whether painting or photography.

Sometimes a coalescent of them both.

The below images are a development of ideas from above photo.

Pencil sketch of the basic structure and stand out ‘light’ markers.
Canvas Primed and laying down some oil paint to see what creativity is sparked.
Zoomed in close up, I love the paint flow. This gave inspiration for how the piece could evolve.
Its interesting to see how inverting colours change the impact and feeling on the viewer.
Intensifying the shadow and contrast gives a greater 3 dimensional aesthetic.
The Painting utilises water effects in the oil paint, whilst using the viivd colours from the photo.
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The art of photography,

or a work of art via photography,

or photography manipulated to create art,

or …………… just art.

I don’t believe paintings are flat two dimensional pieces of artwork, they connect to the wall and space around them, they can also be free standing. I create the majority of my canvases to include elevation change on the canvas, doing this inline with the design is critical, whilst considering how the sides of the canvas relate to the aesthetic of the overall piece and their interaction with the surrounding environment.

Some examples of where I review how a canvas can relate to its surroundings and/or design.

Primed canvases on the wall awaiting paint, this image shows the elevation variances of the design.
Freestanding canvases sitting on the floor, some primed, some just canvas, some just the frames.
Canvas Primed on the left & right to complement the designed elevation variations of the canvas.
This shows the side of a canvas which has a cut out in the frame underneath to give further character to the design.
Alternative angle on this set of canvases where the elevation of the canvas is adjusted as per the design.
Finished canvases showing side view once painted, paintings sold as a set at college. A glimpse of another freestanding canvas on the floor.
The above shows a glimpse at a small canvas surrounded by frames waiting for the canvas to be added, love the provoking thoughts this work creates.
I continue questioning what a painting is, using primed and un-primed canvases, along side blank frames.
Continuing the same theme as previous image but a different layout, more uniform in design to raise other thoughts on the topic.

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I like to take a photo and then reimagine it, create a new world, something contrasting, or shocking, mainly I try to create an emotion or feeling, give a spark to the viewers mind, awaken their perception.

I grew up playing in a woods, I love being under & in trees, i find how they organically grow and develop stunning, so they naturally become interesting to me & part of my creativity.

The 'Red Tree'

Walking through Thetford Forest and I see a lonely small Oak tree with some brown leaves waiting to fall, it stood out and called to me, i then edited the brown leaves to red. I love this composition and effect.
Oh Look at Me!
Now LOOK at my outfit!
A quick change for a different style!
A slight contrast!

Has a scarier halloween aesthetic.
Imagine finding a tree this bright & colour at night time!!!
Loving the PINK dress!
Imagine a world where tree foliage varied in colour from tree to tree.
Nice to mee you, are you my long lost twin?
Now we're in the UPSIDE DOWN!