Surreal Automatic

extraterrestriial: Mungo Thomson - Negative Space (2006)

dyslexicstoner — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:41:53 -0400

Mungo Thomson - Negative Space (2006)

Sketchbook Thursday 2 pt 2

dyslexicstoner — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:10:47 -0400

“Systematic” 9/26/2012

I love how insignificant the little man appears in this piece (you can barely see him standing in a doorway), as if he’s just entering a strange and bizzare world. I would love to refine/redo this piece later on.

“Sled” 9/26/2012

Can you find the faces? I swear I didn’t intend for them, but there you go. I drew this while listening to live jazz music and some guy talking very loudly over it -_-

“9 levels” 9/26/2012

This is one of the pieces that I really wish I had shaded/colored. I just think it could really use a good ‘pop’… Anyway, I love the vertically of this piece and how its another one of my subterranean pieces. The name refers to the 9 levels of hell, since it appears as though the piece is melting.

“Esh-fish” 9/17/2012

This somehow turned into a fish drawing… I honestly don’t know how. I was just doodling Escher-like drawings and it just looked better with scales, and it became a fish.

“Gaul” 9/17/2012

I would really love to refine this piece later on… it just has a really great flow and structure to it.

Interested in seeing more? Visit my etsy store (http://www.etsy.com/shop/Hallarte) where you can buy a premade sketch or order a custom one! I’m also interested in seeing what you see in my drawings, so if you’d like to let me know, feel free to reblog with a reply!

Sketchbook Thursday 2 pt 1

dyslexicstoner — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:51:31 -0400

Hello y’all, I slept a bit late so today’s sketchbook has taken longer than I thought to put together. Today I have 11 sketchbook images (along with artist commentary) that I’ve accumulated since the last Sketchbook Thursday. Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance to refine these images by shading (for examples see last week’s sketchbook)… still, I hope you enjoy!

“The Tower” 9/16/2012

I had a load of fun making this piece, particularly because of the tower portion. I just love the way a shape is suggested, while keeping things surreal and skewed slightly. I can see this as being influencing a future painting… If I can ever finish the one I’m currently on <_<

“Stax” 9/16/2012

There’s something interesting going on in this piece… sort of reminds me of some of my older surreal paintings. I just love the way that the shapes just sort of converge out of one another. I don’t really see anything in the way of identifiable shapes- but if you see faces or somesuch, that’s sort of the point of my art.

“69” 9/16/2012

No comment on this one

“Trump” 9/26/2012

I drew this while listening to- you guessed it- jazz music! This is just a fun and very musical piece.

“Rascal” 9/26/2012

I see this piece as a sort of cross-section of a countryside or some other terrain… except really surreal. I drew this while listening to jazz music, so you can see some instruments.

Sketchbook Thursday pt 1

dyslexicstoner — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:53:29 -0400

This week is sort of a drawing dump of what I’ve done over the past several weeks. The majority of these drawings were inspired by live jazz music. Since this particular week is kind of packed, I’ve decided to split this up into two installments. Enjoy!

“Museo” 9/5/2012

This was originally a surreal drawing of a tree but it eventually became a museum and then some sort of cavernous space. I’d like to think of it as a cross section of a museum and fountain and a nearby tree.

“Dante” 9/5/2012

To me this piece is reminiscent of what I imagine would be a subterranean adventure: Hot and claustrophobic. In reality I drew this while in a restaurant trying to listen to a jazz band while some jerk was shouting in my ear. Interestingly you can sort of guess my internal state at the time. Shapes are barely attached to one another which suggests unsettling environment; the piece’s ‘firey’ nature is likely the anxiety which I was feeling or the fast percussion of the band. Therefore I think its suiting to reference the 9 levels of hell, in that I couldn’t really imagine a more suiting circle of hell than a really loud environment… but I guess that’s just me.

“Doktor” Sept 2012

I really enjoy the sense of skewed perspective you get in this piece. I began the piece with the spine in the center of the piece and the arching shapes around that. I really wanted this piece to resemble an aspect from one of my older pieces Oceanic, 2012 ( https://www.etsy.com/listing/102895846/oceanic ), which was a really great piece that was all about skewing with perspective and shape. Oh, and there’s a face.

“Jester” 9/8/2012

I don’t really know what was with me, but for some reason I really enjoyed drawing faces in my artwork; the only problem was that it was only after I finished and showed others that I noticed that jokers face. This reminds me of a future project that I want to do which involves surreal drawings of tarot cards.

Sketchbook Thursday pt 2

dyslexicstoner — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:53:17 -0400

“Green Thumb” 8/27/2012

This piece is actually a combination of two drawings. The first one was a few rectangular shapes and an abstract shape that didn’t seem to work, so it was abandoned. Later I came back and drew the hand and tree growing up around the old image (which at this point is upside down).

“Pipe Dream” 9/8/2012

What can I say? There’s a lot of Escher pipes and drainage going on here.

“Reciever” 9/8/2012

I started drawing this around a telephone shape in the center, with other electronics in limbo around the phone. It wasn’t until later that I recognized yet another face and person… its hard to spot him, but he’s sitting down with his legs against his chest and holding onto the phone in the middle. He’s got on some cool shades.

“Kathu” 8/28/2012

I just love the tentacle-heart in the lower right.

Weekly Update

dyslexicstoner — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:49:01 -0400

Hello y’all,

After a short spontaneous hiatus I have returned reinvigorated and ready to do some art!

I’ve decided to keep updates regular, and the best way to do that is to keep to a schedule. Therefore I’ve decided to make a “Sketchbook Thursdays” where I’ll post various sketches and comics that I’ve created over the week. Of these drawings will be journal comics, pages from my sketchbook, and digital work.

Also you should expect to see Weekly updates on Wednesdays, but that is subject to change.

Take care,

-CHall

rubthatnub: Dolomites, Italia

dyslexicstoner — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:31:21 -0400

rubthatnub:

Dolomites, Italia

rubthatnub: By Jan Machata

dyslexicstoner — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:29:19 -0400

rubthatnub:

By Jan Machata

rubthatnub: By Wojciech Magierski

dyslexicstoner — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:28:09 -0400

rubthatnub:

By Wojciech Magierski

funkystarfishy: by ~spoonbard

dyslexicstoner — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:06:36 -0400

funkystarfishy:

by ~spoonbard

Necropolis, 8x5 Surreal Automatic drawing on archival paperThis...

dyslexicstoner — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:11:25 -0400

Necropolis, 8x5 Surreal Automatic drawing on archival paper

This piece was one of 22 displayed at my very first gallery show, Menagerie. At this point in the series I started to become a bit more representational. This is one of the transitional pieces in the series, as it moves from wholly abstract to a more coherent theme. My later pieces become more representational and bizarre in comparison to my earlier ones.

Edges are torn purposefully to give it a printmaking quality. However there are slight pin holes in the corners, but this is easily disguised when framed. Frame not included with purchase.

Now available in my Etsy shop!

Etsy Store

dyslexicstoner — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:53:36 -0400

My Etsy shop is open for business!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SurrealAutomaticArt

Heavenly Preen, 7”x8”, 6/2/2012, Drawing *Please...

dyslexicstoner — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:24:00 -0400

Heavenly Preen, 7”x8”, 6/2/2012, Drawing

~~*Please forgive me for the low quality photograph- I just really wanted to share what I’ve been up to since late last night.*~~

I’m calling this early sketch “Heavenly Preen”, but all names are subject to change. My inspiration for this piece was another drawing of mine called “Avio”, which is the bird picture here: http://challart.tumblr.com/post/23949574532/this-is-a-selection-from-my-series-called-cascade .

This time however, I wanted to give Heavenly Preen some of Avio’s original concepts that I was unable to incorperate into Avio due to time constraints and other external factors. When I drew some early sketches of what would later become Avio back in early 2012 I started with the idea of these planetoids revolving around each other. For some reason I just slapped on some wings and absolutely LOVED the results. However by that point Avio had lost most of its celestial qualities and just became this simplistic surreal bird.

So, with Heavenly Preen I started with a planetoid in the bird’s eye and various moon phases revolving around it. Eventually this became the wings of the bird, and the beak became this ziggurat-like shape. Avio’s beak was intended to be a ziggurat, but again time constraints and scale limited me.

I intend fully to color this sketch later on in my usual monotone color scheme. Any thoughts on the color? Send me an ask!

Setting up an Etsy store

dyslexicstoner — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:37:25 -0400

Hey followers,

Sorry for the delay, I’m just trying to figure out how best to structure my website, tumblr site, and now Etsy store…. All of which are still under construction, but thank you for your patience :)

This is a selection from my series called Cascade. It was...

dyslexicstoner — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:38:54 -0400

Avio (2012)

Igeck (2012)

Twist (2012)

Monolith (2012)

State Cross (2012)

Chopsticks (2012)

Chopsticks (2012)

Fleshy (2012)

Jamaica (2012)

Descend (2012)

This is a selection from my series called Cascade. It was featured in my college’s Senior Studio Art Exhibition 2012 show Menagerie.

These drawings were created using a surreal automatist style, which is to say that none of these drawings were pre-planned and they are heavily influenced by my subconscious.

Thats the basic gyst of it, but here’s the artist statement if you’d like to know more about this series:

The Dalai Lama once said “(Man) lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never really lived.” I often find people that are fearful of change, so much so that they spend very little time in the present. We deny that it exists even though it happens around us all the time. I try to capture this contradiction in my work, conveying the human presence in an unknown and changing world that at times can be frighteningly beautiful. The abstracted shapes and surreal dreamscape imagery are intended to convey the unsettling notion of discovering hidden beauty within something that is visibly bizarre. I explore this duality through a variety of themes including creation and destruction, life and death, and most importantly the positive and negative effects of change.

My drawings use a free form approach to art making called Automatism, or automatic drawings, in which the drawings are created using a mixture of conscious and subconscious thought. It is only when fully I clear my mind that I begin drawing. Generally I begin with a single centralized shape and then freely expand from there. The forms are placed in an intuitive fashion around the paper, usually in a mixture of geometric and organic design. Oftentimes I draw upon outside stimuli like music, television, or the static environment for bursts of inspiration. This approach speaks to the idea of a collective unconsciousness. The psychiatrist Carl Jung proposed that, “there exists a second psychic system of collective, universal, and impersonal nature which is identical in all individuals.” My use of the automatist approach and the unconscious manner in which it is created saturates the work with universally recognized images, allowing me to explore more deeply my own subconscious being.

For buying information, please feel free to contact me!

For more art stay tuned to this blog and check out my website: http://www.wix.com/clarkhallart/seniorgallery#

New art blog

dyslexicstoner — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:30:44 -0400

First post! More stuff coming soon though…