New Adventures in Celluloid

Well, I'm not going to get all semantic with reference to the title of this post, but yes, they tend to shoot things in digital these days. Films i mean. Which is what i'm currently working on. I have produced a painting for the production of a short film shot in Cape Town titled Thanks Dad directed by Hein DeVos and written by Vicky Davis

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=thanks+dad&init=quick#/group.php?gid=167500424656&ref=search&sid=706177183.969912150..1

I will also be providing images for the opening credits, but that is still in the process check and test, so nothing to show just yet.

But here are a the digital mockups and the finished product for the painting.

Cultivaria work

Hey guys. Well, my last exhibition which took place in Paarl two weeks ago has come and gone, so here's some of the work i did for that. Hope you like.

The self portrait I've posted before, but that was also included in the selection, so I'll post it again. Because I like it.

Dragging the Lake

Once again, not too much posting going on here, but that generally means I'm being too industrious to do so.

I have a bunch of paintings showing at Cultivaria festival this weekend in Paarl and those pics will be posted as soon as they come down. In the meantime i'm also breaking wicked new ground in the digital realm, but that's for a project still in development, so they'll come to light a bit later.

Here are a few sketches that have been accumulating in the meantime. I'll spare you guys the greater unloading, because there's a ton of shit. So for now it's just one or two.

Burst.

I have been getting agitated not painting as much as I'd like, so I tore into an unsuspecting sheet of canvas and now, an hour later, all I can think of is lunch. Not as irritated anymore, but looking forward to doing some more.

Here it is, hope you like.

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Wrapping Up

Here's the last round to a set of drawings with started out as line drawings in ink, then got an ink wash and finally some highlighting. Hope you like.

Ink Slinging

This happened today. Not finished yet, but you get the idea...

Some lines.

Here are some new ink sketches I've been working on. Part of a commission...

We're Doomed!

Right, the breaking news over here is that this weekend, my work will be on show at Oppikoppi(BEEEG SA music festival up north, for all you foreigners). That’s if things go according to plan and Murphy isn’t doing the rounds, bastard that he is.

The Pretoria based super-avante band, Kidofdoom are looking to incorporate my work into their show. The details of the execution are thankfully not my barbecue, but I know the high standards these guys set for themselves, so they’ll no doubt do the business. And then some.

Thus for those of you who will be there, make sure you get your asses to the stage where they’re performing and let me know how it went down, yeah?

So let’s kick the tired and light them fires.

No School like the Old Skool.

Here are some of the inkier work I've been up to. I hope to do quite a bit more of this kind of work, so keep your eyes peeled.

Brave new something...

Well, I know things have been a tad quiet on the blog front, but that generally means thing are going nuts on the work side of things and this is indeed the case. But progressing well and about to start a new set of paintings for the Cultivaria festival in Paarl next month. Haven't had a committed set of exhibition work since I was in New Zealand earlier this year, so it'll be good to get back on that particular horse.
There are other rumblings on the music front, but more of that later, but the rest of the year looks to be a crazy time, so tag along and enjoy the ride!

Oh, these pics are ridiculously short scribbles in my new educational endeavour, getting to grips with the digital side of things, so wish me luck with that. Or at least let's hope I have time to knuckle down and sharpen up, cos this has loads of potential for growth like some dodgy employment ad.