Carl Cashman: My art

shine166

Hi everyone, not seen much art discussion on here so im not sure how well this will go down.

I live in Devon and have a show coming up 2nd-13th July at Torre Abbey, Torquay

My work is geometric/optical illusion based and all hand painted. Painted on natural materials they are a themed on the modern industrial society and its relationship with the natural world which we inherited.
kind of a visual metaphor for how we can live in harmony with the planet, rather than destroy it.

Some of my work can be viewed under UV light, here are a few examples and the flyer for the new show..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/5635158154/in/set-72157624071307731

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/5846077453/in/set-72157624071307731/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/sets/72157624071307731/with/5635158154/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/5880514445/in/set-72157624071307731

Oggy Red

Nice stuff, Shiner.

I'm in Cornwall, on the dark side. Not too far to Torquay, I'd like to see your exhibition.

There's a few of us on here interested in art and culture.
The rest are trainspotters.

Off_it

I like some of that stuff - particular the multi coloured pieces.

Shine, as someone who knows diddly about modern art, can you please explain to me what you mean by 

"Painted on natural materials they are a themed on the modern industrial society and its relationship with the natural world which we inherited. kind of a visual metaphor for how we can live in harmony with the planet, rather than destroy it."

I just don't get that and am interested in how some shapes painted on a board equates to what you have said. (Not taking the pee - for a change! - honest)

Cheers!

Floyd Montana

Nice stuff, Shiner.

I'm in Cornwall, on the dark side. Not too far to Torquay, I'd like to see your exhibition.

There's a few of us on here interested in art and culture.
The rest are trainspotters.

Speak for yourself, Mr High and Mighty Oggmeister.
I'm on the end of the platform right now and have spotted a BR Type 37 (Type 3)


So there

SheffieldRed

Good stuff. 

Guessing Escher is an influence? 

Do you do much in the way of Banksy stuff?

Post again  if you do a show in the North or in London

shine166

Thanks, I live in totnes and have a show there in October too. I intend to paint a red/white and black version at some point titled 'Floyd Road' and am hoping the club may do me the honor of one day hanging it at the club.


OFF_IT..

No worries, in person the paintings look a lot more '3 dimentional' with the blocks literally popping out off the canvas and when I paint on ply. The grain is still visible so you have the juxtaposition of the 2... industrial bold shapes ( ie modern pop up towns, industrial/ council estates... even the patterns withing slums ) and the beauty of the natural grain.

I have a video somewhere which shows just how the UV light effect the surface ( il try find it).

Sorry if that sounded a bit poncy, thats really what I try not to be. That is my interpretation of them, of coarse all art is subjective
All of the work on flickr has been painted since december, when I got back into painting.

shine166

Good stuff. 

Guessing Escher is an influence? 

Do you do much in the way of Banksy stuff?

Post again  if you do a show in the North or in London

love escher, huge influence indeed. Funnily enough I did a stencil last xmas that made it into my local paper as a 'banksy'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/5058089186/in/set-72157624071307731

collect banksy too and a lot of other art from that scene.. barry mcgee, obey, case kaws, espo etc

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/sets/72157605043100050/

SheffieldRed

Yep, saw the stencil on the earlier link, wondered if there were more.

Like the others, I think the Todd James is great.

Do you know anything in relation to the background to the Hera & Adam Bachelor Snowball. 

Off_it

Thanks, I live in totnes and have a show there in October too. I intend to paint a red/white and black version at some point titled 'Floyd Road' and am hoping the club may do me the honor of one day hanging it at the club.


OFF_IT..

No worries, in person the paintings look a lot more '3 dimentional' with the blocks literally popping out off the canvas and when I paint on ply. The grain is still visible so you have the juxtaposition of the 2... industrial bold shapes ( ie modern pop up towns, industrial/ council estates... even the patterns withing slums ) and the beauty of the natural grain.

I have a video somewhere which shows just how the UV light effect the surface ( il try find it).

Sorry if that sounded a bit poncy, thats really what I try not to be. That is my interpretation of them, of coarse all art is subjective
All of the work on flickr has been painted since december, when I got back into painting.

Thanks for the explanation mate. Not entirely sure I "get it" to be honest, but I know when I like something and some of the pictures on your link are good. 

Good luck with the exhibition.

shine166

Yep, saw the stencil on the earlier link, wondered if there were more.

Like the others, I think the Todd James is great.

Do you know anything in relation to the background to the Hera & Adam Bachelor Snowball. 

Hera ( from herakut) did that for me at a show last year (Moniker) I was helping set up and she was kind enough to do me a doodle, that is what she came back with .
I dont know too much about Adam Batchelor, but here is his website..  http://www.adambatchelor.co.uk/

Stig

Neat work.

shine166

Thanks, I live in totnes and have a show there in October too. I intend to paint a red/white and black version at some point titled 'Floyd Road' and am hoping the club may do me the honor of one day hanging it at the club.


OFF_IT..

No worries, in person the paintings look a lot more '3 dimentional' with the blocks literally popping out off the canvas and when I paint on ply. The grain is still visible so you have the juxtaposition of the 2... industrial bold shapes ( ie modern pop up towns, industrial/ council estates... even the patterns withing slums ) and the beauty of the natural grain.

I have a video somewhere which shows just how the UV light effect the surface ( il try find it).

Sorry if that sounded a bit poncy, thats really what I try not to be. That is my interpretation of them, of coarse all art is subjective
All of the work on flickr has been painted since december, when I got back into painting.

Thanks for the explanation mate. Not entirely sure I "get it" to be honest, but I know when I like something and some of the pictures on your link are good. 

Good luck with the exhibition.

No worries, to be honest I prefer my art to be visually appealing... the rest was just needed once I was invited to my first show : )

Henry Irving

Not really my taste but then not a huge fan of Escher either.

I do like the framed piece in the second link which reminds me of quilts, maybe a material you've worked in or could do so.  Would lend itself to your stuff.  http://www.ocsquiltmuseum.com/

I do get the dreads reference in the hats thread now.  No, not sure they would work as a tam : - )

shine166

Yer ive only been doing them for 6 months, so plenty of future experimenting to happen. Mosaic, stained glass etc are just a couple for the future.
New batch of work for this weekend, so hopefully my progress from the last couple of months can be seen.


Shame about the hats : ) , think I may still have a bid for my old man though.

Algarveaddick

I like. Good luck with the exhibition carl. 

shine166

Just want to say thanks to everyone for the feedback so far and also the positive vibes about the show.
For those that are interested in my work, I have a FB page..  https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Carl-Cashman-Contemporary-Artist/205373199493634
where after 200 followers I will be doing a draw to give away one of my 60x60cm panels.

thanks again for reading

stilladdicted

I'm a Caravaggio and Kapoor addict, so its not exactly my scene either. What I find interesting is the juxtapositions you refer to. For me, your deliberate blending of industrial block dimension with natural grain really instintively jars, so I guess it has made me think- result!  I  wish I could see the exhibition, but having just got back from N. Devon, I think it unlikely that we'll return this year. Good luck and keep us posted.

church-lane

I don'r know much about art, but I know Tracy Emin is proper minging.

T_C_E

Nice work Shine.

Its a well know fact that are a few Artists on here and I include myself in that, most of my work is done in the late friday night, early saturday morning period, ; )

Seriously though, good luck

Clem_Snide

Not sure what you do about selling, but you might be interested in redbubble.com.

Good way of getting your stuff out there.

Off_it

Nice work Shine.

Its a well know fact that are a few Artists on here and I include myself in that, most of my work is done in the late friday night, early saturday morning period, ; )

Seriously though, good luck

Love your "work" TCE

Winters-Dawn

Nice! love the little.... dude lets call him

shine166

Nice! love the little.... dude lets call him

which little dude ? .. im confused, which admittedly may not take much : )

Off_it

This?

shine166

^ oh yer, that makes sense.. always forget that as its right at the top. Its called a 'munny'. There is a huge culture collector base of them in the US and Japan, although I just grabbed a couple of blanks to try some painting techniques. Some of the customs one people sculp are nuts, although not really my thing.

Clem_snide..

I currently use bigcartel.. http://carlcashman.bigcartel.com/  but I will check out the place you mentioned, thanks

shine166

Show opening went well, 1st batch of photo's here. They are mine, so not the best..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shine166/sets/72157627101124812/

shine166

Sorry everyone, this is a bit cheeky but I decided to enter the C4 'Street Summer' competition, if you could take the time to vote for me id be very grateful...

http://www.dontpaniconline.com/street_summer/entry/178

Off_it

What if you're not on Facebook - or are but don't want the feckers knowing too much about you?

shine166

dont vote, alls good

BlackForestReds

Ok I voted...

Off_it

What if I want to vote, I mean REALLY want to vote, but don't want to do it via Facebook? Can I send in a postcard or sealed down envelope?