William L. Hawkins comenzó a pintar en los 30 en Columbus, Ohio, pero su dura vida como conductor de camiones no le permitió concentrarse en su pasión hasta que se retiró en la década de los 70. Sus pinturas, inspiradas por anuncios publicitarios, no tienen perspectiva en lo más mínimo. Solía usar basura y materiales encontrados para usar como base y darle relieve a sus obras. Sus temas favoritos son la arquitectura, los dinosaurios, los animales y escenas del viejo oeste. Al usar pintura de casas, los colores en su trabajo son generalmente muy intensos. Otro aspecto representativo de su obra son los marcos que pintaba para centrar al objeto principal, así como el uso constante de su firma como subtítulo y su fecha de nacimiento como recordatorio.
William L. Hawkins started painting around the 1930’s in Columbus, Ohio, but his tough life as a truck driver didn’t allow him to concentrate on his passion until he retired in the 1970’s. His paintings, inspired by publicized advertisements don’t contain even the slightest sense of perspective. He usually used garbage and found materials as canvas’ and to give relief to his works. His favorite themes are architecture, dinosaurs, animals, and scenes from the wild west. As he uses house paint, the colors in his paintings are generally very intense. Another representative aspect in his work are the frames which he painted around the images in order to bring a central focus to the main subject. That, and the constant use of his signature and date of birth which act as a subtitled reminder.
i still like waking up to this
circle my demise- king creosote & jon hopkins
I’m a big fan of my friend Holly’s blog I usually visit it when I want to see some good graphics or learn something new. Her latest update was about Steve McCurry shooting the last Kodachrome film and you can see his shots online. go check it!
getting ready for Pittenweem Arts Festival if you’re not busy next week, would be cool to see ya! x
Dundee’s Alexander Street multi story demolition
today at 12:30 before breakfast.
I finally visited the “artist village” I heard a lot about this summer, they have used the buildings of the old shipyards in North Amsterdam. You can get there on a free ferry that goes over the IJ. Now it is getting pretty popular, the Amsterdam MTV headquarters moved to the island as well as student housing made out of old shipping crates…there is now a waiting list to build your own studio there if you don’t want to share a space, but you don’t have to worry about rain and it’s a place for all creatives…architects, performing artists, jewellers…whatever floats your boat. There is also a skate park which has been built in the air so no space is waisted. They hold festivals and parties (in the bottom right picture the chess piece looking thing is a speaker that you can plug an amp into) it was exiting to go check out, there should be more places like this everywhere! here is their site: http://www.ndsm.nl/index.php?pg=0&subpg=3
