A horse finds itself encrusted in cooling lava whilst on a beach during a volcanic eruption.
Oil, acrylic and model horse on canvas (32x20cm).
… Horse in Lava
Author: Duke Mitchell
Artist, Technician & Curator based in Bristol, UK
Court Painter Residency
A series of large-format photographic portraits made during a week-long residency at the Royal West of England Academy or Art.
… Court Painter Residency
Night Moves (Hot Pink Roses)
The central panel from the Garden Pentaptych, featuring a cluster of hot pink roses climbing an iron archway above a heap of sunflower heads.
Oil, emulsion and paint pens on canvas (1×1.7m).
… Night Moves (Hot Pink Roses)
Single Editions
Ongoing series of medium-format film photographs with their roots in portrait painting.
… Single Editions
La Famille
Beheaded Cheetah
Black paint on beheaded model cheetah (18x9cm).
… Beheaded Cheetah
Bunch of Ruined Brushes
A collection of unwashed brushes rendered unusable, bound together with string on canvas to form a bundle or bouquet (depending on orientation) – after Bunch of Asparagus (1880) by Édouard Manet (60x45cm).
… Bunch of Ruined Brushes
Bust in Crude Oil
Man on the Telephone
A tattooed man sits naked speaking on the telephone surrounded by various possessions and a pile of empty beer bottles.
Wallpaper, oil emulsion, paint pens, plastic, felt tip, chalk and wax on handmade canvas in painted frame (2.3×1.5m).
… Man on the Telephone
Blue
The fifth and final panel from the Garden Pentaptych, featuring a half whitewashed frame amongst a sea of blue flowers.
Oil, emulsion, thread and felt tip on canvas (1.7x1m).
… BlueCurating Research
Curating Research is a marriage between the disciplines of Research Communication and Curatorial Practice.
15min read
… Curating Research
The Early Modern World
A series of portraits based on those found in a copy of The Early Modern World by C.F. Strong (1955) from Bath Schools for Girls Library (1967) defaced with stationery.
… The Early Modern World
Jim Reeves Shrine Frame
Jim Reeves was an American country and pop music singer-songwriter.
Private collection
… Jim Reeves Shrine Frame
Spanish Foxgloves & Tails
The fourth panel from the Garden Pentaptych, featuring severed fox tails hung on foxgloves alongside bunches of leaves tied to a frame.
Oil, emulsion and thread on canvas (1×1.7m).
… Spanish Foxgloves & Tails
Blood & Leaves
Adapted Michelin Guide star logo. Emulsion, paint pens, watercolour and glitter on canvas (61x46cm).
… Blood & LeavesAccessibility, Disciplinarity and the Senses
Wonky Tonk Blues
Paper, oil, acrylic, paint pens and chalk on canvas (104x80cm).
… Wonky Tonk Blues
Dinner for Five Glitches
Dinner for Five (2001-2008) was a talk show set in various Hollywood restaurants in which actors, directors and musicians would dine and chat.
… Dinner for Five Glitches
Flowers
An ongoing series of single flowers on small canvases.
… Flowers
Domino
Emulsion and paint pens on skateboard deck (90x25cm).
… Domino
Dark Cloud Chippewa Imperial Dream Stout
A fictitious drink sign that embodies the life story of Sixties Scoop survivor, storyteller, Bristol legend and old friend Dark Cloud.
… Dark Cloud Chippewa Imperial Dream Stout
Le Maillot Vert
Sam Bennett’s green jersey from the Tour de France 2020, reimagined.
… Le Maillot Vert
Black Flower
Emulsion and paint pen on pintail skateboard deck (110x24cm).
… Black Flower
Strawberry Ronaldo
The second panel from the Garden Pentaptych, featuring a gravestone covered in flowers and strawberries.
Oil, emulsion and thread on canvas (1×1.7m).
… Strawberry RonaldoForms of Communication
Moonshine Photographs
An ongoing series of staged contemporary large-format photographs informed by celebrated painting. Each is shot with 5×4 film, on location and set in an oval mount.
… Moonshine Photographs
Mountain Vigil (Lemon Haze)
Oil, acrylic, spray-painted branch, wood and candles on canvas (40x40cm).
… Mountain Vigil (Lemon Haze)
Japanese Paper
Japanese paper samples sourced and compiled by T.N. Lawrence & Son of Bleeding Heart Yard, London (10x10cm).
… Japanese Paper
Levitating Ranunculus
Emulsion and paint pens on canvas (40x30cm) in wood frame
… Levitating Ranunculus
Basket with Citrus Fruit
A dark still life, large format film photograph after Basket with Potatoes (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh.
… Basket with Citrus Fruit
George E. Mitchell Carvings
A book (and heirloom) which unifies, contains and maintains the carvings of George E. Mitchell.
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum Collection
… George E. Mitchell Carvings
Broken Sun
Acrylic, oil, emulsion and glitter on canvas (30x41cm).
… Broken SunResearch Outputs
Lomography
A collection of photographs commissioned to promote the Diana F+ camera.
… Lomography
Double Barrel Beautiful Vase
The orange flower from the ‘Wonky Tonk Blues’ painting as a glass vase (60x40cm).
… Double Barrel Beautiful Vase
Fallen Soldier
Portrait of a fallen child soldier from a backyard civil war re-enactment (1995)
… Fallen Soldier
Pineapple Broom Wallpaper
The first panel from the Garden Pentaptych, featuring a frame with a light-bulb skull, concrete flowers and a dismembered bird.
Oil, emulsion and thread on canvas (1×1.7m).
… Pineapple Broom Wallpaper
Shield
Medieval style shield featuring a lion, chainring, lemon tree and a fox (50x40cm).
… Shield
Tarot Kings
The Kings of the Marseille de Tarot, digitally reimagined.
… Tarot Kings
Movie Tabloid Collages
A collage series that elevates the ‘researcher’ to occupy the same level of visual space as the ‘celebrity’.
Private collection
… Movie Tabloid Collages
Sun/God
A mini monolith to the idea that the only thing that deserves worship is the sun. Oil on wood plank in tree trunk slice (40x15cm).
… Sun/God
King Tino
Paint, chalk, crayon and plastic lettering on wood with cardboard lions (110x60cm).
… King Tino
Flowers from the Garden
A vase of flowers handpicked from the Garden Pentaptych. Oil, emulsion, paint pens and chalk on canvas (40x30cm).
… Flowers from the Garden
Screen Book Tabloid Poster
Reappropriated page from the Screen Book Tabloid reimagined as a poster (A1).
… Screen Book Tabloid Poster
Blue Flower
A dark blue flower with thorns. Emulsion, felt tip and paint pens on Logan Earth Ski deck (1975), (90x25cm).
… Blue Flower
Living Legacies
A touring exhibition of large-format photographic portraits, commissioned by LinkAge.
… Living Legacies
Nude/Naked
Team Allez Allez Whoosh Tank
First in a series of custom painted clothes.
… Team Allez Allez Whoosh Tank
Fashion Week
An ‘in/out’ list from New York, London and Paris fashion weeks (2014).
Private collection
… Fashion Week
La Rochefoucauld Holding a Bluebird
The Duc de La Rochefoucauld was a French author and philosopher (1613-80).
Print in oil painted frame (40x30cm).
… La Rochefoucauld Holding a Bluebird
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