OBTUSE (Self Portrait)
An original piece that captures the artist's presence through a striking self-portrait. It offers a unique blend of bold expressionism and a hollowed detail, making it an ideal gallery piece for collectors and enthusiasts seeking to add a modern touch to their space.
ARTIST.
Craig Brian Peter Coyle
Position and art moments is the focus for Craig Coyle and his work to elevate from the scene, to find something more that entails the works beauty on location. A sense for detail and precision always looking for life on the subtle side of the landscape. Craig grew up in Sydney, Australia always looking for an insight into the world that surrounded him.
Drugs Guns & Origins
The photography featured in and alongside Drugs Guns & Origins is a vital, self-contained element of Craig Brian Peter Coyle’s creative expression. As an active visual artist based in Sydney, Australia. Coyle uses his fine art photography to ground the chaotic themes of his memoir.
PISCH
Photography by me.
I love this shot - taken in the dark of night, a single streetlight illuminating the tree. To capture it, I ran across the field and launched myself into the scene, taking several frames from a few hundred metres out as I approached the tree, finishing in an army-crawl just to hold the line of light and distance.
The image is titled Pisch. It remains the strongest photograph I've ever made. More than the result, what still amazes me is that I was able to create it at all - to find the moment, commit to it physically, and then share it with the world. Whether or not it receives the credit it deserves, the image continues to intrigue me.
A solitary tree stands illuminated in the vast obscurity — a poignant metaphor for the way society approaches one another. The light draws attention to what is visible, what is known, and what is comfortable to acknowledge. Yet, beyond that spotlight lies an expansive and often ignored reality: the complex emotional and psychological terrain that remains hidden, misunderstood, or dismissed.
This stark contrast invites viewers to question the narratives we construct when we only focus on what we can see.
This piece is a testament to the artist's unique vision and mastery of his craft, elegantly reproduced to bring the depth of his work. The intricate details and vibrant hues of the black motif are captured with impeccable clarity.
A powerful concept. "PISCH" seems to highlight how selective attention-whether in media, society, or personal perspectives-can shape our understanding while leaving much unseen. It's a striking visual metaphor.
CONCEPT OF MAN
Mankind adorns the retrospective environment stabilising itself on the known universe. The education of man represented in this image by the wood or dendrochronology in the shape of the womb conveys life, growth and understanding. The concrete surrounding the wood is a representation of the unknown form and the limitations placed on those forms by man, the creation of our existence and the conception of the unknown is what man limits itself to as a respective grasp on humanity.
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Delving into the fundamental questions of existence-how we define life, creation, and the boundaries of what we perceive as reality. The imagery of the womb within the wood suggests origins, while the concrete represents both structure and constraint, mirroring humanity's attempts to define the indefinable. It's a reflection on our relationship with the unknown, the divine, and the vast possibilities beyond our grasp
