By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
This mixed media street art work ‘CAREFREE’, depicts two boys running into the sea together. Their figures are simple silhouettes, emphasising the purity of the moment.
The sea and sky are rendered to blend into each other, creating an unbroken horizon that suggests the vastness of the scene. Instead of a traditional seascape, the water and sky are composed of strips that resemble old, weathered boat wood, with layers of peeling paint revealing the wood underneath.
The texture of the wood adds an aged look to the work and alludes to the passage of time and the stories the sea carries.
I assemble original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink, and pencil in my works. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. The biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolors, was a large victory for me. The preparing labor shows through in my collages; layer upon layer of material remains visible in the finished pieces. I believe my body of work is characterized by my skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with hopefully a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful way possible to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
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