I’m a multidisciplinary artist, working throughout portray, pictures, print and sculpture. After I’m not in my studio, I’m exploring the world with my digital camera and the Pink Bear. The work I create attracts on my life, particularly my ongoing journey of enhancing my psychological well being by private progress. Additionally basic to my work are world points, resembling environmental adjustments and experiences of isolation.
The Pink Bear emerged from the recesses of my childhood reminiscences, surfacing throughout my exploration of cognitive behavioural remedy. Initially, I considered the Pink Bear as an alter ego: a masks concealing my true self beneath a veneer of a cheerful reminiscence. But counting on this character to navigate the world solely fuelled destructive coping mechanisms, reinforcing the idea that I didn’t fairly slot in.
Over time, nonetheless, the Pink Bear additionally underwent a transformative journey, evolving right into a beacon of power and resilience – qualities I aimed to embody. At present, the Pink Bear symbolizes hope.
Within the firm of the Pink Bear, contrasting landscapes turn into a canvas for storytelling – mountains, surreal realms, bustling cities and distant corners of the world present the stage. As my fixed companion, the Pink Bear transcends the confines of youthful innocence, entering into a fragile house between actuality and make-believe.
Rise Above Your self – New York, USA (Picture credit score: LUAP)
The pictures I create whereas travelling are by no means computer-generated or collaged collectively. Every shot of the Pink Bear is achieved by an actual determine carrying a human-size character swimsuit. For me, there’s a sense of nostalgia and romance about taking my photographic works stay, slightly than faking the Pink Bear in post-edit.
In an age the place everybody has a digital camera of their pocket, to make use of full digital camera gear is vital to the authenticity that’s so central to my work. This dedication can be a bodily problem as I negotiate the practicalities of taking heavy gear (20kg) on missions which are regularly arduous, if not flat-out harmful.
Purple Star Mild – Lake Tekapo, New Zealand (Picture credit score: LUAP)
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Whereas I as soon as preserved my Nikon cameras meticulously, worrying about their pristine situation, I now embrace their use, even when it means a splash of paint, a smudge of grime or a number of scratches (a Nikon went below a wave in Australia, and it nonetheless labored). They’re instruments meant to be utilized, not saved away for particular events.
Overthinking the method, I imagine, holds again creative expression. Understanding the craft and its fundamentals is vital: training empowers you to interrupt free from inflexible processes and discover new potentialities and expressions.
LUAP lately introduced a grant of €250,000 to ascertain the LUAP Pink Bear Scholarship, in collaboration with The College of Europe for Utilized Sciences, which provided 17 scholarships for college kids beginning their programs this September.
