Tutti Arts

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called South Australia, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture and pay respect to Elders – past and present. We acknowledge Kaurna, Peramangk and Ngadjuri peoples on whose lands our events and activities are imagined, planned and held. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

Tutti Arts   〉 Lewis Constantine

Lewis Constantine

Here is Lewis applying printing ink to the surface of a sheet of glass, towards his first ever series of monoprints: 

A series of photos showing Lewis painting on the surface of a sheet of glass.

Rather than wiping away the ink left over from previous prints, back to a clean sheet of glass, Lewis often allowed this residual ink to remain, and worked it into the next composition.

Here is a triptych which resulted from that session:

A triptych showing Lewis' works created by ink prints on glass.

Working with inks:

two artworks made using inks.

Lewis experiments with different types of assemblage:

Bamboo sticks layout out to create blocks.
Bamboo sticks in grid with cut pieces of artwork attached.

Senfeld Painting in progress

A series of photos showing Lewis working on Senfield.

Senfeld Painting

Senfeld painting - a monochrome abstract artwork

Lewis painting Seoul Residency

Lewis' painting from his Seoul residency influenced by things seen on his trip.
Lewis' painting from his Seoul residency - it's a bright, abstract piece influenced by his trip and the Korean language characters.

Lewis’s painting of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka from the 1971 film.

A series of photos of Lewis painting Willy Wonka - an artwork of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka (1971).

Lewis’s painting of the 70s TV show M*A*S*H, featuring Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pearce.

Lewis painting using Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pearce as a reference.

This example does not feature one of Lewis’ paintings, but rather one of his large-scale drawings―and largest to date―which he based upon the Adelaide-based seafood company, Angelakis Bros:

Lewis drawing a large scale work with pen.

Lewis Presentation to Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

Lewis sitting at a desk in front of a project screen showing him by his artworks - he is talking into a microphone.

Lewis Residency exhibition in Seoul

Lewis' works hanging on the wall at his exhibition in Korea.

“Lewis’s works possess a visual intelligence and an urge to make and express that one cannot teach or learn or deny. Lewis is an artist … a great artist – that is as clear as anything.” – Tom Squires, Visual Artist & Mentor

“Lewis consistently demonstrates absolute originality. His ideas are never predictable or derivative; they carry a strong sense of identity and emotional resonance…He approaches art-making with confidence, and his work leaves a lasting impact because it feels entirely truthful to who he is… I can say without hesitation that he is one of the most remarkable and original artists I have encountered.” – Mural artist Ella Simpson