Painting – RUPERT WHALE

Head

rupert — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:47:46 +0000

Head 200 x 100 x 4 cm acrylic on canvas

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Glimpsers

rupert — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:51:01 +0000

Glimpser #1 acrylic on canvas 76x61x4 cm

Glimpser #2 acrylic on mdf 90x59x0.4 cm

Glimpser #3 acrylic on mdf 83x59x0.4 cm

Glimpser #4 acrylic on mdf 83x59x0.4 cm

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Lens and Dreamer

rupert — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 17:17:23 +0000

Lens acrylic on canvas 80 x 60 x 2 cm

Dreamer acrylic on canvas 80 x 60 x 2 cm

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Above and Below

rupert — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:22:38 +0000

Quick paintings exploring theme of outward appearances and what lies beneath.

Acrylic paint on paper 40 x 30 cm

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Circular

rupert — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 20:50:38 +0000

Circular #1 acrylic on canvas 100x100x4cm

Details

Circular #2 acrylic on canvas 90x90x4cm

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Curve

rupert — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 20:41:18 +0000

Curve #2 acrylic on canvas 100 x 75 x 4 cm
Curve #1 acrylic on canvas 135 x 70 x 2 cm

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30works30days April 2020

rupert — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:17:45 +0000

A selection of paintings and drawings I made in response to an Instagram challenge in the first month of Lockdown April 2020. Thanks to @12ocollective and #artquestlondon.

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Re-place

rupert — Thu, 14 May 2020 20:06:13 +0000

The Re-place paintings originate in the observation of groups of objects in a particular place and time. These are reconfigured and represented as abstractions, emphasising shapes and stuctures to form different places.

All are acrylic paint on canvas.

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Portal series

rupert — Sat, 09 May 2020 11:58:00 +0000

Each panel in the Portal series presents two realms. The immediate one, finished in a variety of colours and finishes, surrounds an inner realm, viewed through a portal reminiscent of a ship’s porthole, which promises something distant from the immediate.

The panels’ shape arose from a previous artwork, a commission from Campari, CodexCampari, designed to emulate an App icon in 3d. The corners are rounded and the surface appears cushioned and smooth, inviting the viewer to touch but at the same time, as an art object, forbids them to do so. They also reference Russian icons and Malevich’s Black Square.

Portal #1 to #6 to be viewed separately or in groupings: acrylic paint and spray, gesso, mdf, 25 x 25 x 3cm.

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CodexCampari

rupert — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 20:52:38 +0000

Campari commissioned four Central Saint Martins (UAL) MA Fine Art alumni, through Business and Innovation, each to create a 2d artwork to celebrate 100 years of their cocktail Negroni in October 2019. CodexCampari was the one chosen to join the permanent collection in the Campari gallery, Milan.

The twenty panels, each 25 x 25 x 2 cm, were machine-cut from mdf, then covered with many layers of gesso, sanded and painted in acrylic.

The vertical format was designed to be reminiscent of a smartphone App icon, the panels as keys to virtual and even actual realms. The corners are rounded and the surface appearing cushioned and smooth, invites the viewer to touch but at the same time, as an art object, tantalisingly forbids them to do so. They also reference Russian icons and Malevich’s Black Square.

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