Hollow Men - Not Us: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Some of the Hollow Men surfaced in different piles and portfolios of drawings ... this one expresses a false innocence following an adolescent miss-step. Someone has walked in on them and there is little they can find … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #73: Hollow Men – Not Us
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #72: Totem
Totem: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. This odd little face grew out of nothing... a play with colours that evolved into a face, then a head, then a totem… There are spontaneous events in life that allow us to just push forward and express ourselves in ways … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #72: Totem
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #71: Hollow Men – Crowded
Hollow Men - Crowded: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. There's a scene in Pink Floyd’s The Wall where we see the children with melted faces, being ushered forward to the slaughter… into a giant meat grinder. I believe this to be one of the origins of my … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #71: Hollow Men – Crowded
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #70: Landscapes 90 – Mountains
Landscapes 90 - Mountains: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. I was reading a lot of Lovecraft at the time... the mad mountains of his imaginary landscapes filled my mind... I think I enjoyed them more than intended... their darkness and ominous feeling was easily overridden with the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #70: Landscapes 90 – Mountains
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #69: The Hunter
The Hunter: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Having devoured, contemplated, and worries over Joe Coleman’s book Original Sin, I needed something to lighten my mood. A friend of mine gave me a catalogue of award wining illustrators and I found the lightness there, in their pages… it … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #69: The Hunter
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #68: World
World: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Creativity is an expression of joy and letting go, as much as it is the effort of finding technical & aesthetic solutions to challenges. I believe when one lets go and completely trusts their instincts, the solution is pure fun. At … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #68: World
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 2 – Odd Fantasies
Part 2 - Odd Fantasies This is a collection of early works in the years after university. I had only taken a little art in college and it stimulated my hunger to create… I was spending a large percentage of my income on art books at the time and found a variety of unusual artists … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 2 – Odd Fantasies
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #67: Tanguy Smirks
Tanguy Smirks: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. Yves Tanguy, the satirical Dadaist and Pop Artist... There’s always a playfulness in his work, and I think he was very mindful of cameras around him, as there is always a smirk on his face in them. I can imagine … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #67: Tanguy Smirks
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #66: Mondrian’s Moustache
Mondrian’s Moustache: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. This one was very fun to play with... as i was researching Mondrian images, I he chose to wear a small moustache. Remember that this is around the time of the second world war. He wasn't widely known as a … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #66: Mondrian’s Moustache
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #65: Marcel Duchamp Considering His Urinal
Marcel Duchamp Considering His Urinal: The History: This is my story and I’m sticking to it… for now. There are a great many pictures of Marcel Duchamp making serious and silly faces, but always impresses me as his true nature as a Dadaist... he is standing alone, wearing a massive fur coat and slightly looking … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #65: Marcel Duchamp Considering His Urinal
The New Renaissance Mindset 