Luke Fenech wants to tell new sto­ries in unex­pected ways. His work is a push and pull as he pairs draw­ing with col­lage — cre­ation vs. appropriation.

Luke uses tex­tured papers that dic­tate a major­ity of his color choices, as well as com­po­si­tional ones. There’s a chal­lenge in work­ing with mate­ri­als that already have been cre­ated — you’re lim­ited, in a way, as some­thing has already been decided for you; it could already have a story. I think it’s what makes Luke’s work so great — he uses things in an unex­pected man­ner and gives cutouts and tex­tures a dif­fer­ent meaning.

Using paper in new ways coin­cides with the con­tent of his work. There is a push and pull of abstract and rep­re­sen­ta­tion. Through­out each image that Luke cre­ates, there are ele­ments that we can all iden­tify, as well and dis­torted shapes and col­ors to throw our eyes off.

All images via his web­site.