Wikipedia User:Fred Storr (Artist)

Fred Storr (1984 -) is a young South African artist based in Malmesbury, Swartland. He draws inspiration from nature and the South African landscape. In his own words: “Unapologetic Pop Art. Any colour as long as it is black or blue or red or yellow. At best I can hope to paint 1/3 of the picture and leave the rest of the canvass for shadows to fill. Fleeting ever-changing shadows reinforces a theme central to my work: The only constant in life is change.”

Fred Storr's Coastline collection (2020) features a number of iconic coastal towns: Velddrif – Map of Velddrif and Laaiplek. Exploring the landscape where the Berg River flows into St Helena Bay. Langebaan – Map of Langebaan, Schaapeneiland and Meeueiland. Where the Langebaan lagoon flows into Saldanha Bay. Hermanus – Map of Hermanus. Initially known as Hermanuspietersfontein. Exploring the concentric contours of the Kleinrivier Mountains to the North and Walker Bay to the South. Witsand – Map of Witsand. Where the Breede River flows into St Sebastian Bay. Stilbaai – Map of Stilbaai where the Goukou River flows into the Indian Ocean and splits the town in Stilbaai East and West. Sedgefield – Map of Sedgefield. Exploring the unique form of the Sedgefield Lagoon mouth and Swartvlei to the North. Knysna – Map of Knysna. Exploring the Knysna Estuary with Thesens Island, Leisure Island and Knysna Heads to the South.

Fred Storr uses mixed media to paint pictures.

He uses the term 'Skygge Print' (Shadow Print) to describe his technique. In short an extra fine ceramic mixture of ground-up glass and oxides and ink is squeezed through a fine screen printing mesh to form an image onto a transparent glass plate. The glass plate is then baked in a furnace/ kiln at temperatures typically ranging between 400 to 600 degrees Celsius in order for ink to permanently fuse into the glass. According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word "frit" originated in 1662 and is described as "a calcinated mixture of sand and fluxes ready to be melted in a crucible to make glass". There is nothing new about the process. It is said that archaeologists have found evidence of ceramic frit dating back as far as Egyptian times.