I'm an Australian artist and I predominatly paint or draw but also use photoshop etc to play with photos or to see what may potentionally become a painting and sound out my ideas. As I slowly add more and more images I hope you will give me plenty of feedback.BIO We live in a time where technology has become so advanced that you no longer even need a camera to produce amazing images. For the commercial world technology is the future, for it will embrace this new medium with open arms, however I am constantly amazed at the number of artists that still use traditional mediums and methods simply because they want to.
I am one of those people, who has a compelling desire that borders on an insane obsession to paint and draw. My pictures, although appearing realistic and simple at first glance become more complex the more you delve into the image and also create a story or better still raise questions.
I like to draw the viewer in, trap them with curiosity until they think what the hell is going on here. Sometimes my work is politically motivated, or pure fantasy Sometimes I know exactly what Im going to paint, or I just start and let the trained eye slowly pick that stroke of paint or colour that is forming an interesting direction or composition. I just play on those bits until the story seems to just come out of the brush. The description I feel most comfortable with is
surrealist, as I paint in a realistic manner but the situation may be totally unrealistic. I like the fact that I can create a world that does not exist but comes from imagination. I believe imagination is the key to society because it enables us to see the future and create it or divert it.
My traditional academic and self taught skills, enables me to paint in a manner that is universally understood and the skill and dedication is clearly visible to the viewer, something that is not seen enough these days. My paintings do not need a long, superlative filled pretencious description. I feel so many contemporary paintings are no more than decorative patterns designed to match the curtains. Galleries are filled with this meaningless pumped out decor with very little pride and skill attached, this is simply flooding the art world, purchased solely because the gallery owners say it is good art.
My aim is to bring art back to the people. The people who purchase it not because they know good art or bad art but because they know what they like and can see the human endeavour and desire that went into creating it. This is one of the principal objectives of the Zooid Art Movement of which I am a founding member.
Painting has been and still is a successful way of recording history, but I feel it is also an integral part of human endeavour, the need to achieve excellence in creation.
Graeme W. Balchin
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Comments (18)
akahastur
Superb painting, bravo!
kellendor
These entrees you have been doing are simply wonderful!! Really great imagination and wonderful work you've got here! Great job!!
Redshift
Very creative, very well done!!
kenwas
Well done!
ArtByMel
Mmm...this mind boggling tree again, this is so magical, I never tire of looking at it.
Elminster_ZK
This is another magical painting, Graeme. The moss covering the upper branches looks... well, not photo-realistic, but it seems to carry the feeling of weight. That is very well done. The transparency of the water is superb, as well. Stunning work again, Graeme.
Azr1el
Excellent artwork - I love the atmosphere (the mystery that surrounds this tree)
antje
Beautiful! :o)
gunsan
So much magic in your tree paintings, Stunning, sets my fantasy in motion!
ericfarris
Again excellent work!!! BRAVO!!!
jjean21
Unlike so many others here I'm no artist and envy those that are but I DO know what I like and this is it. Absolutely wonderful image, you just want to keep coming back for one more look.
dvitola
I absolutely love your winding staircases!
glenravo
Your a clever ZOOID
Gregor.Scharff
and here is a color version (a bit diffrent ;) ) i love it its magical and dreamlike . thanks for showing
fluffgirl
your work is so superior than most work on rendo.. this is just so good , i had a look at all of them and wow... your an artist...
Nwalkerden
Is that a tree from the land of ZOOID? Brings back childhood memories of climbing trees and building castles!
Kath13
Very quickly becoming a huge fan of your artwork, I would kill to be able to draw/paint trees like this.
DennisReed
Magnificent ART! Bravo!