"Discarded"

"DISCARDED" By Mike Fernandes

“So glad you came, Son”
“No probs! Dad” – “Can’t stay long – How are things?”
“All good.”
“Have you made any friends in the retirement village?”
“Not yet, Son.”
“OK! Gotta go – I’ll be back.”
“When do you think?”
“Soon.”
“Thanks for the biscuits, Son.”
This 3 dimensional artwork covers the awkwardness of a visit with someone to whom so mush is owed, yet so little can be said.
Time is such a precious thing, even more precious during a change of life, when every word, every second, and every gentle touch, will be all that’s worth dwelling on, when four walls replace the freedom of open air.

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Mike Fernandes has many talents including art, photography, sculpture, graphic design, copy-writing and inventing.
Mike’s preferred art style is “Outre”.
With little regard for rules, Mike is comfortable teasing an image out of any available surface, rather than forcing a formal series of brush strokes. Unlike photography where beauty is there for Mike’s camera to present with beauty, art is insidious, often creeping up with messages and personalities you didn’t know existed. These messages and personalities are often wicked and Mike loves them that way.
Mike is also a versatile and creative photographer who has been working in the industry for over 40 years. He specializes in editorial, corporate, and documentary photography, capturing stories and moments with his unique style and vision. He has a passion for exploring different cultures and landscapes, in which genres his work was dubbed “Photo Poetry” – A title he loves and aspires to.
Mike signs his work as ‘Mike Fernandes’, ‘Mikey’, ‘M Fernandes’, ‘MikeO’, or just ‘MF’ – (depending on his mood at the time), and there’s always a fingerprint somewhere as he’s very ‘hands-on’!
Mike Fernandes started his career as a graphic designer with the Commonwealth Bank Advertising Department and went on to be their photographer and art director before starting his own creative agency, Genesis Promotions in Sydney where he is currently based.
Mike works with his son Ben Fernandes, who is an art director, technical director, and web designer.