Linocut
Media Dimensions: 42 x 62 cm
Image Dimensions: 26.5 x 39 cm
Edition of 7
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Steve Irvine’s (aka Curious Journeys) work explores everyday objects often overlooked or discarded, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary through the reduction linocut print technique. Through meticulous attention to detail and painstaking planning, his trained graphic eye elevates the linocut print, allowing form and function to interplay with multiple layers of colour and tone. His bright and bold prints have a playful ‘pop art’ aesthetic due to their single-minded iconic graphic appearance. He invites the viewer to look beyond just the object, taking current cultural and personal themes to consider alternative associations and stories, giving new meanings to mundane objects. Irvine’s latest series of prints, Nothing Lasts Forever - a triptych of melting ice lollies, is an accumulation of nine months’ work exploring the transition of matter from one state to another. He believes ‘Life is like an ice lolly, enjoy every moment before it melts away’ is a metaphor for life. Before the print process begins Irvine films each lolly melting: having no control over the flow or the lolly’s final fate is both intriguing and fascinating. Only then can he envisage how the print will form. Irvine is a self taught linocut printmaker with over thirty years as a graphic designer/creative director in consumer brands giving him a graphic style and insight into his subject matter. His work has been exhibited in a number of galleries such as Firstsite Gallery, Colchester. NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, Netherlands snd Feierwerk, Fabenladen, Munich, Germany. He has featured in Pressing Magazine - Artist Gallery, issue 26, Print Challenge, issues 21 & 18 plus Bits & Pieces section, issue 13.
Linocut
Media Dimensions: 42 x 62 cm
Image Dimensions: 26.5 x 39 cm
Edition of 7
Split your payment over 10 months with OwnArt 0% APR. Your monthly payment for this artwork would be £84.00.
Steve Irvine’s (aka Curious Journeys) work explores everyday objects often overlooked or discarded, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary through the reduction linocut print technique. Through meticulous attention to detail and painstaking planning, his trained graphic eye elevates the linocut print, allowing form and function to interplay with multiple layers of colour and tone. His bright and bold prints have a playful ‘pop art’ aesthetic due to their single-minded iconic graphic appearance. He invites the viewer to look beyond just the object, taking current cultural and personal themes to consider alternative associations and stories, giving new meanings to mundane objects. Irvine’s latest series of prints, Nothing Lasts Forever - a triptych of melting ice lollies, is an accumulation of nine months’ work exploring the transition of matter from one state to another. He believes ‘Life is like an ice lolly, enjoy every moment before it melts away’ is a metaphor for life. Before the print process begins Irvine films each lolly melting: having no control over the flow or the lolly’s final fate is both intriguing and fascinating. Only then can he envisage how the print will form. Irvine is a self taught linocut printmaker with over thirty years as a graphic designer/creative director in consumer brands giving him a graphic style and insight into his subject matter. His work has been exhibited in a number of galleries such as Firstsite Gallery, Colchester. NDSM Fuse, Amsterdam, Netherlands snd Feierwerk, Fabenladen, Munich, Germany. He has featured in Pressing Magazine - Artist Gallery, issue 26, Print Challenge, issues 21 & 18 plus Bits & Pieces section, issue 13.
