OPTICAL CONFUSION

I was photographing The Cobalt Blue art show the other day, and spotted this completely accidental optical effect..!

Picture features Athini ( foreground, extreme right ), and MoodFlags ( background ). All acrylic on canvas.

Show continues until Friday 6th December, Second Floor, 9, Brindley Place, Birmingham UK.

DEBUTING THIS WEEK: 'RIOTING FOR SNEAKERS'.

You'll see my latest painting in THE COBALT BLUE: CONVERSATIONS WITH BIRMINGHAM at NINE BRINDLEY PLACE, 2nd FLOOR, starting Tuesday 26th November at 6pm, and closing on 6th December. Hopefully see you there!

Acrylic on Canvas 143cm x 111cm

UPDATE

Great news! I've been invited by a well-known Dutch abstractionist to participate in a winter mini-show, in Utrecht, early in 2014! Details soon!

SNEAK PREVIEW

Ahead of THE COBALT BLUE show on Tuesday November 26th, here's a sneak preview of the latest work-in-progress. Why am I showing it to you now? Because the light from the low sun at the time this photo was taken, was really beautiful. I think someone's rented this empty studio, because it's locked now, and I can't use it for shoots. :(

WORKS-IN-PROGRESS

Had to tweak this photo to death to minimise the studio's yellowy artificial light. I'll take a better one next time...

SIDE SHOT

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.