Best Photos of 2012

Best of 2012

Here's a few of my snaps I feel rightly belong in a "Best of 2012" compilation picture.

Newport Youth Club Murals

East Facing Wall

West Facing Wall

In 2011 we started the build of the new Newport Youth Club. I was lucky enough to be allowed to design the interior of one of the music rooms. In this space I chose to design two murals facing at either end of the room. On the west wall I added two cars (a Nissan Silvia and a Mitsubishi Evolution X) facing inwards and then on the east wall I drew a Nissan 350z drifting away. The idea behind this was to make you feel as though you are standing right in this spectacle.
To create these pieces me and a couple of my friends used normal wall paint and then a mixture of bushes, sponges and masking tape to create the final composition.
For this work and all our other work to help build the youth club and maintain it we were awarded a Community Achievement Award from Uttlesford district council.

Monk's Barn

Monk's Barn, Newport

In this painting you can see Monk’s Barn in Newport, Essex. This painting is done from one of own pictures.

I have used pen and wash to create this piece and then gone back in with a fine liner to create more texture. I feel this piece has worked very well as it has great depth. The first very fluid movement of the clouds and roofs is then sharpened up with the addition of the mark making techniques in the wooden frame. Also I believe the structure of the picture has added to the piece as is allows the viewer to get a feel of the atmosphere which the building creates of sheer domination because it is the focus of the whole piece.

Thatched Cottages

Elephant Green

This painting is done from one of my own pictures. It is of a row of thatched cottages located in Newport, Essex.

For this piece I have used ink and bleach. This media allows me to be more creative in my style as I can use mark making techniques to greater effect. I also like the colour left behind when the bleach is applied. This goldeny brown gives the piece a much more rustic feel.

Flying Fords

Dan Cox and Mike Gardner through Nelson

This painting is done from a picture taken by Michael Barrett. It comes from the sixth round of the Historic Sports Car Club at the Snetterton 300 circuit. In the picture you can see Dan Cox in the yellow Ford Cortina taking a very sideways route through Nelson with Mike Gardner chasing him down in the much more powerful Ford Falcon.

The piece was done using acrylic paint.