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April Buttress

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📍 Australia

Concept Art Series 1

Clockwork Creatures

Concept Art Series 1

Gouache Jester, Jackie, Spindle, Whiskey, and Scotch This is a series of gouache paintings created as concept art around a set of characters I have designed a world around. This began as a simple quick sketch and quickly developed into an obsession around these creatures to the point that I

Burning Up

Gouache, ink For this piece, I wanted to depict a different side of a creature a lot of people know, which is the phoenix. The phoenix in many mythologies is depicted as a brilliant, powerful, and majestic creature that dominates the sky with its flames. However, for this piece I

Hell's Guard

Gouache, ink This piece is a continuation of exploring the creatures of Greek Mythology. For this piece I wanted to experiment with Gouache and ink and how they would work together. For this piece, I have depicted the vicious guard hound of hell, Cerberus. I wanted to paint him, so

Under The Sea

Etched prints, watercolour, ink Diving into the world of Greek mythology it led me again down the path to the Hippocampus. For this piece I wanted to experiment with etching again, so using the techniques I had an experiment with I created a set of three etches that turned into

Arion

Paper quilling This piece is the depiction of Arion the strongest and fastest however depicted in Greek Mythology. He is depicted with wings and legs for speed and bigger for stronger. I want to focus on depicting him as something magical and powerful. Using the curls of colourful paper, I

SeaHorse

Shells, Driftwood, Wood The original concept for this piece was to create something with natural materials. I had a collection of shells from when I went to beaches when I was younger. Around this time the creatures that were depicted in Greek mythology was something I was really inspired by

The 12 Gods

Posca Pens on Wood This piece depicts the Twelve Greek gods of Olympia. This piece was an exploration into new material and medium of POSCA paint pens on small wooden panels. Each wooden panel is cut and shaped to the good to most depict them. In this piece, hierarchy was

In Memory of Milo

In Memory of Milo

Etch print, watercolour and gold acrylic paint During the major lockdown of 2020, I lost my beloved cat of my childhood and was tasked to create art around something special, so I used his collar as inspiration. His collar is the only thing I have other than photos and memories,