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RUBBISH / I & II

RUBBISH I

This is the 'oh dear' phase every artist goes through while in the process of doing a painting. Next comes 'Maybe I can Rescue This?' then, 'Jeez, Why Am I Bothering?', until finally, six months later, you arrive at 'This is a Work of Transcendent Genius, Somebody Get Me a Medal'.

Below: Acrylic on Canvas, 142 x 117cm

RUBBISH II

This ( below ) actually is rubbish, and I shall be forwarding the installation below for the consideration of the Turner Prize selection panel, forthwith. Joking aside, artists leaning toward the more 'conceptual' side love this type of studio detritus. Some even make entire careers out of it. When visiting the studio, they have an annoying habit of being mesmerised by the bits of tape, and ignoring the actual art. I had a cat like that.

Below: Conjuration of The Maji ( Recycling Masking Tape ), Installation, 2013

NEW EDITION OF FUTURE-ROCKER IS OUT!

A blog about 21st Century 'futurist' design and pop-culture. Written, edited, designed, and illustrated by me. Here's some graphics for the latest FUTURE-ROCKER.

New 'favicon' ( goes at the top of the screen, on a tab ).

New cover logo, inspired by the graffiti around my studios, and heralding a series on urban life that I'm doing across my blogs.

Rejected 'Wonder Woman' vignette - see the final one by clicking on the link, above.

Full page design, below.

NO IDEA.

Below is one of my many works-in-progress. And I can guarantee the finished version will look ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THIS. ;)

See you soon!

Below: Acrylic on canvas, 111.6cm x 142.3cm

PROGRESS...

I had to do something radical and counter-intuitive to bring it alive, so I added some black lines, and it's really starting to get somewhere now. Just a few more adjustments to make, then it's finished...

Acrylic on canvas ( picture below, added 5th Sept, 2013 ).

Below, with a metre-rule to show scale.

HELLO NEW VISITORS - !

I've been getting a lot of visits since I was featured in some articles online recently. Hope you enjoy my work, and please tell your friends..! Continue scrolling down, to see my latest works. X

Tsunami ( after Hokusai ), pen & ink, scanned / coloured & textured in Photoshop, 2013.

VERSION 27.0...AND COUNTING.

Isolated parts of this acrylic piece are starting to look great. Paintings can have personalities of their own, and they don't make it easy for the artist. It can take weeks of trial and error to wrestle one into shape. 

Don't forget, if you want one, email me at alexik-artist@hotmail.co.uk.

SNEAK PREVIEW #1

Postcard series inspired by New York, which I may feature in the forthcoming 'urban' edition of MONOBLOG ( which now has a revised release date of sometime in September 2013 ).

More to come...stay tuned.

SNEAK PREVIEW #2

The Mark I version had a lot of fans, but hopefully they won't be too upset with the final version...whenever that happens. It definitely is not finished.

Here's some close-ups ( below ) of the same pic, as it is currently...

Part of the pink section looks interesting...

With a metre rule ( below ), indicating scale.

EXHIBITION: 'BLACK AND WHITE DREAMS', CRETE

You may remember my postcard art from earlier this year. Here they are in situ, at the Olivepress exhibition, curated by Ioannis Arhontakis ( many thanks to my dear friend Lamprini Boviatsou ): 

Medium: Black ink on watercolour postcards.

DID I MENTION I'M ON TWITTER?

Twit me: https://twitter.com/AlexiKArtist

Can't remember the title. Acrylic on canvas, 1016cm x 76cm. Still available.

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

It was the hottest day of the year, and I was out on the mountain bike hitting the local trails with fellow artist Rob Walsh. At the entrance to the Rifle Range, Stourport, I rode straight through a colony of white butterflies. Don't worry, none were hurt...they just flew into the air like an explosion of confetti. So I waited for them to calm down, and snuck back, leaving my camera on the ground with them. You can detect patterns in their movements if you watch the whole two minutes.