Sketches: Graphite on Paper with Light

Charley Peters, Untitled Sketches (2013), Digital Photos

Work in Progress: Graphite Drawings

Charley Peters, Untitled (2013), Photographs of Graphite Drawings

Continuing from recent explorations of drawing and reflected light, these photographs record the surface of four drawings in graphite on newsprint. The delicate surface of the paper is stretched and creased by repetitively drawn lines, intensely worked until the entire paper is covered with graphite. During the process of photographing the drawings, the camera records the light reflected off their surface, and the effect of the drawing process on the paper.

Axiom: Night Views

Charley Peters, Axiom (2013), Acrylic on Canvas & Light
ASC Window Space Gallery, London SE1 8EQ

Exhibition News: Axiom

Charley Peters, Axiom (2013), Installation in ASC Window Gallery

I currently have a show, Axiom, installed in the ASC Window Space, London SE1 8EQ. The work explores the spatial relationships between four paintings in the gallery space, using light to extend the works or 'draw' onto the gallery wall.

Axiom is in the ASC Window Space until 5 February. There is more information here:
http://www.ascstudios.co.uk/event/asc-window-space-charley-peters-07-january-05-february-2013/

Charley Peters, Axiom (2013), Detail

Bad Behaviour at Brixton East

Charley Peters, Propagation of Disruption (2012), Gaffer Tape, Wood, Acrylic Paint, Light

Bad Behaviour at Brixton East is on for one more week. I have four pieces of work in the show including Propagation of Disruption (shown above), which was made on site and in response to the gallery space at Brixton East.

For more information about the exhibition see: www.badbehaviourexhibition.com

Drawing with Light

Charley Peters, Untitled Light Drawing (2012), Cut Paper and Light

The above image documents one of a series of studio explorations using light and cut paper to generate drawings onto a wall. Repetitive straight parallel lines were cut into black card, which was then manipulated into different forms and lit from behind. The shape of the card (in this case bent into a cylinder), the width and depth of the cut lines, and the proximity of the light to the cuts generated different intensities and trajectories of light drawings onto a wall, something that will continue to be developed in the studio.