Clowns Around A Table
A Rich hyper-real image of 3 unsettling female clowns in various states of undress. At the same time titilating, comical and disturbing. The surrounding destruction hints at a dangerous undertone, but delivers intense detail. The vibrant colours deliver a cheeky mood, but image has a restricted colour palette. Upon closer inspection, you'll notice that it's not 3 clowns, but 3 aspects of the same clown.
Several techniques are borrowed from modern digital cinematic film-making to construct an impossible image with impossible vibrance, which is then used as the starting point for this work. The model was posed against green-screen with great precision, using stand-ins to allow the 3 characters to interact when composited.
I find the concept of 'multiplicity' very intriguing - creating a reality which cannot exist; but simple duplication doesn't work. There has to be interaction.
8 separate images of the derelict background with different exposures were fused to create high-frequency detail which holds up to endless scrutiny.
The clown's outfit is based on one used in Pantomime by Barbara Windsor on stage in the UK, during the 1970s.
USD $1285.00
(Images here are for illustration purposes)
- Mount: 3 inch approx.
- Picture size: 28x19 inch approx.
- Fine quality Giclée reproduction on special archival paper for sharpness, colour fidelity and decades-long colour retention. Acrylic anti-glare glazing. Comes complete with fixings for hanging.
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Choose your frame
Black Gold Reverse
Black Paint Spoon
Black Silver Reverse
Dark Wood Stain Reverse
Ebony Silver Reverse
Gold Foil Scoop Reverse
Gold Leaf Dome
Oak Veneer Finish
Silver Leaf Dome
Walnut Stain
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A Rich, dense oil painting of a nude female clown provocatively sitting on a table surrounded by dereliction and wreckage. Vibrant bold turqoises and purple blues frame a subtle, potentially psychopathic facial expression underneath clown makeup.
Techniques are borrowed from modern film-making to construct a rich image with impossible vibrance. The starting point was a series of High Dynamic Range images of the background, to allow the intense detail to become visible. The model was posed and shot separately against a green screen, then re-constructed digitally. The two components were composited, then digitally painted.
What exactly is in Trixie's mind? Is she sensual seductrous or murderous psychopath? Or both? The image is clearly related to Clowns Around A Table, but instead of multiplicity and interaction, I wanted to create a sense of danger. Clowns are supposed to be funny, but many people find them dangerous and scary. Trixie is also exposed, vulnerable and seductive.
All those elements might seem mutually exclusive, but I don't think they are. I think they can co-exist in delecate balance, but perhaps only temporarily.
Like the cellar door scene from The Evil Dead movie, which I very much had in mind when I named her, Trixie's gonna get you. In one way or the other.
USD $525.00
(Images here are for illustration purposes)
- Mount: 3 inch approx.
- Picture size: 28x19 inch approx.
- Fine quality Giclée reproduction on special archival paper for sharpness, colour fidelity and decades-long colour retention. Acrylic anti-glare glazing. Comes complete with fixings for hanging.