Creative appropriation
Getting inspired by others
When I was a young emerging Art student, archive quality paper was out of my price range. My mum's first cousin Devi Tuszynski would visit from Paris and he used all sorts of paper to create his art.
It was from him I learned to draw small with ink.
These images are from a series using found paper, business cards from restaurants and the little perfume swatches you are meant to spray the scent onto in department stores.
I takes these gifts of paper with me almost wherever I go and use a quiet moment to quickly draw whatever emerges from the page. Most are unscripted, none are sketched out before. They are all free-flowing. I started doing them on the public transport on my way to and fro. It was a challenge to do them in front of strangers.
They are all small, the largest is 90mm by 60mm.
I love the simplicity of this one from the neighbourhood pizza place.
As a child growing up watching US westerns on TV, I pretended to be a cowboy.
This one is dedicated to Jacques Tati.
Lovely work Adrian, a great contribution to the blog. Feel free to add to our posts whenever the inspiration grabs you! PT
ReplyDeleteI love the concept of just scribbling (or drawing) some immediate inspiration on whatever you happen to have, wherever you happen to be. It makes art more accessible, more immediate, a response to your environment and what you happen to be thinking or feeling at that moment. Spontaneous art!
ReplyDeleteFantastic! What an excellent idea to be able to have them on hand, I also love the idea of the limited canvas sizes.
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are the first and the last - lovely work !
ReplyDeleteYes the Tati is one of my favourites too, something magical about venturing into the world with some geese clucking and moaning behind you.
DeleteTime for Aleksia to send us some more of her work I think!
DeleteAdrian, love getting your Facebook downloads. Always as creative as you were years ago in the good old Swinnie days! Keep at it,
ReplyDeleteNigel B.