Every Angel
An apocalyptical collection in Grisaille
Every Angel is a collection of oils executed in the grisaille style. The underlying trend of the images shows a disastrous backdrop and a girl representing hope, future and freedom.
There are analogous elements to each painting holding on to a specific event in the past and a carefree release of the protagonist in each.
This collection is one of looking forward to a brighter future than the devastation of the past.
They are my visions of hope.
As with all of my paintings, I name them after a piece of music which has some meaning to me when viewed with the artwork.
"Every Angel" is a work by All About Eve and comes from their eponymous 1988 album, it was released as a single in the UK in the same year reaching No. 30 in the UK chart.
All my works are "PhotoShop Free" i.e. they are not digitally enhanced in any way, I only use traditional painting or drawing techniques
Oil on Canvas
Oil on Canvas
Oil on Canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas Permanent Waves is the first in the collection "Every Angel" inspired by the cover of Rush, Permanent Waves album from 1980 this is the prototype image of the collection. The background scene comes from a photo, taken by Flip Schulke, of the Galveston Seawall in Texas during Hurricane Carla on September 11, 1961. (Oddly September 11 is my birthday, exactly two years after this event). The woman pictured in the foreground is model Paula Turnbull.
Gouache on paper