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My Alien Plasma

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  My Alien Plasma I made two digital artworks, each with a different approach. The first, Alien Plasma Neo, uses advanced digital editing to show a highly detailed energy being. The second, Plasma Alien, is a gestural painting that focuses on raw emotion. My interest in the 'energy being' theme comes from a lifelong curiosity about forces and life forms beyond what we usually see. I find energies and unseen phenomena fascinating because they represent transformation, vitality, and the mystery at the centre of my creativity. I want to explore how to visually convey inner power and life force, using both digital tools and painting techniques. I like experimenting with different tools to change an artwork. Comparing these two pieces shows how my intent shifts, much as a traditional artist might try out new media and methods. Alien Plasma Neo My first piece, Alien Plasma Neo, was all about hyper-definition and symmetry. I wanted to show this being at its highest energy, even down t...

Francis Transformer Chinatown Melbourne

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Transformer Pontianak Francis Peter Francis starts his journey in Melbourne With deep questions  Deep human questions Traveling in silence and adoration At loss The end keeps returning Suddenly and unexpected Through like-minded people  Reinforced viewpoints Extreme opinions And he couldn't run He was transfixed by technology Not no longer a passive electrical device Their digital eyes  Their artificial intelligence The enterprise grows  Vision as a service One-off sponsorship You Tube

Picture Poems 2020

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Five Eyes and Two Sorcerers Perpetuating wartime structures  Through peacetime violence Maintaining cultures of force An everyday daily life experience Simply acceptable Postcolonial trauma From royal decree to state legitimization The removal of customary values  As basis for social order Continuous socio-economic upheaval To prioritize revenue gain Enforced understanding  Of where each and every one stands All for those at the top Resources Benefits For those at the bottom Lower health status Political disarmament Today’s students Our 21st-century students Their lifetime  Their field of experience Their augmentation Their application of digital technologies They are the ones who will drive our values forward Are our values fit for purpose?  Bamford The Executioner His habits were very intemperate  He obtained money from the Government  He squandered it In the company of the degraded  Of both sexes They looked out for him...