JIM TETLOW / UK - AUSTRALIA - ISSUE 8 / OCTOBER 2006

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Cascade
Digital work, 2003. I quite often use myself
as a handy easy model for figure reference, this
being an early example of this. Photomanipulation
in Photoshop.

Homage to Beksinski
Wooden sticks and bedsheet modelled onto
45x45cm canvas, coloured with oil pastels
and then acrylics, 2005/2006. As the title
suggests, this was by way of homage to the
late Polish master Zdzislaw Beksinki.

Multimedia artist working in fine art (including sculpture), digital art, graphic design and various forms inbetween, also illustrating book covers and numerous CD covers. Also works in musical soundscaping, both solo and in group projects, of which there are many releases.

Structural Idol
Digital work, 2001/2006. An image from 2001,
given a makeover to enhance its dynamics.

The Tongue Hangar
Digital work, 2002/2006. An example from
quite a dark period in my artwork, when I was
exploring a cold almost inhuman aesthetic.

"I like ambiguity in art. Uncertainty. What has to conform to the limits of our reality? Metal, glass and flesh can merge seamlessly, as if the surreal worlds and the life forms within are one and the same, and yet at odds sometimes. I rarely seek to endow my works with any 'message'. I am more interested in people's personal responses."

The Life Giver
Watercolours on 45x45cm canvas, 2005.
A first attempt with this medium after many years, and
my first ever work on canvas. Very much an experiment
which made extensive use of watercolour pencils.

Five Years
Digital work, 2001/2006. Remixed from a 2001
image which was a kind of homage to H.R.Giger.

Conduction
Various found objects and bedsheet modelled
onto 60x90cm canvas, painted with acrylics,
2005/2006. To date my most ambitious work,
collaged from all manner of objects found in the
Australian bushland, including pieces of wood,
snail shells and beetles.

Coitus
Wooden sticks and bedsheet modelled onto
45x60cm canvas, painted with acrylics, 2006.
The only colour I wanted was fleshtones:
the rest is pure white.

Slow Release
Digital work, 2005. One of a series of
strange distortions in this colour scheme.

Embers
Digital work, 2001/2006. Originally created in B/W
as artwork for a CD entitled "Embers" by
Zircon & The Burning Brains.