My husband Chips (Michael Chippendale) has named his new collection of paintings 'Modern Mosaics'.
I have had little to do with the latest art works, mine has been a supervisory (nagging) and supporting role. I have watched these pictures evolve and they are quite fascinating.
Each painting is based on a regular grid of dots. When viewed up close the Modern Mosaic paintings appear to be a pleasing but abstract pattern, viewed from the side, at a distance or whilst squinting the dots merge to reveal a recognisable scene, object or person.
Chips was not happy with the final result of this one and is repainting her. She looked brilliant to everyone else. He repainted his images of Cassius Clay and Audrey Hepburn several times until he was satisfied that they were good enough to offer for sale.
Would you know what this is?
A pugs nose!
Chips painted the pug knowing that if it did not find a buyer I would give it a good home. If I had the room I would have them all but I can not resist paintings of pug dogs. This one is not finished yet. In future posts I'll show you more Modern Mosaics in progress and completed.
Chip's paintings including the Modern Mosaics Collection can be seen at The Stencil Library, Stocksfield, Northumberland.
Helen.
How brilliantly COOL!!!!
Posted by: Regina | June 27, 2011 at 10:07 PM
I have followed this project from the beginning...they are all amazing!I love his process and size of the "dots". Keep us updated on the pug please!
Posted by: Theresa Cheek | June 30, 2011 at 02:49 PM
do you teach how to do this online or on your books?
do you do them for others.
please advise.
susan
auntprettyt@comcast.net
Posted by: susan thompson | October 28, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Hi Susan. Yes the paintings are for sale. I will be showing the whole collection (so far) very soon. Although we do show how to stencil on this blog, our websites and in our books to do these particular paintings takes a lot of time and skill. I can not do them, they are the work of my husband, Michael Chippendale. He is more a fine artist than a stenciller, I am the opposite.
Posted by: stencil helen | October 29, 2011 at 12:53 PM