Exhibition 'why-not' Byron Bay oil paintings prints

You can find another small body of my work at the Why Not restaurant. This exhibition of prints and small oils, is a nice addition to the exhibitions at the Arts Factory, Buddha Bar, Fig Tree restaurant, Waywood Gallery, Artemis Gallery Aberdeen, Essentially art Gallery Sydney, Retrospect print Gallery, and Barebones Gallery Bangalow.
please visit my site www.byrontik.com for more information on a selection of my work.

gallery exhibition in Bangalow, ART, oil paintings of Byron Tik at Barebones Galleries

the recently renovated and expanded Barebones gallery in Bangalow is curently exhibiting several of my oil paintings which is the start of a new colaboration between me and the barebone gallery. I am very happy to have met owners Ruth and Karen who share a genuine passion for art that I can relate to. This established gallery has been in Bangalow for over 15 years and can be found in the main street.
for more info on their gallery see:
http://www.byronbayartists.com/art-galleries_barebones-art-space-bangalow_10102007190451

Contemplation - original ink drawing male portrait

Dark strong shadows add to his masculine appearance, this raw piece made with inks and acrylics is bold and transfers male energy well. This piece was drawn with a live model, the study of the human form fascinates me, each person brings in a different energy and makes me work in a different and to often to me surprising way.

I thoroughly enjoy opening up every session and let the moment decide the outcome.

the drawing has some smudges, and imperfections, but will look great framed.

This is a drawing on 130GSM Artists paper.

Size : 84 x 60 cm, 30 x 24"

bid on this drawing

Ukulele fun Will Conner painted

Sometimes I end up painting in the funniest places, me and my big 'yeah I'll paint at your fundraiser' mouth. Any way we seem to have a big fun ukulele community going in the bay and man some of the bands where going off. I had the pleasure to paint Will Conner and it sure was fun only 20 minutes to paint, bob to his music, and a nice encouraging applause afterwards. I recommend checking out his music, it's in the genre of Jack Johnson, Girls love this stuff ;) I loved it and had a very chilled out time painting sorry for the poor photo, hope to get some better shots than this one.

Byron Bay Artists new collective website launches

My latest project, I started drawing the plans for this about 3 years ago, and now its all coming together. My friend Jonny D. has got the bug and started programming like theres no tommorow. This site is to strenghten the byron bay arts community, it is going to go off. check it out on
http://www.byronbayartists.com/

Abstract triptych at essentially art Gallery Sydney

I recently started on a series of abstract work, these abstract are meant to be emotive pieces that capture a dreamy atmosphere. Studies in color-field, composition and texture. I must confess that I was a little lost at first but working with textures really initiated progress.
I had fun with mixing fillers and mediums, there are only few things as enjoyable as mixing paint on your pallet, it's a meditative moment filled with anticipation before you start painting with it.

I experimented with several materials: kaolin, sawdust, chalk, lean medium, liquin, oil, acrylics and house paints.
For the under-paintings: environmentally friendly house paints of the Byron bay paint factory, are a real joy to paint with.

This piece is called transformation and is as you can see is a triptych. I was going for warm deep, organic and mysterious. The red is a deep layered feast for the eye. the finished piece has a glaze of medium 3 over the top and framed with a dark brown frame.

This painting was shipped to the essentially art gallery in Sydney and will most likely be the first of many to come.

Anticipation - Byron Tik Bay Gallery

Drawn at my old studio at the arts factory in Byron Bay. My studies involve working with live models as much as possible, the study of the human form fascinates me, each person brings in a different energy and makes me work in a different and to often to me surprising way.

I thoroughly enjoy opening up every session and let the moment decide the outcome.This drawing was made with pastels, and consists of accurate descriptive mark making. The strong use of colors in her lower body force the attention to her legs and bring them to the foreground, less use of color in her upper body helps to the illusion of leaning backward.

This and many other drawings are for sale at byrontik.com

Arts Factory Exhibition ByronTik

For the last three years I have been running exhibitions in the 'Old Piggery' building also known as the Arts Factory village, where I used to have my studio. The Building Houses Byron's famous lounge cinema, the buddha bar restaurant, Zula cafe and dance studio. The building is a historic landmark and it is a pleasure to have my work there. The space is huge and mostly I have about 25 - 30 pieces on display. My Oil paintings that are on display range from expressive to traditional, and are mainly studies of the human figures.

Figtree art exhibition oil paintings

My latest exhibition in the stylish Figtree, Surise lane Byron Bay, featuring about 25 works some older and and a few small new works. The figtree is beautifully located on the top of the Ewingsdale overlooking the bay, A great location for a perfect cup of coffee or a dinner whilst you soak up the view and the artworks.
I decided to go for a good series of modern and bright work, to great joy of the owners. Reactions so far have been great and a few works sold within the first week.

White, Spirit mind and Body

Painted in my Byron Bay art gallery / studio.
This painting is one in my series on dance and movement. In this series I study, which lines and colors, within a persons movement, define the soul of a person, to find the answer I worked for several weeks with one model.
We did four photo-shoots, over 2500 photos, hours of organization, observation and dialog, one video-shoot and over a 100 sketches. This resulted into a series I call: The Narrative of Motion. The series contain powerful mysterious poses, It feels like the spirit is pushed out of the physical cage of the body. Prints of this painting are available in my store.

byron tik art on red bubble

check out this site red bubble, a great community where I posted some more of my work
http://www.redbubble.com/people/byrontik
here is another image of my older work, a strong powerful piece in orange which sold to a client in Holland

Byron Bay Art Gallery studio still lives

Still live painting, such a nice break from all the serious painting, great practice and all you have to think about is to translate what you see , so why not keep it simple. My favorite cup, the coffee plunger, a piece of cloth or a chair. It is easy to get exited about painting a human in a setting full of concept, but to paint a little cup and fill it full of energy thats when things really get rolling. Here are some of my latest little still live studies
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Abstract expressionism

I try to balance the 'serious' realistic work by making some abstract explosive work, which surprisingly enough sometimes can be a great challenge after days of working within the classical rules of figurative work. To combine the strength of expressive freedom of abstract work with technical strength of my more classical work is one of my ever pursued aims.

Lion Painting

This is a nice sequence of photos of that lion painting. The painting is called inner strength and reflects inner 'masculine' energy

Byron Art Gallery Online

Byron Tik Art is now online and functional, all my original paintings, drawings and prints are sold directly from my studio in Byron Bay. International shipping of all artworks available. Check out my store at www.byrontik.com
Please let me know if you have any comments or questions about the shop.
This is one of the images of which you can find info of, in my new online gallery.
This painting the narrative of motion is a 9 panel piece of about 2 x 3 mtr and sold to a client in Sydney. High quality signed reproductions in canvas and poster paper are available from my store under prints. Prints

The abstract approach

Working abstract with classic composition. These photos are taken two years ago outside of my studio at the arts factory village in Byron Bay, it is an abstract painting and my friend Chris (3rdeyefotos.com.au) was so kind to take some photos. This sequence shows a good example of progression and mark-making.
Abstract means it does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses color and form in a non-representational way, the term is often ('mis')used to describe art that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way.
You could call these figurative abstractions, or just plain 'abstractions', keeping only an allusion(reference to) of the original natural subject. these 'figurative-abstract' paintings manage to capture something of the depicted objects' immutable intrinsic qualities rather than its external appearance.
In my painting I started of thinking about a jellyfish and its organic underwater nature, this only influenced where I start off. Working abstract I revert back to the use of personal compositional rules, rhythm, light, texture, and color until I find something within this selection and appropriate placement of elements that gives the perception of the work as being esthetic, and/or invokes an emotional reaction. My abstract work has often got a lucid character to it, and whilst making it I feel quite dreamy, without the restrictions of logic and time.
The painting on the photos was painted end 2005.

Photography, teacher and tool

Any tool that helps you express yourself is an addition to your palette.
It was only two years ago when when I first picked up a camera. I was sharing my studio with a friend of mine, who taught me the basics of photography, I was only interested in using the camera for documenting my paintings at first, but soon the camera proofed to be a real addition. I noticed that the camera was a great sketching tool, capturing light, contrast, movement, composition, subtle muscle tension and split second moments. The images observed through the lens became teacher and friend. I now use the camera as I would use a piece of charcoal sketching, taking notes, fragments that form the basis of a story.

The Byron Art Studio At Night

Just finished cleaning up after laying the rest of the floating floor, I was finally able to get back behind the easel and paint a little, I was showing the side effects of paint deprivation.
I thought it would be a nice moment to take a photo of the studio at night.
Also a photo of my trolley, I use one of those metal garage tool-cabinets, nice, sturdy, loads of space the perfect painters tool.

The Girl With The Purple Cushion

A classic, I painted this painting in my old studio at the Arts Factory, it is probably the warmest and most comforting to look at. we worked from 11pm till 7am in the morning. The original sold to a friend in New South Wales, was 120 x 90 cm, and painted in oils. Most of it was painted in one go, I did go back to the painting once to finish the background. For a long period, at least five years, I promised myself to finish paintings in one go, so I would learn to work fast and make instant decisions. This approach has improved my skills dramatically and filled my work with live and energy.
prints of this painting are available from my store at www.byrontik.com

The drawing of energy

To find someones true spirit it can help to focus on their energy in stead of literal translation of physical attributes. Drawing with layers of colored lines pastel, ink, markers and acrylics is an ideal way for sketching someones soul. Compiling seemingly random lines that form an unique pattern and/or reflection of someones personality.

Muswellbrook Art Prize 2007

This is my entry to the Muswellbrook artprize.

The title is:
Transparency and Sensuality, a composition in green.

A part of my studies on: ‘the narrative of motion’. In which I search for the unique movements, which define a subject’s true personality. Light, layers, transparency and body language reflect the complexity of an individual’s psyche.

This painting is painted in cooperation with Hannah who has done a lot of modeling for me in my latest work.


The painting is painted in oils and on high quality 12oz canvas, and will be for sale at the Muswellbrookart centre.
size 180x60cm
price $4750

Spirit, body and consciousness

I will start my art blog with one of my favorite paintings at the minute. you can also see this on my site www.byrontik.com

My New studio in the Byron Bay Industrial estate

My New studio, so exciting, I am halve way through renovating, at the moment. The studio is really working for me, lots of light, space, less distraction and more specific custom. all great stuff. on the photo you can see me work on a still life of a chair:) 'ye gotta do your still lives', I call them my 'painters push-ups' and loving the amount of light that i can study coming through the windows. The temperature in the studio is regulated by blinds, sun that heats up the concrete in the winter, and in summer a huge shade-cloth blind combined with roof windows creates a natural airflow and heat outlet. No air-conditioning or heating needed, it surprises me how little buildings take advantage of these natural low cost ways of heating and cooling.
The studio will be used mainly as my working space but has plenty of exhibit space and will is open for walk-ins and appointment. I am always happy to discuss techniques, concepts and show some work.
I have started using photography more and more of a tool to study light, composition and sketch, the new studio has an excellent combination of daylight and my studio lights. I will be working on the themes suspension, movement and transparency, and photography will be greatly embraced by me as a tool for formulating the concept and narrative of the new work, complementing sketching and video. The studio is set up with two studio lights, with interchangeable umbrella's and soft boxes. a large 3x6mtr backdrop will most likely be used when working with a model.
The picture on the top shows the main work space with a half finished floor. the picture in the middle shows the half finished laundry and the picture on the bottom shows the mezzanine, which is the last on the renovation list. more pictures showing the progress will go up.

My old studio at the arts factory

Hi Guys, this is my new and first Blog, Yayh :)
I will start of with some pictures of my old studio at the Arts Factory in Byron Bay.
I have spend over three years there, two and a half I slept out the back in a tent,I enjoyed the outside nature, reduced my luxuries and focused on painting. A big difference to cold and wet Holland where I grew up. I even got flooded a few times which was quite an experience.
In my time here I have met 10 live times worth of people. the best lesson I learned here was how to let go and enjoy the moment, someone new comes into your live, great, they go away great, they have entered your live and therefor never really leave:)
I came to Byron Bay after staying in my birthplace Perth for a year, I came to Perth in October 2002 to unite myself with my biological father and half brothers who I had never met before. This went better then could have been expected, I spend a year there, working with my father and hanging out with my ultra-cool brothers, developing my dip-and-groove dance.
Then the road called, I decided to pack up my canvas and hit the road with some of my dear friends. We traveled for a few months around Oz to end up in Byron Bay, I wasn't very impressed at first, but decided to give it a second chance. It seemed busy, commercial, packed, although it was the 5Th of Jan which makes it one of the busiest days of the year. I almost left, but it was running late so I managed to get the last small spot behind the toilets on the arts factories campground. I set up my small two man tent and walked into the Buddha Bar... Holly Moly, that was something else, aboriginal culture show, live music, hippies, nice people, drinks, dj's fun!!!
Spend a few months getting into my yoga, drumming and all the Byron stuff you do, but I had to paint, gotta get a studio. I ran into Jarrah Tree who was painting a huge and gorgeous mural on the outside of the historic piggery building, which is part of the Arts factory. He could use a hand, which I was happy to give. Whilst I was painting away I had my eye on this little garage, that was used as a little surf clothes shop, but didn't really run. Then the idea came to me, arts factory, hmmm, it could really do with some art:). I asked the manager Sein if I could transform the old entrance to the piggery into a studio, and in return I would teach a small live drawing class. I was ever so passionate, a three hour class, full of exercises guided by music and often two models. I regained my passion for live drawing and painting with people, and started to paint like there was no tomorrow. One person more beautiful than the next, I discovered that if you open up you can fall in love with any person or else the moment, and use this energy to create. All right, so love, emotion and creation are all linked together, what a surprise:), lets see if I am able to take that with me outside of the studio. Painting is a wonderful tool for training your non- judgemental observation skills, or as my friend 'the baron' said awakening the silent observer, you know separating yourself from your mind and all that Buddhist Jazz.
So over those three years I painted several hundred paintings, close to a thousand drawings, some murals, several live performances, teaching and organizing workshops and a small festival, called the Byron Bay arts fest, which emphasized on the exciting side of 'art' with a lot of participation for the patrons. Always having two or three jobs on the side as well.
It was time to slow down a bit, focus, work with maybe one model for a while, go in depth, think about concept, where do I want to go next, what do I really want. This is when I made the narrative of motion series, which will get it's own blog section. I started to feel cramped in the studio and was craving a light, spacious studio with no distractions. No matter how much I loved all the people walking into my studio before I needed a bit of solitude to take my work to the next level.
The new studio was starting to take shape in my head.