My Artwork

A PORTRAIT IN BLUE (CAUGHT IN BETWEEN), 2010 A FALLING THROUGH, 2010 STILLNESS IN DREAMS, 2010 THE FERRYMAN, 2010 A BLENDING OF ALL THAT YOU ARE,  WITH ALL THAT I AM, 2010 THE CYCLIC NATURE OF LIFE, AS EXPRESSED BY A SUNFLOWER, 2010 STANDING AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, 2010 EVERYTHING I WAS, AM & HOPE TO BE, CONDENSED INTO 78 LINES, 2010 BEING LOVE, 2010 THE VULNERABILITY OF NATURE IN THE HANDS OF MAN, 2010 Satori: The Path To Enlightenment River Hunt - The Winter of Discontent (2008) River Hunt - Peace (2009) River Hunt - Logic is Always a Step Behind Nature (2009) River Hunt - Scream (2007) River Hunt - Pierrot The Clown (2006) River Hunt - Portrait Triptych (centre panel 2006) River Hunt - Untitled (2005) River Hunt - Untitled (2005) River Hunt - Figures (2004)

Thoughts on Identity in Art

I D E N T I T Y. Identity, identify, individual, diverse, divisional, diluted.

My work has focused on areas of Identity over the last several years, of which you will find numerous references throughout this site, taking various perspectives on how art can be seen as a reflection of identity, and indeed how [...]

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The Reductionist

Note: This essay accompanies my ‘Identity Art Series’.

We reduce, delete, generalise, filter and simplify the outside world to such a degree that our reality is nothing more than a guesswork lattice, mapping fragments of the vista of experience. Information is everywhere, literally. We move through the world unaware of most of the [...]

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My Life In Post-it Notes

Note: This essay accompanies my Post-it Note Artwork, which forms a part of my ‘Identity Art’ Series.

Maybe Post-it notes are the office equivalent of the artists canvas, maybe the 76mm square area is like a window to the soul, maybe it’s just paper and adhesive without context and without hope. Isn’t it [...]

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The Extinction of Human Intelligence

Can you imagine a future where we are no longer important. Where humans have fallen from the hefty heights of technical excellence, to languish instead in the school yard fight for resources and ultimately survival.

The Internet changed the world in a few short years. An explosion of technical information and skills and [...]

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Human 2.0 – The Death Of Identity

We are all doomed to a technological death by computers. Our resources have value to a more intelligent being, which in their innate cleverness will exploit it to our absolute peril. How can we ever hope to control an intelligence that is more intelligent than ourselves?

Computer viruses and human viruses will merge to [...]

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