Thursday, 4 June 2009

Doval.


















































Valero Doval I struggle to actually communicate how keen I am on this artist. They use spirograph. It is tempting to leave it at that. Can you imagine the visual possibilities and aesthetics of using such a medium in works? Obviously this artist touches on it, and it is a perfect compliment to the overall illustrative style. The compositions are brave and they work the page perfectly. The strictly controlled composition plus detailed but fundamentally rigid geometric shapes directly contrast with the velocity and fun I connote to spirograph back in the day. The intricacy spread over these images is impressive and shows an obsessive streak not too far from my own. I'm going to buy spirograph. Play with some shapes. I had to include part of the pet series as it made me smile. Mixed media.. tarnished paper... drawing... what more could I want.

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