Oedipus

The above image (Oedipus, 1992, brush & ink on paper, 25" x 20" approx.) will apparently be broadcast in the British TV series "Wire In The Blood" -- a dark, psychological thriller about a psychologist/profiler. The scene takes place in a lecture theater, with my Oedipus image projected on a screen behind the protagonist.

I think that the episode in question is episode 4 (series 5). I'm not sure exactly when the show will be broadcast -- I'll put the date up here when I know. It may also be viewed on US TV via BBC America at some point. Here is the link to the show's web page.

Variation on a Faun

Brush & ink on paper, 2007, 12" x 12". See "Head of a Faun", earlier entry...

And now in reverse

See below for original.

HELL working sketch #1

China marker on paper, 8.5" x 5.5", 2007. More to follow...

Absolute Arts

I've just upgraded & extended my account at AbsoluteArts from a free portfolio to a paid one. This allows me to upload more images -- up to 40 from 4, & also to offer items for sale. So far, there are 10 paintings & 2 limited edition versions of the portfolios (numbered, signed & customized with a small ink sketch) on offer. More items will be posted shortly.

http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/ayton/

My Studio Wall

This is a video I shot with my digital camera today. It's very short, but gives some idea of my studio & what's in it now. Music by me.



Note: I'm uploading this video before it's been officially passed by the YouTube inspection committee, so if you can't view it, please come back later. I can't see them banning it, but you never know...

New Project

Is this logo legible? Not sure...

Ball of Souls

Acrylic on board, 2007, 14" x 11":



Small painting done from a 2002 sketch (available in Small Drawings book, available from Lulu.com). Possibly related to alleged forthcoming "Hell" series...

The Eternal

Acrylic on board, 2007, 12" x 9". Painted yesterday as the light was dying.

Bone Tree 2 / Hiroshima

New small painting:



Acrylic on board, 2007, 10" x 8". A variant on the Bone Tree image (somewhere below -- check previous posts), combined with the Hiroshima mushroom cloud -- kind of a monument to the atomic bombing. How high is a mushroom cloud? I see it as being huge -- maybe a mile high or something...my motifs & themes tend to merge together. At some point, I have in mind doing a series of Hiroshima pieces -- over the years I've done a few here & there, with differing levels of success...

Nocturne (study)

A new small painting that's probably a study for a larger one:



Acrylic on board, 2007, 12" x 9". I actually scanned this on my flatbed scanner, so it's cropped a little, as the scanner can only handle sizes of 11" x 8.5". This image may relate to the rumored (by me) forthcoming "Duino Elegies" series, which I started back in 1999 or so...or it may not. Maybe just in look & feel.

2007 -- Angel For Rilke

I thought I should upload something new for 2007:



Brush & ink wash on paper, 12" x 12". Another Duino Elegy-related piece ("every angel is terrifying") -- maybe 2007 will be the year when I finish the Duino series. We shall see.

Famine 1991

This was a drawing I created way back in 1991 as part of a series entitled "In Humanity":



I've just re-edited the image to include the title, my name & my URLs. This was because my web stats package was indicating large numbers of hits on the image, without corresponding hits on the pages where it was on my sites. This probably means that someone is remote linking to it -- putting it on their site, but pulling it from the server where I'm hosting it. I don't mind people using my work for non-profit purposes on their MySpace pages & so on, but would really appreciate if people would upload the image to their own hosting server (a right-click & a "save as" will save the picture to your computer) & an image credit so that viewers know the title & who painted or drew the image. I don't think it's too much to ask. Otherwise, I'll have to edit all my images to include the credits, which I personally find a little annoying (to do & also to look at), but there you have it. Just a little rant...

ImageShack Slide Show

I just created this over on ImageShack:



Go to ImageShack® to Create your own Slideshow

I think slideshows & movies are a good way to display art...the image resolution is much better in this than the movies (somewhere below). The transitions & so on seem a bit limited -- there's also the option of adding sound/music. I may edit this at a later date...