Carl's acrylic and mixed media paintings delve into history, literature and mythology. He merges urban and traditional techniques on canvases that explore our waking dreams and our public and private myths. These galleries review his work from 1989 until his recent series- The Assassination of Judy Garland 2008-2011 - a contemporary twist on William Blake's continental prophecies using Broadway musicals, film and poetry as metaphors to explore "America". From 2012 he is reflecting on historical religious doctrine within trans-humanism in a series of paintings on canvas. His art is published in international magazines and journals of poetry, politics and culture. Carl also blogs on the Studio Diary about his art and events that spark his interest. [Best viewed in Mozilla or Chrome. If using Explorer use compatibility view]
Late last year I was interviewed by Dr Jocelynne A. Scutt, a fellow Australian with a distinguished career in international human rights law for The Art of the Possible, the Cambridge University Journal of Politics . She brought a completely different perspective to my art ...Read more>
The Berkman Buzz at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society provides timely reminders on digital issues. This week they let me know (and to my surprise) about a balanced and well-reasoned article about Anonymous, the hacker-activist movement that the US military cyber-war division has raised ...Read more>
I am very interested in this whole debate around transhumanism. Aljazeera's The Stream ran a brief introductory overview which makes a lot of my previous links more accessible, although they have placed them all within this whole sphere of transhumanism (watch the video below). I'm not sure my paintings are ...Read more>
