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![CONTROL POINT: rust never sleeps](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ac7d09_6418c0acbd504fb0b817a01a0f84e8b7~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_700,h_525,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ac7d09_6418c0acbd504fb0b817a01a0f84e8b7~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.webp)
CONTROL POINT: rust never sleeps
This is the leftover ash and binder from the middle panel of this series. It's just a mixing palette, but has unintentional cloud shapes...
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![CONTROL POINT: rust, the slow burn](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ac7d09_a5464ccb7518442187a1d20f79adca28~mv2_d_3025_2297_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_700,h_532,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ac7d09_a5464ccb7518442187a1d20f79adca28~mv2_d_3025_2297_s_2.webp)
CONTROL POINT: rust, the slow burn
What has rust got to do with fire? The process is actually pretty much the same, but a slower oxidation process on a different material;...
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![Control Point: wax on, wax off...](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ac7d09_9ca42f4fd3c446b1bbcd2a648c989d6f~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_700,h_933,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ac7d09_9ca42f4fd3c446b1bbcd2a648c989d6f~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.webp)
Control Point: wax on, wax off...
This is the bit I love: taking paint off. And yes, while there's plenty of times when I'm just changing my mind and doing the non-digital...
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![CONTROL POINT: the art of finger painting...](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ac7d09_c0d9383df4bb44f9b4c105642c38a84a~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_700,h_525,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ac7d09_c0d9383df4bb44f9b4c105642c38a84a~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.webp)
CONTROL POINT: the art of finger painting...
Sometimes you just have to put down the brushes and get back to basics. And it doesn't get basic, more primal, more hands-on than...
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Exhibition: CONTROL POINT
The battle plan is drawn and underway! The compositions are complete, the what-goes-where-on-what is done. The ingredients have been...
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Painting Trees exhibition + meet the artist
As part of the 2016 Unearthed Pemberton Festival, I'm showing a display of artworks that feature a subject I'm drawn to again and again:...
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'CONTROL POINT' art project
This is the ashcloud from the Northcliffe fire of just over a year ago. It is one of many shots I took from home, tracking the fire's...