'TATTOO PORTRAITS 2015'
Mixed Media: Coloured Pencils, Soft Pastels and Pen Thinners on Cartridge paper also using an electric eraser to simulate the act of tattooing.
Size of each artwork: 42cm x 59.4cm / 16.5” x 23.5” - With Frame: 59.4cm x 76.6cm / 23.4” x 30.2”
The Tattoo Portraits series interpretsmy renditions of capturing individuaswith their body art visible. The rangeand depth of this series that as an artist specifically inspired and influenced by realistic figurative and animal oil painting from art history, has took a new direction in my art
practice. The series started in 2013 stems from being intrigued with the misconceptions of tattoo culture delineated by mass media, exploring
and documenting truthfulness through painting and drawing. Using factual and contemporary research including the aspects of the mark making
itself has lead me to develop this intriguingbody of work.
Through using this cropped imagery, I’m uncovering abstractions of the tattooed body creating this sense of intimacy and personal connection
with the subject even though the face and communal part has been removed. Using these somewhat objective compositions I’m able to
originate in particular the pictorial, the visceral, the personal with the sensual elements of the body art as well as the individual. These are not
generic models, airbrushed,edited or glamorised in any form, these are real people who live locally and lead normal lifestyles.
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Size of each artwork: 42cm x 59.4cm / 16.5” x 23.5” - With Frame: 59.4cm x 76.6cm / 23.4” x 30.2”
The Tattoo Portraits series interpretsmy renditions of capturing individuaswith their body art visible. The rangeand depth of this series that as an artist specifically inspired and influenced by realistic figurative and animal oil painting from art history, has took a new direction in my art
practice. The series started in 2013 stems from being intrigued with the misconceptions of tattoo culture delineated by mass media, exploring
and documenting truthfulness through painting and drawing. Using factual and contemporary research including the aspects of the mark making
itself has lead me to develop this intriguingbody of work.
Through using this cropped imagery, I’m uncovering abstractions of the tattooed body creating this sense of intimacy and personal connection
with the subject even though the face and communal part has been removed. Using these somewhat objective compositions I’m able to
originate in particular the pictorial, the visceral, the personal with the sensual elements of the body art as well as the individual. These are not
generic models, airbrushed,edited or glamorised in any form, these are real people who live locally and lead normal lifestyles.
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COMPLETE MATERIAL LIST FOR
TATTOO PORTRAITS 2015
² Faber-Castell Polychromos (individual)
- Weis White
- Cream
- Light Flesh
- Medium Flesh
- Raw Umber
- Nougat
- Walnut Brown
- Cold Grey
² Raffine Marco Colour (72 pack set)
² Derwent Drawing Pastel Pencils (individual)
- MarViolet
- Peach
- Violet Oxide
² Derwent Pastel Pencils (6 pack)
² Crawford & Black (120 pack)
² WHSmith watercolour pencils (30 &36 tin sets)
² Derwent artists Penicls (individual)
- Porcelain
- Flesh pink
- Bistre
- Ash Rose
- Pink Madder Lake
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
² Faber Castell Albrecht Durer Black
² Farb-Reisen Colour Giants - Skin Tones of the World (12 Pack)
² Faber Castell Colourless Blender Pencil
² Tinge Art Marker Pen
- Grey
- White
- Flesh
² Derwent Electric Eraser
² WHSmith Putty Rubber
² Tesco 2 pack Rubber
² Faber-Castell Jumbo 6B pencil
² Toyo White Paint Marker
² WHSmith Smooth Cartridge Paper - A2
² Double Mount (50mm)
- Ivory
- Nude
² Black 5cm Frame (professionally framed)
TATTOO PORTRAITS 2015
² Faber-Castell Polychromos (individual)
- Weis White
- Cream
- Light Flesh
- Medium Flesh
- Raw Umber
- Nougat
- Walnut Brown
- Cold Grey
² Raffine Marco Colour (72 pack set)
² Derwent Drawing Pastel Pencils (individual)
- MarViolet
- Peach
- Violet Oxide
² Derwent Pastel Pencils (6 pack)
² Crawford & Black (120 pack)
² WHSmith watercolour pencils (30 &36 tin sets)
² Derwent artists Penicls (individual)
- Porcelain
- Flesh pink
- Bistre
- Ash Rose
- Pink Madder Lake
- Burnt Sienna
- Burnt Umber
² Faber Castell Albrecht Durer Black
² Farb-Reisen Colour Giants - Skin Tones of the World (12 Pack)
² Faber Castell Colourless Blender Pencil
² Tinge Art Marker Pen
- Grey
- White
- Flesh
² Derwent Electric Eraser
² WHSmith Putty Rubber
² Tesco 2 pack Rubber
² Faber-Castell Jumbo 6B pencil
² Toyo White Paint Marker
² WHSmith Smooth Cartridge Paper - A2
² Double Mount (50mm)
- Ivory
- Nude
² Black 5cm Frame (professionally framed)