Dial M For Murgatroyd is an early example of a digital construct. The constituent parts are a photograph of the Dorset countryside taken from a speeding train and bits of sketchbook drawings and paintings of various sizes and on various surfaces made in 2020. A new landscape.
Dial M For Murgatroyd is available to buy as a giclée Print (Lucia Ex Pigment on Hahnemühle Agave 290gsm paper).
Each print is accompanied by a digitally signed and numbered certificate of authenticity, in an edition of 200
Art Flyweight III is constructed from elements of improvised sketchbook drawings and paintings made in 2022 and brought together to form a new digital image. One crucial difference from other digital constructs in this phase is the use of felt tip pens. More cartoon-like images came out – as a teenager my dream job was comic artist.
The title is a joke about status in the art world and simultaneously sounds I think like the name of a fictional collector.
Art Flyweight III is printed with Lucia Ex Pigment on Hahnemühle Agave 290gsm paper in an edition of 200 and is available to buy in my shop: richardguest.bigcartel.com
So, Dirt…Dirt is constructed from elements of improvised sketchbook drawings and paintings I made on paper and canvas and brought together to form a new digital image in 2022.
It’s one of a series of digital constructs – a technique I’m still drawn to using – that began years ago. The original idea was to combine the spontaneity of Expressionism with the particular limits of digital tools.
What I like about the technique is the surprise effects that happen when you juxtapose paint and pencil marks from different sources. In this image I can see animals.
Printed with Lucia Ex Pigment by Canon on Hahnemühle Agave 290gsm paper by Klein Imaging in Manchester in an edition of 200. Each print is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Landscape study (101119), digital composite, dimensions variable, 2019
Happy New Year to everyone who has supported TFIPM by reading, liking or commenting!
The intention for 2020 is to make this blog more like an online sketchbook, so along with the finished works and art conversations with David Cook, I’ll be posting ideas, sketches, diaristic photographs and portraits. Not sure of the exact format, but here we go…
The above is another example of my renewed interest in digital work – I seem to have strayed into the landscape format good and proper. There are paintings in the works as well.
In the meantime, here are a couple of photographs from just after New Year in Brighton, UK…
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Improvisation has begun on the painting I mentioned in this post.
Image transfer got to a point where I was satisfied and away we go…I’ve also been using improvised paper stencils to open up areas of the composition…more on this soon.
I’m currently working on this painting, which I’m toying with the idea of calling The Cacotopic Stain after a geographical area featured in a brilliant book by China Méiville entitled Iron Council.
The painting is based on a monochrome digital construct, which I’m transferring to canvas using acrylic paint and one paintbrush…
Once the image transfer is complete, I will improvise areas of colour and images on top. It’s a method I’ve adopted for the last couple of paintings. If you want to see more please visit my website: https://richardguest.art/ or my Instagram account: @richardguest9440
It’s been a while, but last Friday I went out with the intention of taking some photographs in the street and dropping in on Tate Modern.
Whilst I’m always on the lookout for a potential portrait, most of my time is spent collecting images of splats, scuffs, drips and abandoned carrier bags to form the basis of a digital construct.
The following were all taken last Friday…
Solid fuel tank?The Millenium Bridge from outside Tate ModernOcado waste
In Tate Modern, I decided to concentrate on paintings in the main displays. I’ve been familiar with The Three Dancers by Picasso for decades, but I’ve never really looked at the surface of the painting close up.
I found this area:
fascinating. I guess I’ve always thought of Picasso paintings springing into the world fully-formed, but he obviously had problems resolving this patch…
This was my first time seeing White Plane White, 1974 by Bram Bogart as well, but I’m glad I did…
White Plane White, 1974 by Bram Bogart
In one of the rooms housing a large sculpture, I found the following stain. It must have been quite a hardcore chemical to have bleached the stone floor like this. Anyway, I love it…
In the process of backing up a load of files, I found this run of images. These are the working “drawings” for my painting December. They are in chronological order so you can see how the image developed over time (a month or so?).
All the photographic elements are things I found in the street or in shop windows. Who is that masked man? It’s a process of accretion and deletion…What to keep and what to throw away?
And here is the final painting…
December, acrylic paint and watercolour pencil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, 2018
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Work in progress (That’s How We Do Things #2) with plant
That’s How We Do Things #2 is one of two paintings I’m working on at the moment. This one is 80 x 80 cm. The other is 90 x 90 cm and I’m feeling the difference in scale in terms of the marks I feel I can make. Both paintings are acrylic paint and watercolour pencil on canvas and are based on digital constructs.
Also in the works: a series of hastily assembled limited edition books collecting sketches, photos, and writing…more info soon…
Sketchbook (book ideas)
And a new online conversation with David Cook is on the way…we’ve been to visit a couple of new exhibitions…
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If you are interested in my work, I’m an active member of the Ello community (fantastically vibrant artist’s social media platform), and post regularly on Instagram. For an overview (and to buy a limited number of prints and paintings), there’s my website: https://richardguest.art/. In the spotlight this month December:
December, acrylic paint and watercolour pencil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm, 2018
There’s a wider selection of paintings and digital constructs available to buy on Saatchi Art and I sell prints and greetings cards on Etsy.
The Future Is Papier Mâché Press is proud to present a pack of five printed greetings cards. Each card features a digital construct by Richard Guest. Cards are left blank for your own message and come with plain white envelopes.
The Future Is Papier Mâché 