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Showing posts with label exhibition. Show all posts
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Monday, 16 November 2015

Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination - The Croydon Wanderers Linework

This is my last entry for Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition with. The show will run from 17th - 24th December, at The Shop Gallery, Glebe, here in Sydney. 

Keeping with my idea of otherworldly refugees settling into everyday life, this is the pencil and ink work for an amateur team from Croydon (either Croydon near London, or Croydon in Sydney - my Anglo-Australian neutrality remains intact). The original art and the finished digital art will be exhibited with The Builders, and The Office.

Like I wrote before, I even came up with a story that links these pictures:
It's been just 18 months since the first of the refugees arrived through the portals. In cities all over the world, people have started to grow accustomed to having neighbours and, increasingly, workmates who would have been the stuff of myths 2 years ago.
While most refugees are reluctant to talk about their experiences, there are rumours circling of harsh and brutal feudal societies, with appalling living conditions. No wonder, many say, that they have been so quick to train and enter the modern workforce, and, where possible, assimilate into 21st century culture.
Of course, even extra-dimensional refugees need time off, and a Sunday league football team is  the perfect way to socialise with their neighbours.




 ©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 8 November 2015

Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination - The Office

This is my next entry for Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition with. The show will run from 17th - 24th December, at The Shop Gallery, Glebe, here in Sydney. 

Keeping with my idea of otherworldly refugees settling into everyday life, here are a couple of office colleagues having a chat. This will be exhibited with The Builders, and at least one other piece in the series.

Like I wrote 2 weeks ago, I even came up with a story that links these pictures:
It's been just 18 months since the first of the refugees arrived through the portals. In cities all over the world, people have started to grow accustomed to having neighbours and, increasingly, workmates who would have been the stuff of myths 2 years ago.
While most refugees are reluctant to talk about their experiences, there are rumours circling of harsh and brutal feudal societies, with appalling living conditions. No wonder, many say, that they have been so quick to train and enter the modern workforce, and, where possible, assimilate into 21st century culture.

 I did a couple of versions of the colours, but in the end, I decided to match it up with a third version of The Builders.




 ©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination - Builders

This is my first entry for Artwork of Fantasy and Imagination, the next exhibition that I'll be doing with the group I did the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition with. The show will run from 17th - 24th December, at The Shop Gallery, Glebe, here in Sydney. A lot of my stuff has been comic and sci-fi based, so fantasy is a chance to try something different.

Most of the fantasy stuff I've enjoyed has been in a contemporary setting (China Mieville, Geoffrey Thorne, Neil Gaimen, and Garth Ennis' Preacher are the ones that come to mind), so I wanted to do some pieces that put fantasy figures into everyday settings.

This is why my research sketches from the last few weeks have bounced from builders on a tea break to flaming skulls and people with fish heads. So what's the backstory?


It's been just 18 months since the first of the refugees arrived through the portals. In cities all over the world, people have started to grow accustomed to having neighbours and, increasingly, workmates who would have been the stuff of myths 2 years ago.
While most refugees are reluctant to talk about their experiences, there are rumours circling of harsh and brutal feudal societies, with appalling living conditions. No wonder, many say, that they have been so quick to train and enter the modern workforce, and, where possible, assimilate into 21st century culture.






©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 18 October 2015

More sketches for my next project

These are more preparatory sketches to go with the builders and faces I was drawing a while back. I'm quite fond of my fishhead guys, but I'm looking forward to using all of these, including the office scene.



©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 11 October 2015

The Couple - Steampunk piece

This is my second piece for the ArtSHINE 'Draw Me A Calendar' competition, and the final version based on the sketches of the Victorian couple I posted last week.

I just want to say, I drew this before the new series of Doctor Who premiered, so any resemblance between the chair in the picture and certain pepper-pot shaped aliens is... well, it's not coicidental, is it? I've been a massive Whovian since I was a kid, so, yes I quite happily admit to being inspired by Terry Nation's designs.

Also, as well as winners chosen to go into ArtSHINE’s 2016 calendar, there are 2 People’s Choice awards. 

You can vote for me online by going to ArtSHINE’s facebook page and sending them a message saying your People’s Choice is either:

James Mathurin - Entry 03 -  The Couple (this one)
or

If you’re in Sydney, you can actually visit the gallery (always a good idea, plus you can get coffee and lunch) and vote for me in person.

The gallery is at:
3 Blackfriars Street
Chippendale
Sydney
2008

The Draw Me A Calendar opening night is next Saturday, the 17th October, between 6 and 8pm.

©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 4 October 2015

The Couple - Victorian sketches

I like the sheer stiffness and awkwardness of Victorian photos. It actually sums up the inhumanity that seemed to characterise that period. They're actually quite a contrast to the expressive, flowing Art Nouveau images, but I've enjoyed using them to make my Steampunk / robot / Art Nouveau pieces.

This is the preparatory sketch for my other Draw Me A Calendar submission, to go with the Nina Simone one I already shared. Down the bottom is the original photograph. Such a  happy couple.




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Sunday, 6 September 2015

Beginning some new stuff

These are sketches for something new I'll be working on, that should be in my next exhibition. There is a connection, or at least, I am intending to make one.
 

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Monday, 13 July 2015

Vote for Profile Pic of Sarah Bernhardt at Art On Board

ArtSHINE's Art on Board exhibition has it's official opening night this Saturday, at
CO Sydney
3 Blackfriars Street
Chippendale
NSW 2008

It's open to the public, and this is me officially inviting anyone who reads this to come. See you there!

Even if you can't make it, you can vote for your favourite piece for the People's Choice award. Now, my piece is number 7, so it's great if you vote for that, but there are also a bunch of other good pieces that you might like more, and you can see those on ArtSHINE's Facebook page, and pick a piece and vote for its corresponding number. You can win a $50 voucher too!

To vote, email them on gallery@artshine.com.au , copy and paste the text below into the message, and fill in the details. As I said, my piece is 'Art on Board #7'.

Fist Name
Last Name
Email address
Contact:

Art on Board #


©2015 James Mathurin

Sunday, 28 June 2015

A Teaser for Art on Board

So, I dropped my Sarah Berhardt piece off at the ArtSHINE Gallery for their Art On Board show, and they put this up on their Instagram.

Ta!

This piece and pieces by 99 other Sydney artists will be on exhibtion and on sale at ArtSHINE from Wednesday 8th July 2015 to Friday 31st July 2015.
A photo posted by ArtSHINE Gallery (@artshinegallery) on
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Sunday, 21 June 2015

Art on Board in progress

These are the develpoment stages of my Art On Board piece for the upcoming ArtSHINE exhibition.

Hey, and by a weird coincidence, I researched purely by looking at images, and found this one, which I think it's clear to see, I have based the composition of my piece on.
Turns out this piece is Sarah Bernhardt by Paul Emile Berthon, who is the artist whose work I based L'ermitage on. Coincidentally, I feel I should offer  friendly reminder that L'ermitage is available on tote bags and postcards on Etsy right now, and some more things in the coming future.


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Sunday, 14 June 2015

A Steampunk experiment

I'm taking a break from The Lady to work on something for a show / competition. Thing is, I think I'm going to need to not work digitally on it, which has really been my thing, as far as shading and colouring. So, I had a go at doing a quick steampunk / Art Nouveau sketch with felt-tips. Apart from the skin tone, I'm pretty happy with it.



©2015 James Mathurin

Friday, 17 April 2015

Some Photographs from the opening night of the Sydney Comic & Drawing exhibition at the ArtSHINE Gallery

Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Sydney Comic Art and Drawing Exhibition

Anyone who lives in, or who is passing through Sydney, can come and see some of the pieces I've put up at the Sydney Comic Art & Drawing Exhibition, and some work by other talented Sydney artists.
The exhibition is at the ArtSHINE Gallery, in the CoSydney Coworking Space at 3 Blackfriars Street, Chippendale, in Sydney, running from 14th to 30th of April, from 10am to 5pm weekdays, and 11am to 4 pm weekends.

I'll be exhibiting these pieces (which has required me to come up with titles for them, something I should have done a while back:


©2015 James Mathurin