In progress: first glazes
Have switched to oils and begun glazing in with more colours. Mostly burnt siena, raw umber and zinc white.
Daniel Rigos
Beginnings 1
320 cm x 140 cm, acrylic on linen The canvas arrived on Tuesday and I began work on Wednesday. I had planned to post some initial photos of the blank canvas but it was almost impossible to photograph as it reaches wall to wall in my studio and I couldn’t […]
To end terrorism, we must first find its allure
Ankon Rahman from The Age writes: The finding that the Iraq war is cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement, contained in the recently declassified US National Intelligence Estimate report, is alarming. But it should not be surprising. We seek to thwart terrorists — but only after they have formed […]
Reversed 1
I’ve become accustomed to flipping around my purely abstract paintings throughout the painting process and also once complete. It is really surprising and fulfilling to see what happens when you reverse the painting. I hadn’t thought to flip around this painting as it is a bit more figurative than my […]
Untitled Exploration
oil and acrylic on canvas 122 cm x 40 cm 2006
A commission and some miniatures
I am about to start work on a 3.2 x 1.4 metre painting commission. I have been working through some ideas for the larger painting on small 22 cm x 11 cm canvases. Above is my latest and favourite miniature. I’m trying to work out a dynamic composition and powerful […]
The return of the sublime
Dominic Redfern, one of my Honours supervisors suggested that the sublime was something that may be relevant to both me and my work. From Wikipedia: In aesthetics, the sublime (from the Latin sublimis (exalted)) is the quality of transcendent greatness, whether physical, moral, intellectual or artistic. The term especially refers […]
A presence of modernity 2
Work in progress
About four or five oil glazes have been worked into the painting since the last post. 110 x 60 cm oil and acrylic on canvas.
A pilgrimage
photograph 2006