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FOG GATE RUNNER.
This painting emerged from my previously-described interest of merging aspect of #ChrisFoss (hard sf, machinery, representational) with #BrucePennington (symbolic, mannerist influence, surreal elements).
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HOPE, CLOUDS, OBSERVATION.
This scene was painted for a competition that the Barbican was running, that was focused on representations of #scifi art.
I attempted to blend aspects of #ChrisFoss, #BrucePennington, and of course #Moebius- I tried, at least.
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MASS LENSING VESSEL.
Like everyone sensible, I go through phases of loving 80s spaceships broadly inspired by the work of #ChrissFoss.
There's a particular style to that period, and it evokes a different emotion to contemporary or golden age #scifi imagery.
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WOUND OF MAN.
I painted this gruey hellscape for my pals in @Shrykull1 and the idea was to capture some kind of awful pain world of anguish (aka Britain). I based the feel on some imagery in #CliveBarker's works- where #horror meets the #surreal a little.
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HORIZON BREAKS.
I painted this for a competition that was running in #HeavyMetal magazine. Obviously I didn't win, but I did get some kind of runner up position where the image was to be featured in the mag.
These days I advocate not engaging with comps!
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THE COSMIC CAUSEWAY.
I painted this image for scotts #psychadelic rock band #DeadOtter. I really wanted to push the perspective of the picture as if it's punching through reality.
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ANCESTRAL FURNACE.
Here's another image I painted for #Firelink, depicting the #BedOfChaos from #Darksouls as a fire witch creating a spectral fire inside and ancient tree.
I really liked taking this down such a brushy direction.
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MASS MEMORY I - III
As a kid I was obsessed with the image #JohnHarris painted for the cover of the #ZX81 instruction manual. It was so futuristic and evocative!
These images are a reconstruction of that, then two further extrapolations into the world it made me imagine.
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