Ipad painting using the Procreate application. In this painting I capture a short video of a little girl playing with her phone. Appart from the phone in ear hand there would be no particular reference to a period in history. Again I am playing with layers of perception. As you deal with these layers seperatly, the painting take on abstract qualities. The focus is no longer on the moment but on the way the pictorial space is organized.

WORDS BY JAMES BUTCHER

"I’ve started working on a new series for the Gazelli Art House digital residency. I’m using the Procreate application with a slightly modified brush setting. I am painting from observation and directly from slo-mo iPhone recordings of the sitter which I find fascinating. This painting is of Eduardo Stein, a great local oil painter, friend and mentor. Painting from a video of a moving subject is closer to the real life experience and has pushed me to be more inventive. The video acts as an aide-memoire of the experience".