Diptych Study 11

Diptych Study 11

16" x 11"

2011

Untitled 11-j/k

Untitled 11-j (Top) and its partner Untitled 11-k (Bottom)

Oil on Linen 

2011

Marching Band

You remember that steak we ate just now? Well, that's how it is. We live off one another. The shadow of dead meat is cast as soon as we are born.

- Francis Bacon in conversation with Michael Peppiatt

I've had this photo for a while, sitting in the album I keep of anonymous photographs - a marching band in full swing, its very dark and no one has any visible features other than their feet and the instruments which cover their faces. I often look at it and wonder how I might use it, and there is something in the shadows cast which spoke to me today - this might even turn into a painting, I've not decided quite yet.

Unnamed woman

One of the many anonymous people who ended up indadvertedly getting caught in my lens during the airshow - I particularly enjoyed the way the light fell, with the strong shadow cast upon her neck, and the familiar trend of the subjects eyes being hidden from view - just where is she looking?

I've been turning my hand to my pencils and paper again, so expect to see another post later in the week of the progress.