Tuesday 30 January 2018

Juvenilia, Reverse Mermaid, c.1998


Since I share all my most recent pieces on my other social media pages, (links on the right here) I thought you might be interested in seeing the sort of things I used to do “back in the day”! I was very interested in drawing and painting from a young age, and studied art in my GCSEs and for A Level back home.
One of my favourite artists when I was growing up was René Magritte, and this painting was inspired by his 1934 painting, ‘The Collective Invention’. In the original, the reverse-mermaid is lying on a beach, but I wanted to add even more surrealism and had her in the clouds, like some strange hybrid flying-fish-mermaid. I used acrylics on cardboard, and I was very happy with the result! I have found over the years that when painting, I can be pretty good when I copy someone else's work, but struggle to come up with my own style.  This is one of the many reasons I have not been painting in recent years, and now I am very out of practice, so I have absolutely no style at all! 


Reverse Mermaid by Original Sin Art, c. 1998. Acrylics on cardboard.

Sunday 28 January 2018

I'm working on this...

Hi all, obviously there isn't a whole lot of content on here yet. I'll be adding more gradually as I get a feel for what might be of interest to my followers.

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Dragonfly Mosaic Painting by Original Sin Art. Acrylic on card. c. 1998.

Saturday 27 January 2018

Hello and welcome!

Hello everyone! Welcome to my new Blog page for my Original Sin Art business. Come back often for updates and special offers! 

Steampunk Photo Shoot, 2017. Photo Credit Gray Accord.