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Mixed Message This work is a focus on the design elements of vintage graphic design which include the colour palette, the shapes of typography and the geometric lines. This painting has taken elements of 3 different package designs that I have found interesting and whose colours and patterns were different from each other. I have challenged myself to create a work that demonstrates the variables of design and the contrasts between colours and styles. Working with the 3 different designs I enjoyed creating some interesting interplay between the images and I hope this evident in the finished work. This work is 9 x 20cm X 20cm plywood tiles adhered to a 60cm X 60cm X 5cm cradled panel. Finished in hard wearing gloss clear and signed on the reverse. Signed on the reverse. Wired and ready to hang. ——————————————— Mixed Message - Back Story Years ago I was on a road trip at night from Sydney to Melbourne. Because we were travelling through open country at the time, the land around was devoid of artificial light which made the illumination of the stars above even more impressive.. The emptiness of my surroundings were something to behold. It was truly breathtaking and calming. Suddenly, as it seemed, out of nowhere a bright and colourful huge shape appeared and I quickly realised that we were passing a giant advertising sign that had been erected in one of the fields on the left. It struck me dumb and instantly I felt an anger toward this abhorrent eyesore, especially as this monstrosity had disrupted the peaceful and meditative state I had been in just a moment before. It turns out that the sign was advertising a fast food restaurant that we would encounter if we continued along the highway for another 35kms. ——————————————— I have thought about that experience, on and off for many years. What is most disturbing about it is that our minds are being constantly infiltrated by words and messages at any given moment, without our consent, largely due to the saturated landscape of advertising. As a Sign writer, I feel partly responsible. I mean, how many signs had I painted to attract the attention of people passing by of the for e.g “50 percent off ALL STOCK MUST GO Sale”?... Hundreds probably.
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
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Originally schooled in Sign writing and later Scenic Art, in 2010 I began exploring and developing techniques in the treatments of typography by means of ( for example ) painting , sanding, masking and the overlaying of type and letter shapes. The original concept of my work was inspired by various weathered sign written signs I had seen mostly high up on the sides of buildings in Melbourne's CBD and also on walls of it's surrounding inner suburbs. It was around this time that I started developing more of an interest in vintage graphic design, package design and vintage typography, and whilst my explorations into letter treatment for the most part remained the same, the focus of my work broadened as I began to consider layout and design, spacial awareness and colour (and it's tones ). By implementing these new concepts and coupling them with my ongoing explorations into typography, I was able to lay the foundations of the style of work that would follow and which continues to be a feature of my work today.
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