Selected pieces currently on display at The Bond Cafe, Birmingham

In the smaller, more intimate surroundings, with light coming into the room reflected off the canal, the art looks spectacular.

VERSION IV > UNTITLED WORK IN PROGRESS

Currently messing around with a new composition. No idea where it's going. But I mentioned to my studio neighbours Wayne Attwood and Zarina Keyani that using a brush wasn't 'doing it' for me anymore. They suggested various alternatives and Wayne said he uses a Love Film membership card to slap paint down.

So I dug out a wad of weekly travel passes and started using those. The resulting textures are great, and it frees me up to be less fussy about what the paint is doing. It's very promising - with my customary use of masking tape, there's a great contrast between structure and splatter.

2013 - 2014 ROUND-UP

Jan 14th 2014 - two man show at The Bond, Birmingham.

Dec 2013 - The COBALT BLUE Group exhibition successfully concluded at BRINDLEY PLACE, BIRMINGHAM, on DEC 6TH, 2013. Massive thanks to Ammie and Daniele for their assistance and sponsorship on behalf of Bank Brindley Place and Piccolino. You gave us a great kick-off, guys!
Oct 2013 - New edition of my design blog is out: FUTURE-ROCKER

Sept 2013 - Art consultation and design work for Birmingham digital games co. ( Character designs, concepts, etc ).
Sept 2013 - Interest from big 2D and 3D art publisher for articles originally published in my personal blogs.

28th June 2013 - Alexi K pen art ( ink on postcard paper ) featured in CHANIA ARTFEST, CRETE, GREECE ( Olivepress Contemporary Art Museum ).

01 May 2013 - Alexi K pen art featured in first issue of prestigious German Magazine the Corner.

25th May 2013 - Alexi K's art magazine MONOBLOG Spring Edition launches to 500 views a day.

CLONED ART

The painting on the left exists in the real world. The painting on the right, is the same piece of work, digitally altered. ( It's the Christmas Holiday, and I'm having a break from the studio! )

Close-up, below.

CLOSE-UP: PEN & INK ABSTRACTS FROM THE NEW 'URBAN EDITION' OF MONOBLOG

Once in a while, I'll stop talking about trying to produce simple, minimalist work, and actually get on with it. This is what happened after submitting eighteen postcard-sized drawings for Chania Arts Fest earlier this year. As I stated a while back, there's something so satisfying about being able to produce a piece of finished work every couple of days. After a brief visit to New York, I did some pieces inspired by the skyline ( follow the link to MONOBLOG ). Below are some great close-ups of that New York series. I'd love to do some large artworks based on these edits.

( All images: Rotring Isograph pen on white watercolour postcards, copyright Alexi K, 2013 ).

'GRID REVERENCE': Click here to see the original-sized art

NEW EDITION OF MY ART MAGAZINE - MONOBLOG - IS OUT NOW!

http://monoblog-art.blogspot.co.uk/

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