New work!
Have decided to keep my newest Westcoast image of Saanich Inlet under wraps
with plans of submitting it for adjudication in the Sidney Fine Art Show this September.
In the meantime, I completed another International batik, this one from a May 2018 holiday in Croatia. The wax was barely off and it had a home!
Have decided to keep my newest Westcoast image of Saanich Inlet under wraps
with plans of submitting it for adjudication in the Sidney Fine Art Show this September.
In the meantime, I completed another International batik, this one from a May 2018 holiday in Croatia. The wax was barely off and it had a home!
"Labyrinth of Stone - ancient Trogir"
17" x 30"
$1357 (unframed)
SOLD
17" x 30"
$1357 (unframed)
SOLD
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
After years of expressing other people's ideas through murals, I was eager to create artwork that was uniquely my own - this culminated in painting batiks. Manipulation and fusion of wax, water and dye on fabric pushes me outside my comfort zone of crisp reality, restraining the complete control that I'm so accustomed to. Having worked with the medium for over 6 years, I still feel like I'm dancing with the devil as my dye-laden brush lingers above the wet cotton. Unlike any other medium I've worked with, painting a batik requires continuous forethought and focus throughout the creation - my mind can't wander. The fluid technique of batik allows me to create uniquely organic paintings particularly suited to the interplay of light and shadow, smooth gradations of colour and reflections on water. Batik has become an endless creative challenge for me and I love to test myself to see how far I can take it.
After years of expressing other people's ideas through murals, I was eager to create artwork that was uniquely my own - this culminated in painting batiks. Manipulation and fusion of wax, water and dye on fabric pushes me outside my comfort zone of crisp reality, restraining the complete control that I'm so accustomed to. Having worked with the medium for over 6 years, I still feel like I'm dancing with the devil as my dye-laden brush lingers above the wet cotton. Unlike any other medium I've worked with, painting a batik requires continuous forethought and focus throughout the creation - my mind can't wander. The fluid technique of batik allows me to create uniquely organic paintings particularly suited to the interplay of light and shadow, smooth gradations of colour and reflections on water. Batik has become an endless creative challenge for me and I love to test myself to see how far I can take it.
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