Mads Fernbach Art

03/09/2026

Here are the two finished pieces that prompted the “calm down” comment!

03/09/2026

My uni course coordinator told me to calm down. “Calm down!”, he said, “you’ll get a good mark anyway!”. I explained I wasn’t motivated by marks but the interest and absorption in whatever I was working on. While he had his heart in the right place, truly, I recalled all of the times in my life I’ve been told to pull my head in, to try less hard, not to show off, etc etc.
And then I got angry…. The next day, at uni, the task was to prepare a drawing to a song of our choosing. I chose a raw, powerful one - Marianne Faithfull’s Broken English. And expressed myself in the piece.

15/08/2026

I’m pretty happy with this five panel surrealist-inspired mixed media piece. Note to the right my beginning Wunderkammer, or Cabinet of Curiosities.

27/07/2026

Experimental drawing: projection of John Olsen’s Five Bells onto some mannequins. I like the use of rust as a shadow even though it’s a warm tone and making it recede is Against The Rules.

16/07/2026

I have two pieces in this exhibition - I would love you to drop by the exhibition to see them!

14/07/2026

I created these wild self portraits one evening as an exploration of my self concept, using ink and oil pastel. They are a metre or so tall and I love them! I was listening to Transglobal Underground, and the acid colours reflect the music I think!

11/07/2026

11/07/2026

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11/07/2026

Acrylic on canvas