heavy-duty canvas stretched over a custom-built, kiln-dried, plantation timber stretcher frame
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BrainOfS is an abstract acrylic painting on canvas, and it is part of my IDENTITY series. This weird abstract series of paintings have 3 common threads. Culture, sex, and ownership.
The overall theme for BrainOfS is about two cultures (Australian & Thai), two sexes (Male & Female) merging to create a new identity. Embracing change and developing one goal, a partnership of sorts!
The backdrop references outback Australia, or ‘corner country’. This reference point is included because the field trip to Fowlers Gap Research Station when I was studying Fine Art at COFA (UNSW) had a profound impact on me. I developed a stylised visual language for my ‘outback’ artworks whilst in the Sturt Stony Desert (corner country).
My wife Nitcha is from Thailand, so obviously there are cultural differences, and language barriers between us. Because of this, I overlayed markings representing Thai language. These markings are a metaphor pointing at my inability to learn another language due to my dyslexic condition. I struggle to retain what I learn so the words get jumbled up in my head which causes confusion. I made up random shapes similar to Thai characters. These shapes will look familiar to anybody who knows Thai, yet they will not be able to read anything. This is symbolic to my frustration.
The male and female genitalia are symbolic to a marriage, boy meets girl - my wife and me.
The 3rd part of identity is ownership. I have always enjoyed playing with mark-making in my abstract paintings. I use dots, dashes, squiggles, rectangles, splashes, and drips all the time. When I was studying Fine Art at TAFE (2003), I remember our drawing teacher telling me “you cannot paint dots”. Confused, I asked “what do you mean”? And she replied, “The Aboriginals have ownership, it is part of their identity”!
I have one answer to that… I will paint more DOTS.
I am not being disrespectful, I am not stealing identity, I am making art MY WAY. There has always been plagiarism in art, and there has always been ‘borrowing’. There are artists in this world that blatantly copy other artists but get away with ‘borrowing’. As for me, I get snippets of ideas from all over the place, mash them together and just create! I enjoy being spontaneous with abstract works.
Abstraction: Is not considered an accurate representation of the world around us. It uses colour, forms and gestural mark-making to convey the artist’s interpretation or vision. Abstraction is used to convey a story or evoke a feeling. There is a myriad of different ways to approach abstraction in painting and I have developed a few distinct or unique styles.
Text paintings: this style is generally layers of text in a stylised font. I build combinations of different colours and font sizes to create patterns, so the letters or words start to merge or entwine thus becoming obscure. I want the viewer to really look at the work to find meaning, thus immerse themselves in the artwork.
Geometric shapes: this style is more about building patterns and colour combinations however I do like to covertly work a theme into the artwork sometimes. Because of my background in sign writing, I find the above two styles of abstraction to ‘fit’ with my identity, and I like to challenge myself with new concepts or approaches to my art.