Ancestor Worship

Heres a picture from my back catalogue. Completed it around april last year.


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Its part of a project that reinterprets philosophies and non-religious concepts using religion-influenced iconography. I beleive that throughout history, cultures have fashioned gods that represent their understanding of their place in the world. Exploring this apparent psychological need to create objects of worship I rendered a series of deities to personify some key philosophical and scientific concepts that fit within the modern paradigm of scepticism and reason.

Self Portrait [10}

Im going to be uploading more of my work on this blog soon, both my new paintings, and my some of my older stuff that I didn't get round to posting before.

To start with heres latest my painting.


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Watercolour and ink.

Patterned Face

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Something I did in my spare time.

Totems

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I tried to keep the patternations traditional while giving the characters themselves a contemporary look.

Sketchbook IV

Pages from my most recent Sketchbook.


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The Story about the Rabbit

An illustration for a short story about a "Rabbit".


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Detail of the original scanned figure.

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Dante's Inferno

Three images from a set focusing on the 9 circles of hell.





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Old Man

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Below is another version of the same picture, not sure which one works better.


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Sketchbook III

More sketchbook work.

Biotechnology

Another picture I started with a single continuous line, and then filled in characters.

Fairly old, but I thought it was worth uploading.

Space Invaders

Another page from my sketchbook. I liked it so I thought I'd boarder and sign it in photoshop before I uploaded it.

Inked Figures

A piece I painted a few months ago using inks.

Sketchbook II

Another page from my sketchbook.

I started this piece with a continuous line which i filled in afterwards.



More to come.

I Love Ohio

Pictorial Map of Ohio's strange laws and famous natives.


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Drawn in Biro

Sketchbook I

Just a few pages from my sketchbook.

I hope to upload more of these recurrently.

My Father's Glasses

A piece I produced as a response to a poem with a few other possible layouts (included below).

My Fathers Glasses

These Glasses were my father's,
he left me them to keep,
he was an optician's clerk,
he got them on the cheap.
These glasses were my father's,
he saw the world through these
and sometimes what I'm looking at,
it seems my father sees.
"These lenses don't feel right," he says,
"nothing's very clear."
"What do you expect?" I answer,
"you're not really here, Dad.

John Hegley

Serial Killers

A compilation of serial killers that I intend to put into a handmade book I am currently producing.

Drawn in Biro