Today's feature artist is someone just a little bit different! I hadn't seen Josh McCrimmon's work before and Teresa (
from the last feature) suggested I look him up. And am I ever glad I did! His work is so fun and full of life, l just love it!
Josh has been a studio holder with the Maribyrnong River Edge Artists Movement, and is an associate member of the Australian Cartoonists Association. His work definitely has a street art feel and he himself says that Melbourne Street Art is one of his major influences.
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| Couple Dream |
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| Couple Muttonbird |
Josh has had work published in magazines and newsletters, and has been actively exhibiting over the last few years or so. He and I were actually part of the same exhibition at one point. The first Red Rock Regional Art Gallery Group exhibition in Coroorooke in Victoria in 2012. He has also won several awards for his art over the last couple of years.
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| Geography Lesson |
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| Gulls |
His work has a gorgeous undefinable quality to it: it's kind of raw, almost whimsical, very illustrative and it really speaks to you. Well....it does to me anyway! He says that he thinks art is at its best when it is "raw, local and embedded in grassroots". I think he's got those qualities down perfectly within his work.
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| Heads |
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| Falling |
Josh can be found at his very awesomely titled website,
Supermarket Monkey. I just love the above work, Falling. I think it describes the chaos that you can feel when everything is just overwhelming you and it feels like it's all coming down on top of you. What about you? Which work do you like best, and what does it say to you?
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