Three new landscapes by Jim Shirlaw (click to enlarge)

17.01.12
acrylic on paper
66 x 47.5 cm

29.12.11
acrylic on paper
69.5 x 43 cm

07.12.11 ('in that doorway' -g. reaper)
acrylic on paper
75 x 55 cm

Since being back home from overseas (new home/new studio) i've endeavored with my new found time to properly kick off some new directions with painting that i've been plotting for the last twelve months. These works tie in with the Interiors/Exteriors focus for the next little while, that whilst in a completely different style to their bright red acrylic/pastel cousins tie into the same movement at the moment to explore an abundance about nature and then a restrained, governed man-made environment with the Interiors.

In these early works the focus clashes between the man-made world (suited for Interiors) and the more expansive landscape gestures, the monochromatic use applies to the urban setting. Whilst first putting these ideas and divided aesthetics into play these works serve as initial studies borrowing from both sides of the Interiors/Exteriors investigation. As early work these paintings are pleasing enough.

Much much more to come,


- Jim S

Final Newport Commission

Untitled* Bilgola (?)

oil pastel and acrylic on paper
2012

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Here lies the final installment in my Newport commissions from 2011. This last piece is my favourite. The work shows the best development with understanding and displaying natural light in this vision of the sea from Bilgola headland, eventually something reminiscent of Pointillism..?



- Jim S