Suggestivism NYC and Sketches

I'll be exhibiting a new piece in "Suggestivism NYC" at Bold Hype Gallery which will be my first group exhibition in New York! It opens May 10th and runs until June 30th. Big thanks to Nathan Spoor, Eric Althin and Ken Harman for the inclusion.

I can't wait to see all the works. I'm honoured to be chosen as the lineup is both inspiring and varied, it's going to be the flagship show of the year and I hope that some of you can make it out to see it in person.

Thanks to the Hi Fructose blog and Jane Krenoyer for the write up about the show, which I've included at the end of the post. You can access the full article here.

I'll post the large version and progress shots of the image when the show opens, but for now I've included some detail shots. You can see a preview of the drawing by following the link to the Hi Fructose article above.


Media is mostly pencil, coloured pencil, with a bit of pastel and some acrylic washes.

Below are some studies:

"Nathan Spoor has curated a show that opens May 10th- June 30th in New York’s Bold Hype gallery. Suggestivism, a century old term that has been used to describe writers and artists from the past such as Edgar Allen Poe and Georges Seurat. The contemporary concept of suggestivism according to Spoor, “does not center around claiming a title for giving any movement a name, but for introducing a common creative thread amongst several disparate and unique voices within the modern art world.” These select artists have intriguing and contemporary aesthetics that speak to the tides of our time.

This exhibition is a wonderful selection of new works by amazing artists including Chris Mars, Skinner, Chet Zar, Dan May, Nathan Ota, Jeff McMillan, Rod Luff, Sas Christian, Colin Christian, Joe Vaux, Bob Schneider, Mia, Naoto Hattori, Bob Dob, Tom Bagshaw, Jason Maloney, David Molesky, Darren LeGallo, Michael Page, Kevin Peterson, Thomas Doyle, Sandow Birk, Heidi Taillefer, Yevgeniya Mikhailik, Brendan Monroe, Annie Owens, Eric Althin, Jason Limon, Joey Remmers, Chandler Wood, Martin Wittfooth, Eric Richardson, Francesco LoCastro, Nathan Spoor, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Scott Scheidly, NC Winters, Christian Van Minnen, Winnie Truong, Julian Callos, Heiko Müller, and Marco Mazzoni. 

- Jane Kenoyer"

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Nocturne Prints Available

I'm happy to announce the limited edition "Nocturne" Print is now available through Phone Booth Gallery. Really glad with how the print turned out, I didn't know if the iridescent paint embellishment would work out, so it was great to try something new.

GICLEE ON 300 GSM 
ARCHIVAL MUSEO COTTON RAG
SIGNED AND NUMBERED 

** EMBELLISHED WITH IRIDESCENT PAINT
** EACH PRINT IS UNIQUE

** COMES WITH COA

SIZE: 12 X 21 INCHES
EDITION: 35

PRICE: $75

CLICK HERE TO BUY

Owl Song

Here's my piece for the "Picks of the Harvest" show at Thinkspace Gallery in LA. I'll have the final work plus the four prelim works, which Andrew has generously included in the show, framed. One has sold already!

The idea morphed several times, the initial idea was a tree wrapping around the girl, with glowing orbs of light, kind of like musical notes moving upwards, which were the owls. I changed it into a horizontal left to right format and tried to integrate everything into the pattern, and give each element its own life and place in the rhythm of the picture. I had to explore a lot of new areas of artmaking that I don't have maps for, going in blind a lot of the time, but that's where the real fun is anyway.

Mixed media on paper, Framed

15.75" x 25.5" 40 x 65 cm

If you're interested in buying, please contact the gallery here.

Picks of the Harvest Prelims

Hey all!

I'm exhibiting with Thinkspace Gallery this weekend, and up until the show I'll be posting previews and prelims of my work to promote the show.

I'd also like to announce I just sent my work in for the next Safehouse Group show, which will be opening March the 23rd in San Francisco. Really excited to be a part of their shows again.

Here's the first full prelim sketch, just trying to draw in a rhythmic lively way and work out the flow of the piece, it's 19" by 18" pencil, coloured pencil and pastel.

Please note all works are available framed through Thinkspace! Please contact this email if you are interested in buying any :)

In the prelim below,  I kept the pose the same but I'm trying to define the owl creature and it's rotating owl heads, gathered some more reference, I decided to keep the same pose but change the composition. It's 16" by 18"pencil, coloured pencil and pastel.










I wasn't really happy with the way it was heading so I reconstructed the composition, moved parts around etc till it felt much closer to what I wanted. Had to remove the creature and replaced it with flying owls.

More coming soon!

Almost Blue

Hey guys,

The Almost Blue show at Phone Booth Gallery is only a week away, here's my progress on the piece and the final image.

Blue is an interesting colour, often associated with the sea or the emotions of the psyche. Particularly of interest were the deeper blues, the lower layers of the mind, where boundaries between the real and the imagined blend. It's also fascinating to note the Blue colour receptors in the eye are situated outside main focal area on the retina and there aren't as many as the Red or Green- they only constitute 2% of the total!

I started out with pencil, once I worked out the linear aspects I started blocking in the background.

But then I started experimenting some cobalt blue pastel mixed with iridescent medium and coloured pencils to find the background, which threw the piece out of balance. 

Had to use a lot of different media in the end to finish it, I ended up using iridescent white mixed with blue pastel to get the glow effects.

 The focus was to create an abstract pattern with the lights/textures over the whole, I'm unfamiliar with the media so it was mostly guesswork though! 

I hope some of you get the chance to see it in person, as the iridescent effects are more visible in person.

Cheers!