Here's my contribution to the 'home' theme of the Art Blocks for Ghana project. I found out Ghana means Warrior King & I wanted to incorporate forms found in African sculpture so I tried to incorporate all this & ended up with this Warrior King relaxing at home with his pregnant wife and first born son.
These exploratory thumbnails show my thought process-I started out with the image of a communal tree or village, playing around with sculptural iconography. I guess it's all pretty cliched stuff, certainly not representative of modern Ghana. I was thinking of imagery from a more primitive time in the past. The meaning of the word Ghana led me to the 'Warrior King' motif which I eventually combined with the 'home' theme for the final image.
(Thanks to Don Shank for the Gesso tip!)
wow this is gorgeous, love those bold shapes!
ReplyDeletevery awesome!
ReplyDeleteIs that Venice beach in ur header?
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ReplyDeleteThnx Chenny
ReplyDeleteAbz-yes, it's based on a visit to LA last year.
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Nice to see you painting, Matt! Love the colours...
ReplyDeletewill you come to the exhibition on L.A in March? I like the research very much.
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece ! and it's great to get to see the previous researches they're fantastic !
ReplyDeletebrilliant thumbnails
ReplyDeleteI'm especially fond of the SPEAR- excellent!
ReplyDeleteDo you need research for spears?
@UM-Thnx Uli, hope to do more painting next year
ReplyDelete@Stef-Maybe! Good excuse for a trip south!
@ KAVI-thnx for the support
@Artur- I think the fun I had shows in the drawings
@Crookie-I worked from the model sheet you drew for me!
wow! these are inspirational! :D love looking at your new posts!
ReplyDeleteLovely colour work! What did you use?
ReplyDelete@Abi-Thanks, glad to inspire
ReplyDelete@Jess-Cheers my dear, it's gouache, sweat & tears
Gouache sweat and tears, I never tried that.
ReplyDeleteThere's blood in there too . . .
ReplyDeleteLOVE IT
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