Palette Scraps

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Ongoing exploration of the materiality of paint and the throw away nature of the leftovers of a painting. 

Palette Scraps

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Ongoing exploration of paint as a material.

Palette Scraps

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2018, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2018, acrylic
 on paper

Palette Scraps (series), Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic
 on paper

Continuation of palette scraps series exploring the materiality of paint.

Palette Scraps Series (Ongoing)

Palette Scraps #13, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper 

Palette Scraps #15, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #14, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper 

Palette Scraps #17, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #16, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #18, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #19, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps Series (Ongoing)

Palette Scraps #9, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #10, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #11, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scraps #12, Chaz Howkins, 2017, acrylic on paper

Palette Scrap Paintings

Scraps #3, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper

Scraps #4, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper 

Scraps #5, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper

Scraps #6, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper 

Scraps #7, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper

Scraps #8, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper

Palette Scrap Paintings

Scraps #1, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper

Scraps #2, Chaz Howkins, 2016, acrylic on paper

For this series of paintings, I peeled sections of dried paint off my palettes and stuck them into a sketchbook.  The series explores texture and materiality whilst prolonging the life of something which is usually disposable.

Nine Frames Project (stage four)

Stage four exhibits the aftermath of my performances.  The room is now covered in blood (paint) to portray the death of my creativity in a very literal sense.  Everything has been torn off the walls and now lays on the floor in heaps, showcasing my hatred for my work and how I don't care what happens to it.  The plastic sheeting became very effective at this stage as the space was now less accessible due to the paint covering the floor but viewers could still see inside through the 'walls' and their view is now distorted by the paint splatters.

Tipsy Art

Frustration at Stereotypes?, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph

Awful, Chaz Howkins, 2015, paint

Frustration, Chaz Howkins, 2015,  mixed media

Binaries, Chaz Howkins, 2015, photograph

I created these pieces the morning after a night out and think the results are very unsuccessful, but interesting and humorous nonetheless.  Inspired by Heather Cassils, I painted my knuckles pink and proceeded to punch a lump of clay onto a sheet of paper to express my frustration concerning gender stereotypes.  For the next piece, I filled one hand with blue paint and one with pink paint and proceeded to smear them on paper - the colours didn't overlap as easily as I intended so the piece seems to support the idea of gender as binary, which I do not agree with.

I took a photo of my hands afterwards as I found it interesting how barely any pink was on the blue hand, whereas the pink hand had become much darker and bluer - mirroring how it is seen as acceptable within society for women to express masculine traits, however men are viewed negatively for expressing feminine traits.

Further Clay Experimentations

Doll (close up), Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body

Untitled, Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body 

Untitled, Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body

Untitled (close up), Chaz Howkins, 2015, clay, paint and doll's body

I then went on to create further clay pieces, focusing on creating new heads for the Barbie dolls.  I experimented with comical, oversized heads and felt that this idea had a great deal of potential as using clay meant I could create any shape and then paint it in any pattern.  I experimented with cartoon-like heads and then went on to create sharper, more abstract, coloured forms which strongly juxtaposed the doll's smooth body.