For those of you reading back in my old stomping grounds of P-town, you have a really cool opportunity tomorrow night to go and see one of our cities acclaimed artists, Kyle “Creepy” Hughes-Odgers, opening his solo show “You Just Have Your Eyes Closed” at the Turner Gallery in Northbridge.

Creepy has generated a lot of interest in his wprk the past few yers, both here at home and overseas. Hes been published in Wooden Toy, King Brown, Empty and Relative magazines, and his work had adorned walls and shows across the globe.

“Kyle Hughes-Odgers working approach encompasses a range of mediums – primarily muted, earthy and warm acrylics on wood finished with luscious gloss coats, ink and watercolour on paper and large scale public art murals with aerosol. In doing so he covers a wide artistic spectrum visualizing the use of raw materials, conceptualizing and developing final art works.

The works are based on the culture of a new life, exploring ceremony, tradition and an unknown spiritual co-existence. Mixing differences in global cultures into an environment where new ceremonies and traditions are developed and shown as a unique undiscovered world. Themes of life, death and survival are depicted through cities and characters, and highly detailed paint and inkwork build up the layers of the melancholy folk ‘new world’.”

Dont miss this chance to see one of Westralias finest – he has completed over a hundred works on wood, as well as eight large canvases, for this show, which is mind blowingly grand.

Who: Creepy
What: You Just Have Your Eyes Closed – solo exhibition
Where: 470 Williams Street, Northbridge, Western Australia
When: Friday 13th August – opens 6pm. Exhibition runs til September 11st. Artist talk at 3pm, Saturday the 28th August.

Check out Creepys website for more info and work.