Michael Earll

Michael Earll is a young Create participant, painter and filmmaker. As well as attending our visual arts classes and exhibiting in our Young Talent show, Earll wrote and directed his own short film 'Robert Smith: an Autobiography'. He was also awarded a month-long residency at Project Ability.

During his residency, Earll spent a focused month creating bold colourful paintings, inspired by his music heroes: painting images from bands, musicians and gigs with Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips and Oasis subject to his transformations. The atmosphere, emotion and excitement of watching live bands is what has driven Earll’s practice throughout his residency and he states that the finished work is as much about music as it is about image making. Popular scenes from iconic bands become transformed with colliding energetic fluorescents mixed with darker palettes reminiscent of the clash of stage lights and murk you would experience at a gig.

 

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