Occult Circuit (previously untitled)

I
work in progress: the Coffs Harbour commission

II
work in progress: as above (study)

III
today's trip to the shops: Sphinx

IV
today's voltage control

Occult Circuit (previously untitled)

at the moment

I know it's impossible to read in the entry above, but the Mind Map at the top of the first entry illustrates how this new body of work (Occult Circuit) will be split between 'Studio Practice' (SP) and 'Performance and Installation' (PI) further more the SP will then be split between paintings/drawings of 'interiors' and 'exteriors'. The two environments consisting of the SP will be executed quite differently from one another and will investigate a divided outlook into the spiritual impressions that human action/expression instill in an environment, that we (as people there after) come to associate with the atmosphere of a given place; in terms of presenting ghosts and poltergeists etc there will be some crossover with Occult phenomenon especially when addressing the 'interior' works in the series.

The two images above (I & II) show the early stages of two 'exterior' works. Formulated with oil pastel drawing over a hot red ground, these two images show the initial results of the ground which also roughly describes the detail in the work in preparation for the oil pastel drawing on top.

Jim S