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A trip to India to experience the Harvest Festival Kambala at Moodabidri

In January 2012 I will be travelling to India to gather material for my next and largest painting to date.

I aim to produce a dramatic painting that captures the power, motion, sound and psychology of the Kambala festival in Moodabidri, Mangalore India. The Kambala is a spectacle I once saw when I was 14 on one of Michael Palin's adventures, the desire to witness this event has stuck in my mind ever since.

The painting will further enhance the portfolio of my work within the area of historical and culturally rich events where the relationship of how man experiences and interacts with his world is portrayed.

This will be the first trip that will also be documented through HD film and stills as I work in the field. This will show how I try to get an understanding of how the composition of the painting can work to cause a striking impact on the viewer.

To see the drama of this event enjoy this video:

New section of the Website – the reactionary language of people

There is a new gallery on the main website that shows the works that have increased my learning over the summer and Autumn.

Most of these works show sketches in different phases and have been produced over varying time periods. The purpose of these pieces in rough and more complete form has been to capture the dynamic of speech and body language between people. This causes a heightened sense of intrigue for the viewer and intimacy to the scene that is unfolding.

For a direct link to the gallery please click here.