Poets of Destruction came out of a fascination with graffiti.The figure is an amalgamation of a number of graffiti images; the writings in gold and silver collections of poems, writings and lyrics chosen by the Cairns family.
The piece starts with Shelly's "Ozymandias" - I met a traveller from an antique land who said:.. and ends with Charles Bukowski's "Vegas" and this time I kept my mouth shut. And everything in between: Cam chose a piece from Nietzsche's "Thus spoke Zarathustra; Cullen, lyrics from Pink Floyd's "Shine on you crazy diamond"; Erin, Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky".
The figure is a gorgeous diseased loved being in umber, sienna and gold - studded with crystals. The crystals blink and dull as you move around the painting. Also my first venture into modelling paste. What a fun medium!
If I did this piece again, I would not use different colored pens (working with the metallic silver nearly killed me. ) I also developed the Bradley Hand font to lay the writing down, an immense task to change handwriting.
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