BIOGRAPHY
My formal introduction to art was through textile design, in Cape Town, South Africa. After arriving in Europe in 1993, I branched out into acrylic painting followed by mixed-media techniques a few years later. I exchanged my brushes and canvasses for digital equivalents in 2015. Yet although my artworks are born digitally, they are produced industrially; on acrylic glass, aluminium, photographic paper or even on wood. Augmented reality reinforces the digital birth of the artwork and assists in the storytelling process. In effect, they come alive in front of the viewer.
Inspired by people, society, religion, history, and the natural world in general, my work consists of many layers of imagery, which fuse to form a composite whole. Fascinated by dualism and polarity in all aspects, I create art which blends beauty and horror, yin and yang, dark and light, pixels and dpi, surrealism and abstraction, to create an experience, heightened by augmented reality, in which the viewer can move between fascination and consternation. Augmented reality, existing outside the final artwork itself, allows me to lift the veil, to add to the story, and bridge the gap, reaching out to the viewer by being in the palm of their hands.
CONTACTS
Email: chris[@]christopherjeauhnbayne.com