Video: Oriental motifs in silk-screen printing by Graham Carter
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Brighton artist Graham Carter belongs to the category of those artists whose paintings you recognize and understand from the first seconds. His works are so unusual that one wants to study and consider them, and are attractive to such an extent that one wants to acquire at least one of them. Even the smallest, but certainly hang on the wall in the bedroom or living room, sincerely believing that it will add warmth and comfort to the room.
The canvases of Graham Carter convey the philosophy of Eastern traditions, as well as a bit of lyrics, antiquity and … childhood. Surprisingly, many of the characters in these unusual paintings resemble children's drawings, or even just cartoon characters - little princesses, birds and animals and other inhabitants of a fabulous country.
By the way, the technique of creating pictures is also worthy of attention. Graham Carter creates his works by silk-screen printing, or, as it is also called, a screen printing method, in which paint is forced through holes in a special mesh (stencil). What's interesting: it is believed that silk-screen printing originated in China, where it was used to decorate that very unique Chinese silk. So maybe this is why Carter's paintings are so similar to Chinese and Japanese tapestries?
Graham Carter has his own Boxbird gallery, where you can not only see a selection of his wonderful paintings, but also order your favorite painting for yourself.
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