intransit: August 2011

Friday, 19 August 2011

Family propaganda

Magnum photographer, Martin Parr wrote (Guardian, 24 August 2010), 'Most family photo albums are a form of propaganda, where the family looks perfect and everyone is smiling: we try to create fabrications about who we are.' In these works I explored an image from my childhood.

Beach I, 2010, Manipulated inkjet print (washed and oven-dried), 15cm x 10cm

Beach II, 2010, Manipulated inkjet print (over-painted, washed and oven-dried), 15cm x 10cm

Beach III, 2010, Manipulated inkjet print (over-painted, washed and oven-dried), 15cm x 10cm

Friday, 12 August 2011

hh:mm:ss

hh:mm:ss 2011, Three clocks, 24.5cm dia.

Three adapted clocks that together make one contemporary timepiece.

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Preparing for a painting

Photograph of Bethany re-composed and manipulated in Photoshop

I took a series of photographs of Bethany and selected this thoughtful, reflective shot for the subject of a new portrait painting. The manipulation below is not part of the preparation for the painting but interesting what can be done with a standard filter.