Art
Working as a collage artist with a seemingly restrictive artistic practice actually allows strayltd’s creativity to flourish, producing playful and thought provoking collage
Using a range of distinct styles, each collage is created from a single source of imagery which adds subtext to the story behind each artwork.
“Creating collage that tells stories with a contemporary narrative, the focus of my artistic practice involves using free association techniques to build colourful, expressive, figurative artwork”
Commissions
Box sets, albums and singles for The Mars Volta and Omar Rodríguez-López have allowed strayltd’s art to be displayed to a worldwide audience
The motif of each image reinforces the story telling, but also creates a picture that feels as if it has been hidden in the source material just waiting to be found
“Especially with commissions from bands, each part of a collage can be read as a playlist of the music listened to while the collage was being created”
Exhibitions
Art by strayltd has most recently been accepted into the permanent collection of the Viennese museum of fine art history, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien in Austria
Exhibited in small galleries in China, Germany, Great Britain, Switzerland and the USA, art by strayltd is also shown at large events like NFT.NYC, NFT Bali and the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg
“In contrast to the usual clean and clinical world of digital three dimensional renders, my artworks are impulsive and expressive, championing the human psyche and accessing unconscious associations between myself and my source materials”
Art direction
Creating unique concepts for record labels, musicians, bands and brand collaborations, art direction by strayltd can be seen across box sets and record covers, musical equipment, promotional material and merchandise
Art direction for box sets by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez as well as by The Mars Volta have been entered for the 64th Recording Academy Grammy Awards
“For the last decade, I have created ideas and artwork predominantly for the music industry and independent record labels like Clouds Hill and Project C”
Design
Minimalist design principles enrich each project, from simple type choices to illustrative details that appear on products, even the stickers that appear on the products have been lovingly created
From suites of logos to acoustic identities, lyric sheets to printed posters, simplicity is in abundance across the design work of strayltd
“I enjoy playing with type, whether creatively to make letters that cast shadows, or more simply to find a style that’s personal to a musician or project”