In case you were wondering about those previously random elephant and jaguar wall sculptures, here is the overall piece they are a part of. Can you guess what this is meant to be about?
(Eventually they are to be mounted on a black background, so it would look roughly like this./.)
I’ve recently been revisiting portraiture. The following work in acrylic is based off a faded photograph – messy easel provides a sense of scale.
Issue 120 of Philosophy Now is all about Bertrand Russell; who wouldn’t jump at the chance to illustrate that! The following cartoon accompanied an article “The Passionate Bertrand Russell” by Peter Stone. For more BR as seen through the eyes of Ernie, feel free to visit Ernie & The Conquest of Happiness.
The following accompanied the print article of “What are Human Rights” by Tim Dare (Issue #118, Philosophy Now). The piece discusses how far human rights claims can stretch as an outcome of social axioms & varied definitions, for example whether we consider rights as “right-based claims” or rights that exist simply by virtue of being human. It’s more complicated than one would think…
https://philosophynow.org/issues/118/What_Are_Human_Rights
Article penned by Tim Dare, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
The following accompanied the print article of “Philosophy for the Brave” by Dahlian Kirby (Issue #117, Philosophy Now). The author of this article introduces the benefit of existential counselling in what turns out to be quite a sensitively written piece. Article and cartoon link below.
Article: https://philosophynow.org/issues/117/Philosophy_For_The_Brave
Online cartoon: https://philosophynow.org/issues/117/Simon_and_Finn
The following accompanied the print version of: What would George Bataille Do? by Alexandra Tzirkoti (Issue #116, Philosophy Now). The article itself is a nice tongue-in-cheek intro to the thinking of a rather controversial figure (link below).
https://philosophynow.org/issues/116/What_Would_Georges_Bataille_Do
I was monkeying – er, I mean horsing around – with some ink and wash.. had some difficulties with anatomy (let’s just say some of those noses are a tad too big), alas ink is a bit unforgiving that way. 🙂
Still figuring out how to use watercolour pencils…
Here’s a new and seasonally appropriate painting that’s sloooowly getting to the end point.
I was reading about Frida Kahlo and decided to create an adaptation of some themes. The painting is acrylic and charcoal, work-in-progress. The border/frame is photoshopped at this point.
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