Outside Inn

During the last week of August, KosieONE and myself gathered all of out latest fine art works and filled the gallery space of Jugglers. Jugglers is a great art space in Fortitude Valley where the artists are encouraged to create their own work, using any medium and any method. This meant myself and KosieONE were also allowed to paint on the interior walls, which is a real rarity when it comes to gallery spaces in South East Queensland. Without the limitations other galleries impose we not only had a top time but produced a quality show.

Eagleby Youth Space

During July I facilitated five aerosol art workshops for Eagleby Youth Space. The participants were young people from the local area. This project was one of many different projects which I have undertaken with Eagleby Youth Space since working with this organisation in 2001, and I look forward to many more in the future. 

Update on 2012-09-10 20:49 by sauce

Attack of the Quadcopters

Hip Hop Garage

I was recently given the task to add some old school funk to an aspiring young break-dancer’s studio. The Gold Coast garage had been converted into a mini studio, complete with a tape deck wall. I had a really good time, met a cool young dude and I was even allowed to crank my own beats while I worked.  Life is good.

Camp Quality

Last week I visited Currimundi to deliver three stencil art workshops for the Senior Sibs Camp Quality Winter Camp. The workshops were well received and the young participants created an excellent array of artworks despite having no previous experience with the medium. I really enjoyed working with these young people and the staff and volunteers were tops too! This type of experience shows me laughter really is the best medicine. 

In Full 3D

It was great to be invited by the owner of Bay Central Storage to rock out another mural at the business located Wynnum. The 5.2 metre high wall stretches 45 metres in length making it one of my largest works. I spent many hours developing a site spefic design and applied the artwork during recent months between inclement weather. With the rain at bay I was able to get the mural completed working from trestles with a brush in one hand, a spraycan in the other, armed with headphones and museli bars. It is with much excitement I present In Full 3D. 

Emerging Technologies

Emerging Technologies is a an artwork which uses acrylic on printed canvas created by Sauce to express the artist’s inner most thoughts and insights towards technologies, modernity and art. The graffiti styled lettering created by paintbrush could be viewed as an artwork alone. The photography of the old farm utility could also be a stand alone art work, however combining the two art forms is the embodiment of the themes which are expressed in this piece. The sharp, crisp and colourful edges of the lettering, bursting out of the old and now defunct water tank depicts how newer technologies are overlapping and outsmarting the outdated and ostracized cumbersome equipment. The futuristic technology is slightly smeared with mould which is indicative of  the age of both the lettering and the water tank. It suggests, this piece may have been slowly emerging over time, waiting for the right moment to strike out against civilization.  

The terms used to title this artwork are words which are now ubiquitous due to Think Tanks and Focus Groups. These have now become a part of our lexicon to express the newness and modern focus of our insatiable appetite for the latest toy. What Emerging Technologies  explains and depicts to the viewer is how these terms can be elevated beyond rhetoric and  explored in real and tangible terms. Specifically, the use of a pre-mediated photo and the planned lettering formations is an example of how graffiti can not only lift off the page due to an artistic effect, but also by contextulizing it within the two dimensional photographic form. Emerging Technologies aims to raise more questions than it answers by creating an artwork which expresses images which may be alien but yet have a certain relevance by depicting images of the known and familiar.

Update on 2012-09-02 21:18 by sauce

I am very excited to be selected for the Caldera Artfest with my entry Emerging Technoligies.

Birkdale State School

For the past week I have been working at Birkdale State School, where I have had the pleasure of painting murals on the undercover areas of the school. The principal was great to work with and allowed me create artworks which I am really happy with. There were two murals, one which was a beach theme and the other incorporated the school’s motto ‘Always Our Best’. Whilst painting, I was asked a myriad of questions from curious students and it was great to be received so well by the school. I am looking forward to visiting again soon.   

Metallic Mayhem

There is no such thing as an RDO if your’e consumed by your passion. Making use of every available opportunity, Kosie and I whipped up a quick concept in Capalaba recently.

52 On Vulture

Recently I have been creating a mural on Vulture Street, West End. The folks at Cowlishaw & Son have entrusted me to funk up the fashion warehouse walls of the third generation business. Their hospitality, an open approach to design, along with so many fabulous comments from pedestrians have all contributed to a very enjoyable experience.