Housemartin, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 110 x 80 cm.
Casualeers, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 110 x 80 cm.
Four Seasons, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 110 x 80 cm.
AAAR!, 2011 Acrylic on canvas. 110 x 80 cm.
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Friday, 7 May 2010
A steadied pistol, trails of smoke, enormous concrete pillars, these are just some of the external forces that threaten to determine the fate of the “Girls in Carl Stimpsons paintings.
These maidenly young women of equivocal age, synonymous with girls of the Archie comic’s era, are staged in ever-unpredictable situations. Their discordant presence within scenes of car crashes and other impending danger are crucial features of Stimpson’s role as creator, pulling the strings and playing games with the viewer.
Stimpson’s source material, the works of cartoonist Dan De Carlo (of Archie comics fame) and Edgar P.Jacobs among others, provide the subjects and visual information for his presentation of appropriated compositions. Painting from the enlarged originals via projection Stimpson’s method exploits the printed form and rich surfaces of the comic book image to create equally unique and new works of art. As in his painting ‘Museum Pin-Up and ‘Showgirls Stimpson confronts us with an inflated sense of both proportion and content. Through Stimpson’s faithfulness to the original image and his painstaking rendering of the printed surface, we find him working in an artistic form which itself mimes the origins of the comic book source material.
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Monday, 23 November 2009
Sunday, 4 October 2009
The Character Yoko Tsuno, originally created by Belgian illustrator Roger LeLoup, had her first comic book adventure in 1970. The series of adventures consist of twenty four volumes and are still being created to this day.
Carl Stimpson has used this series as inspiration for a collection of paintings. His method of painting (drawing the enlarged image of vie projection) exploits the sophisticated and rich styles of the comic book image to create equally unique and new art works.
LeLoup’s styles, and consequently Stimpson’s paintings, are informed by the brand of illustration ‘Ligne Claire’ pioneered by Hergé and his Tintin series. Typically the content of Stimpson’s paintings take frames or details from the comic strips of the “Brussels School” (LeLoup, P.Jacobs et al) as their source material, the uniform lines and strong colors being his favored style.
In manipulating the original image Stimpson confronts us with an inflated sense of both proportion and content; the incongruous nature of each painting allowing us to identify at once with the predicaments and graphic form of this highly original character.
Stimpson’s altered compositions and appropriation of images from the original material are a celebration of this character and the unceasingly strange events that surround her life.
Yoko Zero, 2009 Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 80 cm.
Monday, 6 July 2009
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