New Stencils, GREEF clothing and the triangle effect!

'Chaos breeds Images'said the famous British painter Francis Bacon. And I can really relate to that because my studio is pretty much in complete chaos 99% of the time, in fact when you look at pictures of Francis's studio it isn't too dissimilar to the state of my own. I mix my colour palette on the wall or the back of the door which is close to my work table. I have canvases, books, magazines and images laying everywhere. I constantly have to move stuff just so I can work, but I wouldn't have it any other way. There is comfort in the chaos because i know that I just have to turn my head, move a box and I will discover or see an image which will excite my interest. Another Bacon quote 'I am inspired by everything and Nothing'. 

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The Triangle Effect
So this new little series I am working is a bower birds next of images all thrown together in random order. Having said that there is some order in that chaos and because I have created so many of these types of works over the years, I think my subconscious brain 'knows' where to place the images. 
Composition is such a complex thing when you really think about it, there is so much to consider, but i believe the more compositions and artworks you create, the better at composition you will become, because in effect you train that part of your brain to recognise good composition. I always tell my students to constantly create new works all the time, the more you do the better you will become. You have to exercise your creative muscle

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From 3d into 2d...
'Mofu' started his existence as a ceramic mask but it was evident that he was not destine just to be a 3D creation. A couple of days ago I decided to transform him into a stencil design to be used in my 2d work. I have to say I am really happy with how he turned out. I think he is pretty nice and I decided to give him some reindeer horns. I plan on giving him different attachments and I am looking at developing a line of t-shirt designs based on him and several other characters including my Kitty. 

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So today I am happy to say that I am working on a clothing line of my designs. My clothing brand is going to be called GREEF and will feature a combination of stencil and hand drawn images. The first lot of designs are in production at the moment and I have a lot of ideas forumating on how i want things to look. So I thought i would show you some of the basic designs i have come up with so far....please note these are not final and all cloths are purely experimental. I am still playing around with design size and placement and I intend to sew and add extra material and other elements to make them 'one offs' and I will be eventually selling them through my etsy site. At the moment I am working on men's t-shirts but i am planning to print onto women and kids clothing!!

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Art Fair next weekend 29th and 30th October
So next weekend I have my final art fair in Norway. I have never done well at this particular art fair, mainly because the type of people who attend are quite conservative and my work doesn't fit the conservative mentality. But I don't care, it gets my name out there in the community (not that it matters much anymore since i am leaving). I am selling mainly masks with a few works on paper, won't be going over board as I am in the process of packing and shipping my stuff back to Oz. So fingers crossed for a few sales to help me on my journey.
I am going to end with this latin quote which is my moto:
Aut inveniam viam aut faciam - means "I shall either find a way or make one".
Hope you all have a creative and inspiring weekend/week a head!

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