The Orchestra Dreams

13 July 2023 //

So another fortnight another improvised drawing/ journal/ record…what was I thinking?

The Orchestra Dreams is an improvised drawing/ painting created over a period of about a fortnight in 2023. It’s made up of 16 artboard “tiles” each measuring about 10.5 x 14.75 cm which when combined make an A2 whole.

If you want to see some great photography I suggest you check out the work of Chris Bronsk. His website can be found here: https://chrisbronsk.com/

Tags Abstract, Abstract Art, Acrylic painting, Drawing, graphite, improvisation, watercolour pencil

Categories Art, Drawing, Painting

Return Of The Lockdown Cowboys

6 June 2023 //

Dream Tangerine, digital construct, dimensions variable, 2021

Hello all! It’s difficult now trying to remember the lockdown here in the UK. But along with publishing Glamberton magazine, I know I created a series of digital constructs using drawings of toy cowboys as the basis.

These were taken from very old toys, some of them single plastic mouldings, so they were light on detail 🙂

From A Frontier Sitting Room, digital construct, dimensions variable, 2021

Being stuck in the house in Suburban London was about as far from the Wild West as it possible to get. Perhaps that was the point, but memory has become slippery where the pandemic is concerned…

Cowboy Blue, digital construct, dimensions variable, 2021

There are more lockdown cowboys to see on my Instagram account: here.

I sell prints and original works in my shop here: richardguest.bigcartel.com. Let me know if there is something you would like to see turned into a print.

Have a great week!

Tags Abstract Art, Acrylic painting, Contemporary digital art, cowboys, Lockdown

Categories Art, Digital Construct, Drawing, Lockdown

Street Portrait for and of Hayley

25 May 2023 //

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great week.

Another wander through the digital archives and another attempt at applying a crop. I think this one improves the composition of the shot. This was taken in Covent Garden ten years ago ouch, time flies!

Thanks again for stopping and allowing me to take the shot Hayley!

I’ve opened a shop on Big Cartel to sell prints and original works. You can have a look here.

Tags Black & White, black and white photography, contemporary photography, Hayley, Street Portrait

Categories Art, Photography, Portrait, Street Photography

Music For AIs

21 May 2023 //

Music For AIs is one of a series of improvised drawing/ paintings. It was created over a period of about a fortnight in 2023.

The process with these pieces is to divide two sheets of A3 art board into eight tiles each (measuring c. 10.5 x 14.75 cm). Each one is then numbered on the reverse, the pack shuffled and I start drawing or painting on the one from the top of the pack. When every tile has been worked on they are reassembled in number order, recreating the two sheets of A3.

Tags Abstract Art, Abstraction, Acrylic painting, improvisation

Categories Art, Drawing, mosaic, Painting

Street Portrait for and of Fuki

19 May 2023 //

Hey everyone! Hope you’re having a great week.

Another wander through the digital archives and another discovery of an unused shot – and again a slight crop applied. This was taken in Covent Garden five years ago wow, time flies!

Thanks again for stopping and allowing me to take the shot Fuki!

I’ve opened a shop on Big Cartel to sell prints and original works. You can have a look here.

Tags Black & White, black and white photography, contemporary photography, Fuki, Street Portrait

Categories Art, Photography, Portrait, Street Photography

The Roister Doister Boogie in bits

11 May 2023 //

So last year I made a 32 part mosaic, The Roister Doister Boogie.

But I was never fully satisfied with the completed work – it was too big to maintain any kind of visual tension – so I’m selling my favourite “tiles” as individual pieces in my shop: richardguest.bigcartel.com

This is the first batch of four. I’ll be listing them on a semi- regular basis.

Each one measures approximately 10.5 x 15 cm and was painted in acrylic, drawn with watercolour pencil, or soluble pastel on artboard.

Tags Abstract Art, Acrylic painting, Art for sale, Contemporary art, Drawing

Categories Art, Drawing, Painting, Works on paper

Dial M For Murgatroyd

8 May 2023 //

Dial M For Murgatroyd is an early example of a digital construct. The constituent parts are a photograph of the Dorset countryside taken from a speeding train and bits of sketchbook drawings and paintings of various sizes and on various surfaces made in 2020. A new landscape.

Dial M For Murgatroyd is available to buy as a giclée Print (Lucia Ex Pigment on Hahnemühle Agave 290gsm paper).

Each print is accompanied by a digitally signed and numbered certificate of authenticity, in an edition of 200

Please allow 10 days for delivery

richardguest.bigcartel.com

Tags Abstract Art, Collage, digital art, Landscape

Categories Art, Collage, Contemporary Drawing, contemporary painting, Digital Construct, Prints for sale

Blinding Light

7 May 2023 //

Blinding Light is one of a series of wholly improvised drawing/ painting/ mosaics created over a period of about a fortnight in 2023. I obviously had a thing about socks, shoes and noses.

The process with these pieces is to divide two sheets of A3 art board into eight tiles each (measuring c. 10.5 x 14.75 cm). Each one is then numbered on the reverse, the pack of 16 tiles is shuffled and I start drawing or painting on the tile from the top of the pack. When every tile has been worked on the two sheets of A3 are reassembled in number order.

Tags Abstract Art, Legs, nose, Paint, pencil

Categories Art, Contemporary Drawing, contemporary painting, mosaic, Works on paper

Jean, 2013

5 May 2023 //

Trawling through photos in search of a hand to draw, I came across this shot of Jean taken outside The Black Garden tattoo parlour in Central London in 2013. At the time I was very much opposed to cropping photos, but I think this one benefits. Anyway, thanks for the shot Jean.

Back to searching for suitable hands…

Tags 2013, Monochrome, Sartorial, street photography, Street Portrait

Categories Art, Photography, Portrait, Street Photography, Street Style

This Tongue…

3 May 2023 //

So, having immersed myself in the digital in the 2020s I decided to do the opposite and make work with traditional materials and work as instinctively as I could…

This Tongue… is one of a series of improvised drawing/ painting/ mosaics. It was created over a period of about ten days in early 2023. The recognisable images are derived from street photography taken in 2013-14, when I roamed the streets of central London with my then newly-acquired dslr. Everything else was created “in the moment” in the most direct way possible – pencil and paint on paper.

The process with these pieces is to divide two sheets of A3 art board into eight tiles each (measuring c. 10.5 x 14.75 cm). Each one is then numbered on the reverse, the pack shuffled and I start drawing or painting on the one from the top of the pack. When every tile has been worked on the two sheets of A3 are reassembled in number order.

This Tongue…is a unique work. The images below show the the reverse of the work (to show you how it is taped together), and two close-ups.