From the Sketchbook (July 2019 – ) features preliminary drawing and painting studies on paper. One thing I believe is there is always something new to learn and the sketch book is where everything begins – ideas for future paintings, new techniques, inner thoughts and ramblings. For me being a fine artist is a vocation in life, one where you are continuously learning – about life, yourself and how you visualize the world.
Thanks to all those who attended the Microcosm exhibit at Gallery 1313. I am pleased to say that the show was a success. The idea for this work started with a series of quick sketches on the subway, using just a notebook and a blue ball-point pen. This is where I began thinking about the Microcosm series (works on paper) and the Impressions of Kinetic Creation series (paintings). I wanted to create a body of work that was spontaneous and ever-changing, telling a series of ‘fantastical’ events taking place.
Here are some snapshots of the works installed before the opening on Thursday, February 23rd. Detailed images of the works from this exhibit are now posted to the site.
Microcosm (May 2010 – February 2012) In this series, visual queues of story-telling are used to explore the idea of Nature as an active participant of a micro-universe. Using gestural lines that overlap, a fantastical world emerges. Images of strange creature inhabitants try to balance a delicate relationship with their “mother” – Nature. The work depicts a series of events, where the creatures find themselves in a world where the forces of “mother” are ever so present; they are physically “caught” in the process. Much like ourselves, the creatures are both loved and scorned by their well-being “mother”. They get jostled about just as we do, like goldfish in a tiny bowl of water. Sometimes they move gracefully, other times clumsily as they attempt to keep in harmony with Nature. Their world is a place with a veneer of realism, which allows for natural and supernatural elements to take place.
