Artist in Studio

This series of portraits explores the relationship between the artist as hero of purpose and meaning and the studio, as the place of creation, contemplation and fulfilment, both conscious and unconscious, mundane and transcendent. My aim was to present each person integrated with their creative space.
In each portrait, the narrative is presented through both literal and implicit elements. Each subject it treated both as an individual and as artist archetype. What starts out as a formal environmental portrait becomes an interplay of myself as creator of the photograph and the artist in the photograph being creator as subject.

Artists
Salvador Morales DRUM MAKER
Cassi McKay TATTOO ARTIST
Melinda Capp JEWELLER
Effie Chaniotis PAINTER & SCULPTOR
Will Gaffney FILM MAKER
Jason Teo SOUND ENGINEER, MUSIC PRODUCER & MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST
Angie Connell CONCEPTUAL PET PHOTOGRAPHER & EMBROIDERY ARTIST
Paul Van Ross JAZZ MUSICIAN
Andrew Grimmer PAINTER
Will Halstead Smith TATTOO ARTIST & SPRAY PAINT ARTIST
Peter Anderson BUTTON ACCORDION PLAYER
Ben Morrison-Jack SURF BOARD MAKER
Belinda Rogers PAINTER
Matt Stonehouse FRAME DRUM MAKER
Jim Matheas LUTHIER
Will Atkinson ACTOR
Gabriella Rose-Carter DIRECTOR & ACTOR
Tony Mason MUSICIAN, ARIST, PHOTOGRAPHER, ACTOR, WRITER & DIRECTOR
Georgie Rose PUPPET MAKER
Rosemary Hodgson LUTENIST
Aleisha Manion AERIALIST & CIRCUS ARTIST
Elena Hickman CERAMIC ARTIST
Simone Alesich JEWELLER AND MIXED MEDIA ARTIST