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Oil Painting – RUPERT WHALE https://rupertwhale.com Artist Wed, 17 May 2023 10:13:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.19 https://rupertwhale.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-Rupert-Whale-Square-32x32.jpg Oil Painting – RUPERT WHALE https://rupertwhale.com 32 32 Concealer Series https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/concealer-series/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:21:04 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12302 In these paintings the distinct attributes of each layer are thinly veiled yet connect, by repetition, imitation.

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]]> Describer Series https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/describer-series/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 23:17:44 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12295 Lines derived from a visual journey around the studio outlining parts of objects or tracing the eye’s journey. Lines also act as counterpoint to a ground that is never stable, that slips away without allowing the line to take root.

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]]> Framer Series https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/framer-series/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 22:42:11 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12290 Shapes and colours reminiscent of landscapes, clouds and internal organs, are glimpsed through veiled and bordered superficial layers.

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]]> Slippage Series https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/slippage-series/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 21:44:34 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12284 Painted near to the end of the MA course in 2017 these tend to be larger experimenting with various techniques that emphasise the surface as illusionistic, creating a sense of depth and drawing the viewer in. Some have three quarter painted borders to the same effect, reminding the viewer of the painting as object.

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]]> Icon Series https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/icon-series/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:53:45 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12281 These paintings imitate some of the features of traditional Russian icons as both objects of devotion and yet also decoration with a rich, layered history of meaning. They are square and painted on wood with rounded corners to emphasise their objectness. They also reference Malevich’s Black Square (1913) claimed to be the first painting to abandon the depiction of reality.

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]]> Little History Paintings https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/little-history-paintings/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:28:51 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12280 These small paintings pastiche the 19th century genre of grand history painting. The part erasure of previous layers and the inclusion of some figurative elements signify the process of painting as a parallel to history as memory that records selected moments in time.

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]]> Shenanigans https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/shenanigans/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:29:08 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12174 The post Shenanigans appeared first on RUPERT WHALE.

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]]> Objet d’Art Series https://rupertwhale.com/portfolio-item/objet-dart-series/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:27:17 +0000 https://rupertwhale.com/?post_type=portfolio-item&p=12171 The post Objet d’Art Series appeared first on RUPERT WHALE.

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