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| Prelude, acrylic on linen 40.5 x 30.5 cm (progress view). Photo credit: Tim Gresham |
Prelude, pictured above, is part of a growing body of work, collectively titled
Back Story. This and
Lookout, also featured in this post, were started back in April, and were the first and second paintings undertaken for the new series. In this year's avalanche of activities, however, I never got around to posting them here, and have barely managed to squeeze them in now, just as 2018 is nearing its end.
Prelude was also the basis for the eponymous linocut I created for
IMPRESSIONS 2018, the Australian Print Workshop's biennial fundraiser, and
Lookout appears on my 2018
Christmas card.
The painting component of
Back Story was placed on hold when I undertook a term as Artist-in Residence at Melbourne Athenaeum Library as part of Melbourne Rare Book Week in July. During the residency I worked on several projects, including a suite of linocuts inspired by the women in Mary Shelley's novel
Frankenstein, and continued to develop them after the residency had ended. These too are part of
Back Story.
Now that carving of the linocuts is near completion, my energies are predominantly concentrated on the paintings that are the backbone of
Back Story. A series of 20 is initially planned, each measuring 40.5 x 30.5 cm. These will be the forerunners of larger works.
Directly below are selected progress views of
Prelude. (Note the transition from warm to cool greys).
Directly below:
Lookout, followed by earlier developmental views.
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| Lookout, acrylic on linen 40.5 x 30.5 cm (progress view). Photo credit: Tim Gresham |
