Artist Relevant to My Project 1

Recently I have been dealing with a 'Work Project' with the subject matter of 'Traces', because of this I have found certain inspirational artists so I thought this would be a great opportunity to share.

The first artist I looked at was 'Ian McKeever' which created many comtempary and colourful pieces of abstract art with the use of layering and painting techniques,
Ian is known for 3 different types of art work through his life time 'Landscape drawings and Photography' then his 'Over Painted' works followed by his most recent works which I am very interested in, his series of 'Door Paintings'.

 

I love the idea of using this door or tunnel to create this visually apealing work yet at the same time it having a ominous feeling about it.

I've also tried experimenting with this 'Between Space and Time' idea and so I tried putting my own slant on this by instead of layering paint I layered pencil drawings, pastels, patterns and cross hatching.

 

 

I believe that Ian McKeever's work, works well around my subject 'Traces', not just because of the use of mark making, techniques used and the layering but because of the messages in his work about Traces that we leave behind in space and time.