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The Children Of The Night Part 1 (2021)
Originally, I was going to write a short story by way of a response to The Kick-About No.39, and I even got as far as committing to a rough outline, but while the spirit was… Read more
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The Kick-About #39 ‘The Children Of The Night’
Our last Kick-About together was kicked-off by the cut-outs of Henri Matisse, and specifically his White Alga on Orange and Red from 1947. Inspired by one of Matisse’s less well-known cut-outs, regular Kick-Abouter, Kerfe Roig,… Read more
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Fundus @ Motus Imago / Best Short Animation Film Competition
A nice surprise this week, an email from the people at the Motus Imago film festival to say Fundus is in competition for ‘Best Animated Short Film’. Congratulations must go to Dee Crisbacher, who brought… Read more
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Throwback Friday #78 Red Parasols (2011)
Red fabric parasols in a side street in a dusty French town, spotted and snapped in the Summer of 2011. Imagine the clink of spoons, a hit of strong coffee, and subtle fizzing of a… Read more
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Insert Shape (After Matisse) #5 (2021)
The final few images coming at the end of my splurge of activity in response to The Kick-About No.38 – dense layerings of Powerpoint-originated shapes brought together in Photoshop to produce some impressionistic effects. Read more
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Insert Shape (After Matisse) #4 (2021)
A fourth collection of abstract compositions with their provenance in the cookie-cutter toolsets of Powerpoint, inspired by Matisse’s use of scissors and paper and produced as part of my response to The Kick-About No.38. Again,… Read more
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Insert Shape (After Matisse) #3 (2021)
A third set of images produced between Powerpoint and Photoshop, produced by way of a response to the cut-outs of Henri Matisse, this week’s Kick-About prompt. Something pleasingly opalescent getting started in some of these… Read more
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Throwback Friday #77 Fennel (2013)
Our garden is increasingly full of skeletons, but not the spooky kind. One of the pleasures of Autumn is the way in which some plants continue to impress with their form and colour; never showy… Read more
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Insert Shape (After Matisse) #2 (2021)
More images produced as part of my response to The Kick-About No.38, which took the cut-outs of Henri Matisse as its prompt, and more images resulting from an improbably happy marriage between Powerpoint and Photoshop.… Read more
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Insert Shape (After Matisse) #1 (2021)
Henri Matisse turned to scissors and coloured paper for expediency to produce his celebrate cut-outs, which surely derive their energy from that directness. In thinking about my approach to The Kick-About No.38, I wanted to… Read more
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