If I have a picture in my mind and try to replicate that with pen or pencil, it almost instantly kills the idea. I’ve tried planning but it never works out. Self-Belief, Spring | Summer '23 , shot by Ricardo Simal Do you plan your artwork from the start, or do you find solutions in the process of creation? The practice feeds and is inspired by itself. I then pulled something out of the painting and made a sculpture. Previously I made a sculpture out of wooden offcuts, which I then used as a starting outline for a painting. However, if people see a window, that’s also okay as I’m not trying to hide those facts either. Today my art is not intended to represent anything or be an abstraction of anything but that doesn’t mean I don’t pull shapes, forms and colour combinations from my environment. For example, if I see a window with an interesting composition and decide to use that in a painting I am just interested in the form and composition. Initially my paintings were inspired by city architecture but it moved away from that quite early on. Crux II, 2019, Acrylic on canvasĪre your compositions purely abstract, or are some of the forms abstracted representations of your environment? And acrylic paint, mostly because it dries so fast and lets me work quickly. This means I've got plenty of excess used canvas around my studio that works its way back into new pieces. If a painting isn’t working out, I'm not sentimental about it and I'm quick to strip the canvas off and restart. I’ve always built my own stretchers and frames and so my brain automatically goes to wood as a material when trying to find a solution to a structural problem. However, I guess, paint, wood and cloth material are what mostly make up my works. My studio practice involves a lot of experimentation with different materials, and the process of finding out what is possible with a certain material intrigues me. I went on to study Fine Arts at Pretoria University but only started pursuing art full time about eight years ago.Ĭould you talk a little bit about your preferred mediums? I didn’t recognise those activities as an interest in art but both have become significant aspects of my practice now. I was also drawn to how things were made and solving day-to-day problems. I remember spending quite a lot of time copying cartoons from the newspaper. We chatted to him about problem-solving, the importance of experimentation, working with FIELDS, and the pitfalls of over-planning.ĭo you recall what first sparked your interest in art - and the moment when you decided to pursue art professionally? For our eighth collection, 'Self-Belief', we approached Cape Town-based artist, Hugh Byrne, to collaborate on our Artist's Sweater.
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