Andrew Owen - "Mother City"

Mother City
Oil, US$ 414

Mother City

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Details

Oil

W: 900mm x H: 690mm x D: 40mm
W: 35" x H: 27" x D: 2"

Approx. Weight: 3kg

This work is unframed

Price

US$ 414

Scale

Reference

Oil painting

About "Mother City"

These paintings are a progression of the city series. Here however, I am trying to capture the feel of modern day city life by combining a few design elements together. The choice of elements is personal. I use references that appeal to me visually. I love to use design elements and am not using a literal scene or location, such as a particular street in the city. This is a combination of shapes, colors and forms that appeal to me and work together to make a statement about our environment. It includes designs, photographs, movie posters, television, architecture, brochures - anything with branding and everyday life. I am not interested in making a comment or judgement. It is just a reflection of everyday life put together in a very graphic format. I enjoy the imagery of graffiti artist Banksy. - I love the way he combines elements.

Andrew Owen

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About Andrew

Andrew studied Fine Art at Michaelis School of Fine Art from 1980 -1984 and then worked as Foundation Year lecturer at Ruth Prowse Art Centre in Salt River Cape Town from 1985 to 1991.

He was a finalist in Daan Retief Book Illustration Competition 1986 and went on to work on childrens book illustrations for Haum Daan Retief and Maskew Miller.

He began his own art school, Andrew Owen School of Art in Somerset West in 1990 till today. During this time his time for creating art was limited but in 2010 he once again focussed his time on his art career.

He has participated in several exhibitions of fine art as a painter at Association for Visual Arts and has exhibited his own work annually at his school in Somerset West.

My work is about my world; the people, places and things I love. I enjoy capturing a moment with a simple play of light, or a combination of architecture and people.

I believe in the fundamental principles and processes of art. This means a strong association with the historic disciplines of drawing and painting
- Andrew Owen

Price Range

US$ 184-460

Education

BA Fine Art at Michaelis School of Fine Art

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