Category: wet media
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‘Prague’ process shots
Here is the latest in the current work ‘Prague’ from the urban Jungle series.
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Two new works in the ‘Urban Jungle’ series
It seems that I am working in groups of two with this series. So I want to share a bit between the most recent works of ‘Agra’ and ‘Moscow’. After looking through the overall series, there were only one other work that had a dark background (Paris). Through necessity with the work of ‘Agra’ a…
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‘Bangkok’ process completed
The final steps in completing the work ‘Bangkok’ in the Urban Jungle series was to touch up the background. I started by adding a few ‘dusting’ layers of color with a heavy glazing medium to even out the background and splashed drops of water to remove it before it dried to reveal some of the…
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Cyanotype printing
As part of the Urban Jungle series, I have used the cyanotype printing process as a starting backdrop to several works within the series.
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Latest update in ‘Urban Jungle’ series
So I have been on a full out inspiration tour with this latest series of work.
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Water play
This was a pair of acrylic paintings developed from a photo shoot taken in front of the Melbourne Art Museum. There is the water window that can be viewed from either side and pictures captured were so very impressionistic in nature. Its a lovely nod to impressionism.
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Watercolour work
These are a series of watercolour paintings created over time. Some interesting studies of layering and compositing. This was created around the time that I was working with stain-glass.
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Wonder add-ons
These final two images (april & june) were add-ons to the series after questions were asked on how to mitigate these impactful changes we are setting off through negligence. Biochar (April) is one solution to suppress carbon release. If you visit the Amazon basin you will find an intact layer of charcoal in the soil…
Matthew Laurence 