Sequential Montage

Reminisce of David Hockney's photo montage, Chris Arslain question the ease and abundance of digital photography which pushed him to evolve his process in this series of work, "Time Span."

Perfectly stated by Chris Arslain, "Using a series of images of a singular event to create a single image, to me, adds a new dimension of life to what would be normal "street photo". Now we know what happened before or after, or what was just outside the normal frame. In some instances I distort the order of exposures to even create a new reality. Time differences between my first and last exposure for a photo ranges from seconds to hours and I include this information so the viewer can have a closer relation to the event and piece together my process as I saw it in the field. The exposures are pieced together either in camera from overlapping the negative, or later using the computer. Print sizes range from 25 inches to over 7 feet in length depending on the image."

Horror Punks

An Art Director in Chicago, Illinois, Charlie Owens uses mixed media to create these raw and distressed work of art. Merging his talent in illustration and design, his work strikes a statement with typography, stylized female figure, and pop culture references. Charlie is influenced by gritty surface textures and street torn advertisements, as well as his passion in skateboarding, metal and punk rock music from his youth, and horror movies.

Charlie Owens quoted, "I have a huge attraction to raw unrefined abstract art but at the same time the clean lines of typography and clean lined illustration really appeal to me. I try to combine these two styles into something I can call my own, to try and create a very iconic visual." He also states, "As for my usual stylized female figures... I'm not really trying to create any sort of pin-up style, or even trying to capture the female form accurate at all times... it's more important for me to get an attitude, a mood... or just simply a strong bold visual that captures the viewers attention."

His work has been featured in exhibition and galleries across the United States, as well as other medias in print and TV. Check out Charlie's website featuring additional work, as well as prints for sale.

Paper Forms

These amazing sculptural artwork are hand crafted entirely with paper. Richard Sweeney was determined to become a graphic designer until his discovery for sculpture at Batley School of Art and Design.  He continued his education at Manchester Metropolitan University to study Three Dimensional Design where he experimented with sheet materials of paper, cardboard and laminated wood.  He originally designed these sculptures as prototypes before applying a more durable materials, but Richard calls them, "finely crafted objects in their own rights."

Richard Sweeney is an artist and a designer based in Huddersfield, England.  He will be displaying his art (represented by Victor Felix Gallery) at the Affordable Art Show in Battersea Park, London, from March 11-14, 2010.