TIMEOFF NOSTALGY

Top( L) Emulating a technique using cut out pieces of cloth and a variety of stitches
(R) Of my earliest work in abstraction and one I regard as iconic

(L) This is my experimentation of the technique when tie die was vogue...only I used enamel paint on burlap as medium.Another one of a kind for now since then.

Horizon

Horizon was my first attempt at landscapes. A water color on paper rendition in abstraction, Horizon hung prominently at the dining hall of our family home where we congregated daily whilst friends and guests did for many a function. It has a history dating more than 2 and a half decades as a backdrop in photographs at all these functions. Looking at some of these old photographs prompted my nostalgic visit to some of my earliest works created as a pastime all of this month. I actually designed it so and fashioned the wood framing by hand myself.
The Horizon... I might add ... is a beaut!

Copyright 2006 HETCHESS

NUDE ON WOOD ( N.O.W.)

Testimony of my dabbling ways from as far back as the '80s is N.O.W. Any unused material available that could be, was happily recycled into art. I fashioned this creation by hand using a cutting blade and screwdriver out of a leftover bit of board for background, cut out plywood for the inner frame and posing model and finally parcel tape which I fashioned into the outer frame... all glued firmly into place for the finish. Matisse must be mentioned for his influential style upon which this one was fashioned.
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THE EARLY '80s

Having read about Andy Warhol in Time magazine then and his featured Marilyn Monroe renderings, the Pop Art trend and all ... I tried my hand on the subject in his signature style...( never his originality I must add )

simply for the fun of it.

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TIMEOUT FOR NOSTALGY

Often I get asked if I do portraits. Much as I have produced some realism work from time to time I simply have to marvel at the cutting edge technology and the digital age of photography which I personally think can deliver far better results all round ...particularly for portraits. Left to my own creative representation, I am game and can rise to the challenge even if I do not consider portrait painting my forte.

"Nobody, Me, Myself and I" was my first attempt at a life sized (self)portrait using marker pen on paper for media . I unearthed an old photo of this painting featured here. The nostalgic bit is that I did this in 1983 as a pastime.

Copyright 2006 HETCHESS