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