Wanderluster

A painting hung at Watter's Gallery in East Sydney for unsigned artists back in 2016. The piece stems from an original pen and ink drawing , which evolved into a copper plate etching and then this piece. It is kind of a time travel machine with references to steam punk and biomorphic contraptions. There are references to Dr Zuess' contraptions in much of the work that I created around this time. Another refernce is to the Tower of Babel story and indeed the original drawing is called Portable Babel.
I started with an ink wash and then began adding 24 Carat gold and sterling silver leaf sections to laid down size. The oil was the last paint layers to be added.

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I have been painting and drawing since the mid 1980's. I took a hiatus' to start a family with my wife and for work related reasons. Ran a painting and decorating busines through the 90's through to 2010 when i returned to study and completed a Diploma in Concept Design and a Bachelor of 3D Art and Animation Degree through the Design Centre Enmore.