Infinity again

Earlier in the year I started a series of paintings entitled 'Infinity'. I was trying to convey a sense of enormity within the confines of the picture plane by depicting just part of a circle. I have called this series 'Infinity:Cosmos' following the feedback I received.

I then took it a step further and began to work on three larger canvases which I left in an unresolved state at the beginning of the summer.

Since then I have worked on these paintings further.

Far Beyond

I like 'Far Beyond' best as it shows a development in my style moving away from total flat colour and hard edged shapes.

This painting with the red shapes has a constructivist feel to it and I have been influenced by early modernist art. Its in the colours that I associate with the old Soviet Union.

This monochrome one ...... I am not sure if it is finished. I may sharpen up some edges.

Liverpool Biennial 2012

When I went to the Walker Art Gallery to see the John Moores Painting Prize 2012 I immediately noticed the very colourful lifesize model pigeons 'roosting' on an outside ledge.

This is an installation by Patrick Murphy 'Belonging' 2012 and is part of the Liverpool Bienniel operating under the title 'The Unexpected Guest'.

Pigeons have been banished from city centres as they are seen to be a nuisance. Murphy has made 150 bright pigeons and reinstated them into their original urban context. 

click on these links to find out more and get a flavour of this biennial:

www.culture.org.uk 

www.biennial.com 

www.rhizome.org 

www.mercyonline.co.uk/podcast 

and there is an interesting review of the bienniel by Francis Frascina on pages 18 and 19 of Art Monthly Nov 12 (361)