Fragments.

In early 2010, I lost a lot of work due to a hard drive failure and a computer going *boom*!!  I learned my lesson the hardest way;  many works were irretrievable, such is the price of relying so much on magnetic devices to decode and recode imagery.

However, a few low resolution images survived, I rediscovered them today in my ‘Miscellaneous Box of Mess‘ folder..  Sadly, they will never be good for anything other than displaying on the web (or mobile-web devices, folks), so I wanted to give them one last airing before they go to sleep in the JPEG graveyard…

..and today, I continue to work with ink.. This is a foray back into the realms of eventual screen printing.  The photo is blurry because I used an old mobile phone;  my SLR is currently – shall we say – ‘out of service’ for the moment..

And yes, this is a pink and white polka dot table cloth.. Nothing to do with me, I can assure you! :)

Until next time,

Chris

Important foot-note:  If you work digitally, remember to BACK-UP your files!


Portfolio Refresh.

Hi There,

A belated Happy New Year to you…

Just writing briefly to declare brightly I have completely refreshed my portfolio pages, with an aim to make a generally more pleasant and cohesive experience for those viewing my work on-line.  I intend to add additional galleries for collaborative and commercial work in the near future.

So, please : Click to View…

Thoughts, feedback, and criticism always most welcome.

Thanks for your time,

Chris


A New Year.

Hello,

Time is a river, I think.  There aren’t any real markers to indicate this is the end of that, or the beginning of this; unless you count a few bubbling torrents, gentle streams or nail-biting waterfalls..

However, in the tradition held by our kind over much of the world, this is the last day of 2011, and tomorrow is the first day of 2012.  Of course, I am no stranger to hedonistic nights out or sing-songs in the streets at midnight. However, the last few years have been quiet affairs and I continue this tradition tonight with pencils and a pad of paper, some inks and contemplation.

Perhaps, it may be too much to load all our hopes and wishes upon one particular day of the year.  Hopes and dreams are beside a person at all times and the igniter is available at any moment.  The river does not stop for a moment to relish such things.  It is, perhaps, an overused metaphor but seeing as we are, in my eyes, the sea-made-conscious, I believe it to be an eternal one.

So, in keeping with the tradition of underlines and full-stops, I present to you my own highlights of the year, 2011…

“Fortitude in the face of Planets“, a collaboration with Cendrine Rovini.  Continue reading →


Inspiration: Louis Wain.

I have only recently discovered the work of late-Victorian artist Louis Wain.  His story fascinates due to my own interest on the effects of various mental disorders upon the creative mind.

Born in the summer of 1860, Wain was an English artist who possessed a natural gravitation towards the illustration of anthropomorphised cats originally drawn to provide comfort and amusement to his wife during her battle with cancer.  Continue reading →