Thursday, June 7, 2012

List - New Vices


The following have become dear to me as of 2012.

1.     Jelly Beans
2.     Crumpets (savoury/sweet)
3.     Oaty Slices (chocolate chip flavour)
4.     The Nerdist Podcast
5.     Breaking Bad
6.     Writing with black marker pens.
7.     Colour photocopying/printing.
8.     FYO Beer
9.     Bottled Beer
10.   Cup o' Soup
11.   Paul Thomas Anderson
12.   Watching films at the Embassy
13.   Watching films at the Paramount
14.   Spending money on stationary/art supplies.
15.   Spinach




 That is all. 

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Clark Spaggeerg's Truth Hunt

Back in 2009 or something, Oli and I, on a whim, promised our brother Sam that we would make a film about his life for his 21st. He forgot about this. So did we.

About a week before his 21st birthday we remembered this insane idea, and simultaneously brainstormed this preposterous idea to play it like an expose documentary mystery film. And his birthday party was that weekend.

We managed to cobble together enough footage to form this film, and I've finally uploaded it for the interwebs to see. I actually love this character so much, and we're in talks of making something more out of it. But I'll talk about that later.

In the meantime, here's Clark Spaggeerg.

(sorry Sam). 

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Painting Final

Got to present my works yesterday. Really happy with how they turned out. Here's my final white painting I finished on Friday.

white #5 - acrylic on board


I put them up really high on the wall. I think craning your neck to look at works add a certain ...dimension.



Callum, Paige and the Trust Experiment

I finally convinced Paige to let me cut her hair. I was totally confident, spurred on by that Regina Spektor song, and also by Terry Devlin, my grandpa.

"Do you know what the difference between a good haircut and a bad haircut is?"

"No."

"Three weeks! (laughs)"

Paige prepares.


AND...

(she was actually way happier when she saw it)
(babe)
    

After trying to make the sides even and ending up cutting it WAY shorter then intended, I decided to go for asymmetry. WAY easier. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, but it was a bit touch and go for a minute there.

Anyway, anyone who wants me to cut their hair, step right up. I've got a lot of karma to make up on from the amount of times Steven's cut mine.




smoulder

 Today I bought a suit jacket. I was showing Oli and he liked it so much that he decided to put his on to remind everyone how good he looks in a suit.


      



 In other news Oli has perfected his Cary Grant smoulder.



Sunday, May 27, 2012

POSTMODERN ESSAY

1500 WORDS


pproccess

Thought ya'll might appreciate some process photos, to understand just how state of the art my latest set of white paintings are. In case you're wondering, they're pretty much necessitated by my large collection of white acrylic paint. As well as a cautioned journey away from the highly saturated palette I'm accustomed to dealing with. I don't mean to undersell them. I'm actually really thrilled with how they turned out. They represent an exploration around a set of rules, and really feel like the first works in some sort of larger idea. However, my painting brief just finished, which is extremely bad timing. I would have loved to experiment further, but no doubt the distractions and priorities of next semester may hinder this slightly. Anyway, I see it as a door left open. Who knows?








white # 4 - acrylic on board