'R'

'R'

Inspired from partially revealed fading and decayed signage on a wall in Melbourne Australia. 

This painting is painted over 9 - 20cm x 20 cm plywood tiles attached to an off white 80cm x 80cm plywood frame.

Mysterious, yet intimate, this piece's focus is on the letter 'R' which is dissected in its linear design and floats in a space due to the subtle change of the bi-layer colour tones.

The alluring quality of this painting is the sharp lines painted beautifully and with a sign writers accuracy and also the relationship of the varied tones of colour of each tile, painted in a way to enhance the paintings depth of field and dimension.

The image and lines wrap around all edges and the painting is finished brilliantly in gloss acrylic.

Signed on the reverse side.
Comes wired, and ready to hang.

Follow

Originally schooled in Sign writing and later Scenic Art, in 2010 I began exploring and developing techniques in the treatments of typography by means of ( for example ) painting , sanding, masking and the overlaying of type and letter shapes. 

The original concept of my work was inspired by various weathered sign written signs I had seen mostly high up on the sides of buildings in Melbourne's CBD and also on walls of it's surrounding inner suburbs.

It was around this time that I started developing more of an interest in vintage graphic design, package design and vintage typography, and whilst my explorations into letter treatment for the most part remained the same, the focus of my work broadened as I began to consider layout and design, spacial awareness and colour (and it's tones )

By implementing these new concepts and coupling them with my ongoing explorations into typography, I was able to lay the foundations of the style of work that would follow and which continues to be a feature of my work today.