VIEW IN MY ROOM
Australia
Painting, Gouache on Paper
Size: 15.7 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in
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This piece is inspired by the Guns N' Roses song "coma". You can hear the breathing, the heartbeat, and the brain is disconnected. Everything is jumbled up, the organs. This is an ongoing exploration/progression of my illustrative style. I was going to include other things such as a telephone and the original intention was to do a digital illustration. But I decided to start by doing an artwork that just featured bodily organs on paper instead. This is one of my earliest works in this series. You can tell because I don't draw/paint the hearts with the veins in them anymore. Plus, the heart looks like it is a separate object and then the other tubes "attached" later (because they were). These days I draw the valves coming out of the heart so that they join 'continuously' with the other objects (if you get my drift). Also, my brains have evolved somewhat and if you look at any of my more recent works, they kind of resemble walnuts now. This brain has a more traditional, less stylised approach to it. And lastly, I don't draw tracheas with concentric circles on them anymore. This is also where I started to really control the colours of pigments in my watercolour palette after I got rid of a load of pigments that I didn't like. There is one colour present in this artwork which I don't use anymore and that is the synthetic orange pigment just underneath the green iris. Nowadays I use real vermillion pigment instead.
Painting:Gouache on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:15.7 W x 11.8 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Ships From:Australia.
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Illustrative artist van den hooven has a distinct visual language characterised by confident lines and zones of divergent colours to create multiple areas of vibrant symbolism. Intentionally cluttered, contradictory and complex—his compositions capture the chaos of the modern world, through deconstruction and rearrangement of the internal and external and the animate and inanimate. His style and subject matter draw on his recent studies in design and illustration, inspired particularly by product design. His work features familiar objects that may have personal, environmental or historical significance, positioned to create new contexts to communicate ideas. van den hooven’s work is imbued with his deep concern over our culture of overconsumption and excess waste, which stems from his background as a material scientist. This also influences his material choices as both artist and consumer. As he’s creating, he’s reflecting on the embodied energy of the products he’s drawing, their place on the page and in our society. In one way, van den hooven is forcing nature and technology close together again, to prompt viewers to think about the disconnection we have from the things we consume. Yet his art features familiar items that have permeated our lives, asking viewers to consider the role of each. Are they a luxury or necessity? The sheer volume of paraphernalia conveys a sense of chaos and turmoil, while meaningful objects highlight our personal connection to the things in our lives. Could the organs highlight the internal struggles we face in finding balance between need, want, consumption and excess? Does seeing just a portion of our many objects on display prompt a more conscious approach to consumerism? After all, the natural world is getting smaller all the time. How will nature grow and adapt around all our stuff? van den hooven’s earlier work focused on deconstructing human forms to explore his internal conflict but has since evolved beyond his personal story to include the exterior realm. Now it is intentionally symbolic, encouraging viewers to explore their own interpretation within each piece. He believes illustration is a unique visual language that can help us articulate and explore complex issues. It gives him a way to connect to and inspire others with vibrancy and creativity. There is also solace in the mindful process of creating.
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