stu, stu, studio...

It is drawing towards the end of the year and I am getting increasingly less sleep, and having increasingly more fun.

I am working in oil again and getting my hands dirty almost daily.

Current results lie below...

So it goes (2010) - oil on canvas

Something Forever Felt but Never Heard (2010) - oil on canvas

More soon kids. I Promise.

verb [ trans. ] cause to happen or exist

WOW.CATCH.UP - Honours is hectic hence the lack of action on here...

Besides the endless studio work, I managed to find a little bit of time to curate a show of emerging local artists for Fringe Benefits' new gallery Trigger. The show was called You Were (b)Right and featured artists were Sam Howie, Talia Wignall, Monte Masi, Jessie Lumb, James Marshall, Anna Horne and Laura Haigh.

On untill the 27th of October, check it out.

Now showing in the 3rd dimension

Once again the The TwoPercent Collective bring us another great show of emerging Adelaide artists, some of them for the first time trying their hands at some sculpture and installation. Featuring local kids Stephanie English, Amy Joy Watson, Jessie Lumb, Jock Walker, Hugh Rennison, Chloe Langford, Kate Gagliardi, Madeline Reece, Katherine Botten, Katie Barber, Riley Okeeffe, Brad Lay, Sam Howie, George Zacharoyannis, Carly Snoswell, Jolyon Auri.

 The show was a great success with a great turn out and another late night. 9 o'clock thursday classes have been deadly lately. 

Here is my work and some of the other work from the show.

Riley O'Keeffe - And you in your turn…

chair, paper, ink

Stephanie English -  today all of my plans were not successful 

fabric, thread

Amy Joy Watson - The story of the earth 

balsa Wood, watercolour, polyester thread 

Sam Howie - Abject

enamel and acrylic

Jolyon Auri - Beyond

cardboard, fabric, glue

Small Show; Big Art

Those wonderful kids from the TwoPercent Collective , on the 10th of March, put on 'Small'. A group exhibition of works for the home. It was, as all TwoPercent openings are, an amazing and huge night.

Here are a few images of the work I had in the show

... Just an Ugly Pumping Muscle 

Acrylic and Oil on canvas

Bleeding Heart Show

Wax, paint, ink, pva

exhibited but not yet graduated...

Last year's Graduate Exhibition Isolation, was an amazing success! Thousands of people through the doors, many beers drunk and some extremely positive feedback. An incredible night! 

This was the piece I had in the show which culminated almost my entire second semester.

Blood Visions 

Acrylic and Oil on canvas

Re-cap

Time for a re-hash of what I've been up over the last 12 months. 

Here are some paintings I did over the course of last year.

... I guess we'll just have to adjust #1 

Oil on canvas paper

... I guess we'll just have to adjust #2 

Oil on canvas paper

Lips in Vice 

Acrylic and Oil on canvas

...now you know i exist

Only a matter of time before I graced the world.wide.web and now the internet knows I exist.
And now you do as well. I paint and build and write and art. This will be my documentation of that.
For me more than anyone.
Riley