Development




Wool, air drying clay, brass screw eyes and acrylic on pine.

This work came from a moment of collapse, where different streams of thought converge. During the transition of the new year, all the work I had made (last year) condensed into this object/painting.

With time to think during the holidays and while sitting in an unfamiliar backyard watching a spider tend to its web, I was drawn to the idea of a hanging structure for my studio as a kind of space grab to utilize the only area currently left bare.

I am glad to have made it through this epoch, and now see new series beginning to evolve.

©ADG2018

Monday 15 January 2018

Façades



Façades, acrylic and ink on board. [121 x 60 cm]

I began working on this painting in December last year after a series of new drawings. I was thinking about forming a composition through the motion of a line rotating on a point. The line descends from the vertical creating diagonal segments which leaves behind a zigzagged pile of stacked units.

These compositions represent a shift in self imposed rules, opening up the full potential of 360° rotation and leaving behind the strict geometry of the isometric grid.

 ©ADG2018