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Monday, 9 July 2007
Hello everyone. Right straight to my next artistic endeavour.
I have been working with a very exciting up and coming singer,songwriter and entertainer called Delencia.By the way make sure to check out her profile at
www.myspace.com/delenciaofficial.
We had a photo shoot recently, and the results have been quite exciting. Most of the photos have been influenced by "Film-Noir" imagery of the 1940's - late 1950's, which is associated with a low-key black and white visual style that had its roots in German Expressionism. The photos also refer to one of the great Italian painters Carravaggio for his use of strong contrasts of light, and dark shadows to help convey a sense of drama and mystery, which i feel perfectly suits Delencia's personality and her new type of music, which is going to be introduced under the banner of "Afrourban". Afrourban in short is, urban music mixed with traditional and contemporary African music and "tribal" soundsto create an experimental sound which is eclectic, unexpected and exciting.
View a selection of the photos below. please click the photos to enlarge.
Alright then, off to the next project. Watch this space!!!
I have been working with a very exciting up and coming singer,songwriter and entertainer called Delencia.By the way make sure to check out her profile at
www.myspace.com/delenciaofficial.
We had a photo shoot recently, and the results have been quite exciting. Most of the photos have been influenced by "Film-Noir" imagery of the 1940's - late 1950's, which is associated with a low-key black and white visual style that had its roots in German Expressionism. The photos also refer to one of the great Italian painters Carravaggio for his use of strong contrasts of light, and dark shadows to help convey a sense of drama and mystery, which i feel perfectly suits Delencia's personality and her new type of music, which is going to be introduced under the banner of "Afrourban". Afrourban in short is, urban music mixed with traditional and contemporary African music and "tribal" soundsto create an experimental sound which is eclectic, unexpected and exciting.
View a selection of the photos below. please click the photos to enlarge.
Alright then, off to the next project. Watch this space!!!
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
First of all, i want to thank 
Nabil my friend and brilliant photographer for taking such wonderful shots when we had the opening to introduce these works to the public, you trully have big things ahead of you.
Nabil my friend and brilliant photographer for taking such wonderful shots when we had the opening to introduce these works to the public, you trully have big things ahead of you.Who's this?, his face looks familiar....but, i am not sure i know them...., wait a minute!, it looks like Eugene,is it Eugene?........ Oh my gosh it is Eugene, he looks so different!!
That basically summed up many peoples reaction to these NEW photos so far!
Monday, 18 June 2007
Everything about this project/commission at first felt strange, why?, you may ask,simple! because i had not painted in this style for roughly about four years. But this opportunity was not to be missed as it was going to provide me with some creative freedom.
The whole project was thought of by the composer Jimmi James and the restaurant owner/collector Kazim Kildirim. Renoir's work was the subject and together we moulded the whole concept of what was to go on the Renoir restaurant walls. Once the basic ideas of the works had been sorted out, we all livened up with great excitement and anticipation. I personally, been a bit naughty, could not wait to twist these original Renoir paintings into my own unique/humourous concept(although it was hard to stop myself going too far with my comic touches, believe me!).
The first painting "Private", got me on a slow start, although it was completed in three days. The others followed, they too were completed within two to three days. So i carried on........... till the five smaller pieces were completed.
Then came the turn of the BIGGEST piece, which was to be the last piece. Measuring at a whopping 255.5cm by 154cm. It seemed a bit daunting at first, if i'm to be honest. But as usual, i attacked it with such determination and ferocity, that i managed to complete roughly half of it in about a week.
Kazim and Jimmi came over, had a look at the progress of this huge piece, and were so far impressed with the whole thing, and frankly so was i. But there was something missing in it for me. As i stood back later that day, whilst painting, i had a ureka moment, and thought to myself yep! that's it! that's it!. The idea i had was to add in there a "self-portrait" meeting and shaking the hands of Renoir the artist who's work i was making pastiche's of. I then decide to throw in an ipod in there, so it would seem as if i was listening to music. Ofcause with the whole thing being set in the 18th century, it was a pretty odd thing to do, but it worked! Hurray!!!!!
Other additions in this final piece include a winking dog which has really littened the faces of the restaurants regular customers, who have been very very impressed with all the works.
We had an opening night to intruduce the works to the public, it all went pretty well, and some great photos were taken aswel. Check out the slide show below, and i hope you enjoy it all.
Lots of LOVE Eugene
The whole project was thought of by the composer Jimmi James and the restaurant owner/collector Kazim Kildirim. Renoir's work was the subject and together we moulded the whole concept of what was to go on the Renoir restaurant walls. Once the basic ideas of the works had been sorted out, we all livened up with great excitement and anticipation. I personally, been a bit naughty, could not wait to twist these original Renoir paintings into my own unique/humourous concept(although it was hard to stop myself going too far with my comic touches, believe me!).
The first painting "Private", got me on a slow start, although it was completed in three days. The others followed, they too were completed within two to three days. So i carried on........... till the five smaller pieces were completed.
Then came the turn of the BIGGEST piece, which was to be the last piece. Measuring at a whopping 255.5cm by 154cm. It seemed a bit daunting at first, if i'm to be honest. But as usual, i attacked it with such determination and ferocity, that i managed to complete roughly half of it in about a week.
Kazim and Jimmi came over, had a look at the progress of this huge piece, and were so far impressed with the whole thing, and frankly so was i. But there was something missing in it for me. As i stood back later that day, whilst painting, i had a ureka moment, and thought to myself yep! that's it! that's it!. The idea i had was to add in there a "self-portrait" meeting and shaking the hands of Renoir the artist who's work i was making pastiche's of. I then decide to throw in an ipod in there, so it would seem as if i was listening to music. Ofcause with the whole thing being set in the 18th century, it was a pretty odd thing to do, but it worked! Hurray!!!!!
Other additions in this final piece include a winking dog which has really littened the faces of the restaurants regular customers, who have been very very impressed with all the works.
We had an opening night to intruduce the works to the public, it all went pretty well, and some great photos were taken aswel. Check out the slide show below, and i hope you enjoy it all.
Lots of LOVE Eugene
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