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From famine and war to murder and suicide I have always sought ways which the visual artist could attract the viewer, hold their attention for long enough to see what’s in front of them and prompt a discussion. It’s the temptation of brightly coloured imagery used to create horrifying ideas, human ideas.
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I believe its a fact of physics, the more hungry people there are, the more people will be pulled into that grief. Like a gravity well, a black hole of hunger.
It is a constant theme in my artwork.
The plaster casts were intended for the kitchen counter back splash for the ‘Hungry Kitchen Exhibit’.
I am sorry if you have seen this repeatedly on this page. But I feel compelled to continue posting these images as it keeps happening, continues to happen. I can’t paint them anymore but I can carve them in stone. And I hope to eventually make a bronze casting to use as a pedestal for a beautiful oval crystal dining table with silver Hungry cutlery and china plates with a Hungry pattern, and serve bread and water.
‘Hunger II’, 36″ X 60″, oil on canvas, 1993.
‘Hungry’, 1.25″ X 2.25″ X .3″, soapstone, 2011.
‘Hungry’, 1.25″ X 2.2″ X 0.3″, soapstone, 2012.
‘Stone woman’, 1.25″ X 1.25″ X .3″, soapstone.
‘Hungry VI’, 2.25″ X 1.5″ X 0.3″, soapstone, 2011-2012.
Cut from the same block of soapstone. The darker was polished with stone powder and olive oil. The lighter with stone powder and water.
With water, a soft brush and soapstone powder from the cutting process.
Wet the stone.
Cover wet stone with soapstone powder.
Using the brush rub the powder all over the stone.
Keep doing this for several hours, using fingers and thumbs helps too.
Graham Houston Arts 