tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61728860192942056072024-03-18T20:38:59.933-07:00Visual EnquiryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-18031450281984423902011-11-29T13:17:00.000-08:002011-11-29T13:17:20.306-08:00Alice in Wonderland - Tate Liverpool<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A couple of weekends ago I went up to Liverpool to visit the Tate's Alice in Wonderland exhibition. These are some elements which I found interesting and may have an impact on my practice...</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL38uGBkx5t3rWRD8Uqi0Ap65ksthNY-1N1CR76XPQUTJOt_BddF5fpfPZUE1k7kXy8MYtRR1eflPLb5cADocMZhJ-Sa136HJGrq6-oB8ky7o0nqd8MdiLRm1AQW3vRueYzjrciWaqXAK/s1600/dodgson+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL38uGBkx5t3rWRD8Uqi0Ap65ksthNY-1N1CR76XPQUTJOt_BddF5fpfPZUE1k7kXy8MYtRR1eflPLb5cADocMZhJ-Sa136HJGrq6-oB8ky7o0nqd8MdiLRm1AQW3vRueYzjrciWaqXAK/s640/dodgson+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Very interesting to see the original drawings of Charles Dodgson and how contemporary artists like Kiki Smith have responded to them using a similar style of drawing. Smith has made her image appear rather more sinister as Alice is pursued by a flock of morose looking birds.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoYrvtc92uRTIo25IAFzL_1iI8wkc9PcfQMg5zwtK-XW3-6YRuwDVmv5ybbKv0Kw42Jk8CcW7BAQr8JdZVYjn6meglkQu5J825B5eEOvAuziKDdZgclm6LFqlkJQMgO33TCXJwHghvv_w/s1600/5-Kiki-Smith-Pool-of-Tears_104702945469.jpg_article_gallery_slideshow_v2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoYrvtc92uRTIo25IAFzL_1iI8wkc9PcfQMg5zwtK-XW3-6YRuwDVmv5ybbKv0Kw42Jk8CcW7BAQr8JdZVYjn6meglkQu5J825B5eEOvAuziKDdZgclm6LFqlkJQMgO33TCXJwHghvv_w/s640/5-Kiki-Smith-Pool-of-Tears_104702945469.jpg_article_gallery_slideshow_v2.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">http://lilianaporter.com/</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Liliana Porter's piece collage of rabbit hole ephemera indicates a jumbled and fractured story or pieces of a broken mirror. This brings a more textural element to collage and could link to image and object collections.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjI_dNgU_ohyU0o9jKMmyV-gWtmrSPvMC_USjp4sBqOjM2uwaWgGUS9WwhY7cymCdzmtzmuFKFkwWoHyg5IeuaSVYK7es53Czd1vH2ZC2hI4lir1T5NRKXTzkvmWrNLgwe1u8fSL4o0Oq/s1600/Blue_Alice_with_Mirror_95.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjI_dNgU_ohyU0o9jKMmyV-gWtmrSPvMC_USjp4sBqOjM2uwaWgGUS9WwhY7cymCdzmtzmuFKFkwWoHyg5IeuaSVYK7es53Czd1vH2ZC2hI4lir1T5NRKXTzkvmWrNLgwe1u8fSL4o0Oq/s640/Blue_Alice_with_Mirror_95.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"> I loved the ground floor room with the photographs by</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Annalies Strba. They seemed very relevant to me as a sleeping figure had been transplanted into different constructed contexts. I really like the childlike dress, almost fancy dress like with a fairy quality to it. The background seems unreal with fractured shapes and light. In particular the top image shows the subject on what appears to be a mirror or very still water.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnYRwhXQ7Bg-aEOi86CIyRuFXCypyzQ8e1vY8vx9WxeIl6dUsGTZ3fr0rm_pDA6hQQ1SV_Ti7z9PaMAZ5kz1Pj784irOgyxcCsxXLI4y-XnsgjOaYOWAMrO_ROGkjDS_A7_x2EtWQJTp6/s1600/Strba_Nyima.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSnYRwhXQ7Bg-aEOi86CIyRuFXCypyzQ8e1vY8vx9WxeIl6dUsGTZ3fr0rm_pDA6hQQ1SV_Ti7z9PaMAZ5kz1Pj784irOgyxcCsxXLI4y-XnsgjOaYOWAMrO_ROGkjDS_A7_x2EtWQJTp6/s640/Strba_Nyima.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4zle_yakGMNu3FvQcYvNcWTTpfzdwdKy2yb1cytx0wm8uChYl9uYOs3AqkBZXwOQ4M-kPgOUALC0_dhF688T7KyMW5B9rFG1Yf8ecSHBGHcMvjJTuwvZxadX2eBPfy4U1dpRc7WKRdER/s1600/LondonFrith-AnneliesStrba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4zle_yakGMNu3FvQcYvNcWTTpfzdwdKy2yb1cytx0wm8uChYl9uYOs3AqkBZXwOQ4M-kPgOUALC0_dhF688T7KyMW5B9rFG1Yf8ecSHBGHcMvjJTuwvZxadX2eBPfy4U1dpRc7WKRdER/s400/LondonFrith-AnneliesStrba.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdi3JNV33Hk-vHOy0so-YUTbOovZ9PFIv4R8mqP1CqQD3TaaNiFQ0930mgda5dOj5m58OAAK4QydulPujYN2H906PeCI7aBnxaLzbPOnHMsCL_wUmtxcNNMNP2wu4KaKVP0xdvddiPKSV/s1600/Annalies-Strba-Nyima-405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdi3JNV33Hk-vHOy0so-YUTbOovZ9PFIv4R8mqP1CqQD3TaaNiFQ0930mgda5dOj5m58OAAK4QydulPujYN2H906PeCI7aBnxaLzbPOnHMsCL_wUmtxcNNMNP2wu4KaKVP0xdvddiPKSV/s640/Annalies-Strba-Nyima-405.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peter Blake has again caught my attention, this time the Alice series which I have previously seen in other exhibitions. The saturated colour is very clean and appealing, however, the left hand image now appears static (I looked at this when I was working on the girl surrounded with flowers painting about 6 months ago). The right hand image although still static uses more of the body which is more the direction I want to explore with my work.</span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOTzxLky01dFbfYdRmOJ2gQwqhF9ekXnBtmxFOdqCi0IvRm8sUbLwXQqVj1an56927JGuo6O4EE7O6MtKxHXB60G3GurkkZ40SCQsIY0C9GMnl5m50NkW7AFoUmMTmtgryiYME-lxTM9e/s1600/alice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOTzxLky01dFbfYdRmOJ2gQwqhF9ekXnBtmxFOdqCi0IvRm8sUbLwXQqVj1an56927JGuo6O4EE7O6MtKxHXB60G3GurkkZ40SCQsIY0C9GMnl5m50NkW7AFoUmMTmtgryiYME-lxTM9e/s400/alice.jpg" width="295" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyosJxCE8UZ2yugQNev9NJlsnFnf6WBqAgiMXp68rQs7l1L8WpggcPI3MLwe1OeFuxdFOb1KXUYYEJNHqn2Rp7QkCIG6WY1fxK_D6bdRGfBxT37CwnuO0V5SEib5sbJ4fgw0MR3S1WQEtE/s1600/But-isnt-it-old-Peter-Blake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyosJxCE8UZ2yugQNev9NJlsnFnf6WBqAgiMXp68rQs7l1L8WpggcPI3MLwe1OeFuxdFOb1KXUYYEJNHqn2Rp7QkCIG6WY1fxK_D6bdRGfBxT37CwnuO0V5SEib5sbJ4fgw0MR3S1WQEtE/s400/But-isnt-it-old-Peter-Blake.jpg" width="297" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRvYAHJn0Ce1EpcCr6YAv0Xe2ar20RyWGxNrMHg0Dj80ztfyqz1yzjOoVF5rGmFcWOGqOeMIMBs3ZFyDvw2eVVYbqdLPrhAISUxl9gC1CNspuJ-9ktQrEIeqe6l6qtGM-LsDjTk1Cag_n/s1600/Francesca-Woodman-006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRvYAHJn0Ce1EpcCr6YAv0Xe2ar20RyWGxNrMHg0Dj80ztfyqz1yzjOoVF5rGmFcWOGqOeMIMBs3ZFyDvw2eVVYbqdLPrhAISUxl9gC1CNspuJ-9ktQrEIeqe6l6qtGM-LsDjTk1Cag_n/s640/Francesca-Woodman-006.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Francesca Woodman and Duane Michels both use mirrors in their photographs to distort the body, face or environment. I particularly like Michels' right hand image which distorts scale and plays with the viewer's perception of the objects. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEReK5phRLZwD-PCkeRn-0bqLhWwkdOEaaEDwB_Ip27e7Gb-slEi9AjK96D6QUbTw1y-ics8zL-2Ro3wJwliY4K3OqtSFf2w2cyx7ppo96EAXgVIlK8WYceFjyNQtWQKQF1aHlE0fkArr/s1600/artwork_images_490_101637_duane-michals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEReK5phRLZwD-PCkeRn-0bqLhWwkdOEaaEDwB_Ip27e7Gb-slEi9AjK96D6QUbTw1y-ics8zL-2Ro3wJwliY4K3OqtSFf2w2cyx7ppo96EAXgVIlK8WYceFjyNQtWQKQF1aHlE0fkArr/s320/artwork_images_490_101637_duane-michals.jpg" width="252" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFYungFhyphenhyphenPGm3g3BiNg6SPc5C1LkSN6nslCklnPK8d5F5aksxQQKW_8TEvTqg9aNFeg1Yb9_CNYNU0eI9wzKclQ5r9J1t1zVhgMOkp6sv8zrZ0T-Zu3zAw4Wa5Ixc0TYteOp6Y2LcaNAO/s1600/duane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFYungFhyphenhyphenPGm3g3BiNg6SPc5C1LkSN6nslCklnPK8d5F5aksxQQKW_8TEvTqg9aNFeg1Yb9_CNYNU0eI9wzKclQ5r9J1t1zVhgMOkp6sv8zrZ0T-Zu3zAw4Wa5Ixc0TYteOp6Y2LcaNAO/s1600/duane.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLJgbxjRnzLxzCeuKcy540AE0q_tlAqRYd66mMdOPWfPJkQ_Vix7hdBk9NV43GIWeeoS0VALcgwxHoJtPsVeDIW7V85uTnZ78E5jcGekXbleLuaa6UU7eondVfywj6xZrRjwj9ZtrlAAO/s1600/yifat+bezalel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLJgbxjRnzLxzCeuKcy540AE0q_tlAqRYd66mMdOPWfPJkQ_Vix7hdBk9NV43GIWeeoS0VALcgwxHoJtPsVeDIW7V85uTnZ78E5jcGekXbleLuaa6UU7eondVfywj6xZrRjwj9ZtrlAAO/s640/yifat+bezalel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Yifat Bezalel's work in the exhibition was a series of drawings which seemed to have been part of a performance. I like the way the image is layered to portray movement, or multiple characters, or shadows and egos of the same girl. It reminds me of the some of the drawings I did in response to Claude Heath's work which were predominantly through touch.</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6qOvbtDc4JeEdMvvGBPjib5OACFrmuPq_IvyBj9fJVsOZDaBbtXzMVQPbYXT1JmcDKHg7XBTQMTXkxLu4-PZofEBThukOOULMmCVT-vrXFUyYIQeSJkutJ3HvGvDj_M6_LANQY9c__3X/s1600/a1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS6qOvbtDc4JeEdMvvGBPjib5OACFrmuPq_IvyBj9fJVsOZDaBbtXzMVQPbYXT1JmcDKHg7XBTQMTXkxLu4-PZofEBThukOOULMmCVT-vrXFUyYIQeSJkutJ3HvGvDj_M6_LANQY9c__3X/s640/a1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_OYkNmySJbaPwSL1unWkmiJNrCNhufsjoXkefDhPJA-RjpA-ug4NmES_JqKzaAVcmblvuMaMvfbu7dr7MEco7hBjSBS6KhXC7ZVe-pRNxCv4i7-T812mErvk0MFCIYXbKG4D4zihi1MS/s1600/gaskell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_OYkNmySJbaPwSL1unWkmiJNrCNhufsjoXkefDhPJA-RjpA-ug4NmES_JqKzaAVcmblvuMaMvfbu7dr7MEco7hBjSBS6KhXC7ZVe-pRNxCv4i7-T812mErvk0MFCIYXbKG4D4zihi1MS/s640/gaskell.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I discovered Anna Gaskell's photos when I was researching for mapping the territory but I had anticipated the scale until I saw them at the exhibition. They were displayed in the same room as Francesca Woodman's work and seem to capture a similar playful but slightly uneasy mood. I love the way the body is distorted and cropped by the angle of the lens, the costume and implied reference to the story (work is untitled 'Wonder' series).</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvpQ6CZeK7_yc3co2Rnb-hs1jeSbcMftd-rcw_PXJeFpoywdf8dMNDmV7UW_jNn2j8c630BqUOOxMfv0TLOELj2NEFTFuVFV9y-l7Rnyl409pkEKAgOwHMoZLVlsPl8GSZp4-4sfhwWyG/s1600/tim+walker+humpty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvpQ6CZeK7_yc3co2Rnb-hs1jeSbcMftd-rcw_PXJeFpoywdf8dMNDmV7UW_jNn2j8c630BqUOOxMfv0TLOELj2NEFTFuVFV9y-l7Rnyl409pkEKAgOwHMoZLVlsPl8GSZp4-4sfhwWyG/s400/tim+walker+humpty.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOU3ikVHEm-2raRLm0i8jdATrDemccZJ1slXjt-YBCq7eFoI68vz50C92khA3P-zMzmyZd5kiCZ8MsFzMq8pSs-4k634DWhL8R6aMz6H-lg1xlktHgktRVWvvRnMknxGDRcwWdxGsEvhP/s1600/wallpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOU3ikVHEm-2raRLm0i8jdATrDemccZJ1slXjt-YBCq7eFoI68vz50C92khA3P-zMzmyZd5kiCZ8MsFzMq8pSs-4k634DWhL8R6aMz6H-lg1xlktHgktRVWvvRnMknxGDRcwWdxGsEvhP/s400/wallpaper.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7nVbcyyqlHyBOHO6zqWCXlkuzX-Pfmapog-YElWZmPddr6TJKO7AHlYNtJmaLbywcwhMmLi_iYfyORRgNHz8bl_FBwiktYVqjVwztafTGpFUlQVhA92WDWa1c57hOHpzhhINX_tBBM2L/s1600/rabbit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7nVbcyyqlHyBOHO6zqWCXlkuzX-Pfmapog-YElWZmPddr6TJKO7AHlYNtJmaLbywcwhMmLi_iYfyORRgNHz8bl_FBwiktYVqjVwztafTGpFUlQVhA92WDWa1c57hOHpzhhINX_tBBM2L/s400/rabbit.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Even though Tim Walker's photos were not in the exhibition it seems relevant to re-reference them as the encompass the odd play with scale and story referencing of the other pieces. The play with scale and incorporation of creatures and fantasy characters imply a narrative without illustrating.</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Reflection</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">This was such a valuable exhibition for me to visit, not only because of my love for Alice but also to the see the way artists have responded so differently to the story and how the work was grouped by the curator to bring out themes. I think the figures in my paintings need a body as the way that the body fits inside the canvas can help to indicate a change of scale, flying, falling, sleeping or sinking. I will definitely be perusing using multiple subject or mirrors in images as this adds another worldly dimension to the image and also adds ambiguity as the audience becomes disorientated. I also intend to explore collage and drawing further as collections of linked objects could accompany larger paintings. This may also be explored in an altered book or sketchbook with cut pages and collage so that the viewer can go inside and travel through the pages like Alice falling down the rabbit hole or throught the looking glass. Linking to the collages I have already done, I may attempt to digitally collage images into different contexts like </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Annalies Strba, or combine collage and drawing which will allow me to work rapidly to explore compositional ideas.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;"><br />
</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-21002331757683720752011-11-27T12:35:00.000-08:002011-11-27T12:42:28.052-08:00Recipe Book<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkCw87nNUp3zwp6p7Dwlb1_YGcY7lR7Pk-mDk3dOuOwcnOIaA3g-Ea93Pw-VAbbDOzYpyuZi3BjlC2Ul5QNSBxQQpkBmek3O17tHuQVjB0Zf0N9uDEM_1MbrHxYH7N8nGuVAWv5U0xKeX/s1600/IMG_0250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWkCw87nNUp3zwp6p7Dwlb1_YGcY7lR7Pk-mDk3dOuOwcnOIaA3g-Ea93Pw-VAbbDOzYpyuZi3BjlC2Ul5QNSBxQQpkBmek3O17tHuQVjB0Zf0N9uDEM_1MbrHxYH7N8nGuVAWv5U0xKeX/s640/IMG_0250.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Natural (Lily Cole photo by Tim Walker)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKVGWWvjNYsmxxJXMOGZ0Uu0lHdM6WtfRVBWhO_uiHUPlqU8HJGcH3eWGNTpfiWmL1OOzrzBBRyanEiurO6sLDSzpRv8GVTjd7TcpwEloY4GAjaKoRhsQhFhrS82z_PR4CZ3jgwtK6eAt/s1600/IMG_0251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKVGWWvjNYsmxxJXMOGZ0Uu0lHdM6WtfRVBWhO_uiHUPlqU8HJGcH3eWGNTpfiWmL1OOzrzBBRyanEiurO6sLDSzpRv8GVTjd7TcpwEloY4GAjaKoRhsQhFhrS82z_PR4CZ3jgwtK6eAt/s640/IMG_0251.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Floral</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwemeCVKD9c4sCWS63PUV-d4VSRsV3i763cjH164oeXBmafyF_1eG2RGvzFxz9pjSllL_2B5DCA7PbTw9Z2s5MouU2BiCQf7kqimjxsk9QU6l-f_hYn7-I3ouTpo8ziyrC-QGXgwntO2F/s1600/IMG_0252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwemeCVKD9c4sCWS63PUV-d4VSRsV3i763cjH164oeXBmafyF_1eG2RGvzFxz9pjSllL_2B5DCA7PbTw9Z2s5MouU2BiCQf7kqimjxsk9QU6l-f_hYn7-I3ouTpo8ziyrC-QGXgwntO2F/s640/IMG_0252.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Birds and creatures</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-YvYb78KD7f-Xy4adUav_xPDtD2rzWNBtiIP_r_Bqw0KoEYDK74nzXmDEFghq-PEZush9FWRDqb64G2Ws-LNpv2JZxcx35PCr84HUNGYeRzIt8s1DwL8KRUU6zl4eid7rvEzhpDepWr5/s1600/IMG_0253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-YvYb78KD7f-Xy4adUav_xPDtD2rzWNBtiIP_r_Bqw0KoEYDK74nzXmDEFghq-PEZush9FWRDqb64G2Ws-LNpv2JZxcx35PCr84HUNGYeRzIt8s1DwL8KRUU6zl4eid7rvEzhpDepWr5/s640/IMG_0253.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Mulberry adverts - great play with scale and nature</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXPAwS7vCdIHYzLlmfSMtogSVR2-ujggDQ4jFc3hn8faLDwLrENA80Vg8lpJfULUiXD02nBiRJl6q0BaGxjRMTykBlGpcyA6AgvL3NyYP2sh52pYKFcZB7Q6YYJKApfxFgZ7C9qA4Agk-/s1600/IMG_0254.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXPAwS7vCdIHYzLlmfSMtogSVR2-ujggDQ4jFc3hn8faLDwLrENA80Vg8lpJfULUiXD02nBiRJl6q0BaGxjRMTykBlGpcyA6AgvL3NyYP2sh52pYKFcZB7Q6YYJKApfxFgZ7C9qA4Agk-/s640/IMG_0254.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Tea Party - Mad Hatters</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cMsE8ZAM7Qn7Z5iyzPBfSU9vWtsd5ZCyQcWdEyrv5tbnPovf8Ldtn1UwqmRRJoaVIodCf1O1g-xmEyND-nikvOx06_2bRMKcgF6VEPX2u7g6-RopRh7EpE6UJaZ8Yzp6K1JKXHcQe7ou/s1600/IMG_0255.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cMsE8ZAM7Qn7Z5iyzPBfSU9vWtsd5ZCyQcWdEyrv5tbnPovf8Ldtn1UwqmRRJoaVIodCf1O1g-xmEyND-nikvOx06_2bRMKcgF6VEPX2u7g6-RopRh7EpE6UJaZ8Yzp6K1JKXHcQe7ou/s640/IMG_0255.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Time is running away from us all</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrrZjBMYBeBulShMGXkI2j5C4cLMlgIRX357FbekrLtY5_Q68XC0v_DDOMzJhdEt1HtaIcqWxabgU6Kc3o7WgQqixms8utatCtCwwR6rmxjRp8pOsfk0vxoYVJvaM3MiMJV2m4fNUmNck/s1600/IMG_0256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrrZjBMYBeBulShMGXkI2j5C4cLMlgIRX357FbekrLtY5_Q68XC0v_DDOMzJhdEt1HtaIcqWxabgU6Kc3o7WgQqixms8utatCtCwwR6rmxjRp8pOsfk0vxoYVJvaM3MiMJV2m4fNUmNck/s640/IMG_0256.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Deep in the forest</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXf6nhsZu80th4K0wd6L2oLIJHaRonSOV-ZP1vsE2FNulxoEwKUqVyj6uiu9z17_2GwoCjlwXbC8t049pxizzxVab4iyLB0soNMWQ3NINGIFxW1tRr8o5NwlyqmZXAuQ0lzBI9myrow4Bw/s1600/IMG_0257.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXf6nhsZu80th4K0wd6L2oLIJHaRonSOV-ZP1vsE2FNulxoEwKUqVyj6uiu9z17_2GwoCjlwXbC8t049pxizzxVab4iyLB0soNMWQ3NINGIFxW1tRr8o5NwlyqmZXAuQ0lzBI9myrow4Bw/s640/IMG_0257.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Snow queen and enchanted forest</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AdkfisEaZ6KIex7HLG3h0xY9jl6Bg8RoxMl1gPC35Wp7GVzuqAtVT6Uekmp443iH-xFJ5piXqzKlthyphenhyphensySLmSeMKK6Dixc07UYHmdmASviXHtQPCw8B6RoRWEcGRGpDxJy9Dr5dl2BZb/s1600/IMG_0258.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AdkfisEaZ6KIex7HLG3h0xY9jl6Bg8RoxMl1gPC35Wp7GVzuqAtVT6Uekmp443iH-xFJ5piXqzKlthyphenhyphensySLmSeMKK6Dixc07UYHmdmASviXHtQPCw8B6RoRWEcGRGpDxJy9Dr5dl2BZb/s640/IMG_0258.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Ice and water</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG74yKtIanI8XWhXU3cA0dZNz3PFzMSdkBBbJqkp55awa5Gh1M1t-gTZrGjpzjDmSKjl07cKxFerK8A_X29I1Cf84P2HnKoz1AjCQo0ovv6KY2gh7ntGmpw-N4Gt1g1Zf9cfCbDzTgOtwj/s1600/IMG_0259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG74yKtIanI8XWhXU3cA0dZNz3PFzMSdkBBbJqkp55awa5Gh1M1t-gTZrGjpzjDmSKjl07cKxFerK8A_X29I1Cf84P2HnKoz1AjCQo0ovv6KY2gh7ntGmpw-N4Gt1g1Zf9cfCbDzTgOtwj/s640/IMG_0259.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Interior, wallpaper and chinz</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLVJx56g2T_AS5KGG75JH-wD0RhZkuvJb17KMZl3651MhGsu3lced8qrv_RXCm1L5xF7SisalBQHIjunAEoRON7_ZJz1rmA3_KUlpBQpQG5c4OxDoMPEjVXQQx5op5zl3PpsVzU7BrMAU/s1600/IMG_0260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLVJx56g2T_AS5KGG75JH-wD0RhZkuvJb17KMZl3651MhGsu3lced8qrv_RXCm1L5xF7SisalBQHIjunAEoRON7_ZJz1rmA3_KUlpBQpQG5c4OxDoMPEjVXQQx5op5zl3PpsVzU7BrMAU/s640/IMG_0260.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solitary interior</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbXl4cn2QhJXYBsf6QhLHlne7kzDK3WUtAZYkw-dGkO01ctlSNRoFl68bV4BWl9NdDUjCr6E7PsZvqhlPioksdNDbuxBT6FO_ne2JWVY4V7JttwVuTvIjPozSaDDnOXecl84ResHcwNAp/s1600/IMG_0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbXl4cn2QhJXYBsf6QhLHlne7kzDK3WUtAZYkw-dGkO01ctlSNRoFl68bV4BWl9NdDUjCr6E7PsZvqhlPioksdNDbuxBT6FO_ne2JWVY4V7JttwVuTvIjPozSaDDnOXecl84ResHcwNAp/s640/IMG_0261.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Double and multiple figure</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOev17HXcSzgfH_N4CltL-nRiTrd7vAqjMNEPbi70Bi36GY5pLmvT1gq6SMcqx8XKxTwcxm9vumZjTg1d7aNEU1uHd_PnYS1kskgpJb5jwQgePED6GITTAWTK915OYdQU_uzd3HBoobcoU/s1600/IMG_0262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOev17HXcSzgfH_N4CltL-nRiTrd7vAqjMNEPbi70Bi36GY5pLmvT1gq6SMcqx8XKxTwcxm9vumZjTg1d7aNEU1uHd_PnYS1kskgpJb5jwQgePED6GITTAWTK915OYdQU_uzd3HBoobcoU/s640/IMG_0262.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Costume - reminds me of the playing cards and Queen of Hearts</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquDl2DZpPeTOOH4Mo3tSI3-H5OW7Spv8Iokl0HxpYIREABKWU_UzOZOZqDA1sTV1dagSjxcdK2SMzvGTDOArib1A2QR-B0_Iof85aZ_mUWNtqR0cl3z1gj3w-yaQ2N9trXSlNsTLCtiFq/s1600/IMG_0263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquDl2DZpPeTOOH4Mo3tSI3-H5OW7Spv8Iokl0HxpYIREABKWU_UzOZOZqDA1sTV1dagSjxcdK2SMzvGTDOArib1A2QR-B0_Iof85aZ_mUWNtqR0cl3z1gj3w-yaQ2N9trXSlNsTLCtiFq/s640/IMG_0263.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CdvzDH3EjD8pCdnAwqz8lr-p501HC3WDgXBpeW6L9B2e1NKXURPOyFmGkd15mkLE3dLNic8VY3dvLZ1U5Xo95K_qA6uV5W5eZYDd1KDPSPMVDSWJJVGw0_p1z2NsTpEA9cvjrjVJuK28/s1600/IMG_0264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CdvzDH3EjD8pCdnAwqz8lr-p501HC3WDgXBpeW6L9B2e1NKXURPOyFmGkd15mkLE3dLNic8VY3dvLZ1U5Xo95K_qA6uV5W5eZYDd1KDPSPMVDSWJJVGw0_p1z2NsTpEA9cvjrjVJuK28/s640/IMG_0264.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Doubles and reflection</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">These are only extracts from my recipe book so far. I have tried to organise each section and page so that I am grouping type of objects, backgrounds or people in order to have a library of images I can use whenever I am creating a painting. This has been inspired by Tim Walkers 'recipe books' of collected images which are then used to create sets and composite photographs. Having already used some of these images to create collages, it seems to be a very practical way of organising and referencing images. I will continue to add to the current recipe book (200 pages!) and am considering also adding some annotation to link my ideas together. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-42877434201979079872011-11-22T10:53:00.000-08:002011-11-27T12:08:12.587-08:00Collage & Double Sided Images<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZJ7b_HzAdi-wJavc7itJnXHM_Di_SD0JSwuwsfETc9TsTBmf1k6if_CqI435Fkatd1N6CbMKD7MkjqEJj1uHlVt7GNqJnU8BFZ2M_tL4e2CrStWNmaaoZyvIp_3Ld92hVgXdNWRrwKqy/s1600/collage2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZJ7b_HzAdi-wJavc7itJnXHM_Di_SD0JSwuwsfETc9TsTBmf1k6if_CqI435Fkatd1N6CbMKD7MkjqEJj1uHlVt7GNqJnU8BFZ2M_tL4e2CrStWNmaaoZyvIp_3Ld92hVgXdNWRrwKqy/s640/collage2.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJB6wYUoMwAVv8JYj4aQ-K5Itg7U62L5pbR94TGXLfvpgoBKcR-c-eef1WYBfYzSSg52jKQMfK2fjnj3sUfs5PUznyPKIzPAxK6c5a-s9g-VULB-pKbpi2VFMc023XxxjMgjEozDVnqWZ/s1600/collage3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJB6wYUoMwAVv8JYj4aQ-K5Itg7U62L5pbR94TGXLfvpgoBKcR-c-eef1WYBfYzSSg52jKQMfK2fjnj3sUfs5PUznyPKIzPAxK6c5a-s9g-VULB-pKbpi2VFMc023XxxjMgjEozDVnqWZ/s640/collage3.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJees6yNsl8cbu7P9XjLY4QTtLfXjcSC50UgPql9ab9Dqifr5GqzYD646X-bk204slarbb6vTK3eLS_CIGE92yPGLTrTGx3g4DzzcZdCGgFMv_aPrRu_rmL_ll0pHsWgXvajiT5Z9chlYL/s1600/collage4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJees6yNsl8cbu7P9XjLY4QTtLfXjcSC50UgPql9ab9Dqifr5GqzYD646X-bk204slarbb6vTK3eLS_CIGE92yPGLTrTGx3g4DzzcZdCGgFMv_aPrRu_rmL_ll0pHsWgXvajiT5Z9chlYL/s640/collage4.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYw3wnGI5ivA-vyb-FI8aLOy_4wFOw33mUbLHR5oXXrYW8Y7QitLLaqWWtxgSgQzOZ-e_F1dszpFLSgY2Pndp62od3Lb0eBq84js_ejKXzfPBNkROv_C4rY2bZKflFgc2mJ8viMdxdoWs/s1600/collage5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYw3wnGI5ivA-vyb-FI8aLOy_4wFOw33mUbLHR5oXXrYW8Y7QitLLaqWWtxgSgQzOZ-e_F1dszpFLSgY2Pndp62od3Lb0eBq84js_ejKXzfPBNkROv_C4rY2bZKflFgc2mJ8viMdxdoWs/s640/collage5.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiE8SmLrs0cdbvTnS0imzdCbX47c3HbqftUBVbexYqAWKAaD6LLtdn_HLyg1ngJKzS_T2FN5pm2eiIDJv7irOAL6ugkzRfJogHP2YhSoUMR90I7VQzLNBA96MS7Obvg0oO29NqAZ6KMbhh/s1600/collage6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiE8SmLrs0cdbvTnS0imzdCbX47c3HbqftUBVbexYqAWKAaD6LLtdn_HLyg1ngJKzS_T2FN5pm2eiIDJv7irOAL6ugkzRfJogHP2YhSoUMR90I7VQzLNBA96MS7Obvg0oO29NqAZ6KMbhh/s640/collage6.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQt1Bpv3Z5EaFkSHVu4uSjAvWrP-qd-pS17tlSpA3THhSfLpwMbmJPlsDe5rH6_sLyQEn6xlxQrDVyZDU_lv22XQ9BWy8txFq4pj5px4lgRVmgqsTpaKOnq-QqvkN5RGyxXBTRSqVUyQTG/s1600/collage7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQt1Bpv3Z5EaFkSHVu4uSjAvWrP-qd-pS17tlSpA3THhSfLpwMbmJPlsDe5rH6_sLyQEn6xlxQrDVyZDU_lv22XQ9BWy8txFq4pj5px4lgRVmgqsTpaKOnq-QqvkN5RGyxXBTRSqVUyQTG/s640/collage7.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NkyaM1Jf25TLKeWiHGLW0hhCZH2sZSX56NCJxIGCRmoCiyiOkeCHx4PsvRggoAVGhXZfjsRCHumc-CTfTpmtN77hS41OS8mxms0Cm_HMoHjw6lTL_HcBOGUNjQgq2wP96ztnWateth4y/s1600/collage8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NkyaM1Jf25TLKeWiHGLW0hhCZH2sZSX56NCJxIGCRmoCiyiOkeCHx4PsvRggoAVGhXZfjsRCHumc-CTfTpmtN77hS41OS8mxms0Cm_HMoHjw6lTL_HcBOGUNjQgq2wP96ztnWateth4y/s640/collage8.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpj6W99l26ytDnz4PHTqsDwhuZtEYElF8BAIn1EGRWvWHoSmgTf-_r_abJYiCmQaitkhWoGf9LgwjWClJwD0FS1v1dzlR1ThUlGyjUhZWrtFfTrfA2y6Apj09Ah-jghROigH42UbUx6VR/s1600/monofront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdjUKFDXk1ODrznAPc__j2NwEjMiADXV0-Tx3zV4N08ZOdzvqEtxnrijGqYhVg58gIhoKbCW6y5tsXK-nLJRGEAV5vQGjQHCKiiGIiCCN5q73eu_ApCrhj9aPJ7vRVpSwzfze-vEaz4Xo/s1600/back+mono.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdjUKFDXk1ODrznAPc__j2NwEjMiADXV0-Tx3zV4N08ZOdzvqEtxnrijGqYhVg58gIhoKbCW6y5tsXK-nLJRGEAV5vQGjQHCKiiGIiCCN5q73eu_ApCrhj9aPJ7vRVpSwzfze-vEaz4Xo/s640/back+mono.jpg" width="640" /></a><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVpj6W99l26ytDnz4PHTqsDwhuZtEYElF8BAIn1EGRWvWHoSmgTf-_r_abJYiCmQaitkhWoGf9LgwjWClJwD0FS1v1dzlR1ThUlGyjUhZWrtFfTrfA2y6Apj09Ah-jghROigH42UbUx6VR/s640/monofront.jpg" width="640" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaWoAxr8QJc8272UpNMqrKXQSYwg8aDKiEoDYaUoMCmNhcClTyrKVoOC2FEqy4bHWTCaD5HahAq9akxCrGCdRfoawQldZSLnfVN1VNMeiXHuTd7NEDFemuI3IBZ55LyshIX6_sCGbQHuW/s1600/mono2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaWoAxr8QJc8272UpNMqrKXQSYwg8aDKiEoDYaUoMCmNhcClTyrKVoOC2FEqy4bHWTCaD5HahAq9akxCrGCdRfoawQldZSLnfVN1VNMeiXHuTd7NEDFemuI3IBZ55LyshIX6_sCGbQHuW/s640/mono2.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMcsJh-ljo1Kdk0KuIB6qIXRV-y5-MeovgFOHOJhAyZv-ZweWHo3wZo0eSLTSVqDwmvQGIBg4Md_KF_MyusA3-yps0Kntde-dfWOl4KNPwyfZR77iLkkG-cKvBzCTjSslPllmbZUenYTr/s1600/mono2back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXMcsJh-ljo1Kdk0KuIB6qIXRV-y5-MeovgFOHOJhAyZv-ZweWHo3wZo0eSLTSVqDwmvQGIBg4Md_KF_MyusA3-yps0Kntde-dfWOl4KNPwyfZR77iLkkG-cKvBzCTjSslPllmbZUenYTr/s640/mono2back.jpg" width="606" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwMOaAZ2w0tavTWNuoAxu2e3cnbl2SaJbhS4XoMKWfTQl-0aImrZq40joAhtlbHue0i4xc7YVqRym7hGnthdZ1dm7ui_EcGWEU4J1Rc0Qqis-OcUTfcmOnr2E9fJ5u8AgesJUFfvPXc8A/s1600/mono3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwMOaAZ2w0tavTWNuoAxu2e3cnbl2SaJbhS4XoMKWfTQl-0aImrZq40joAhtlbHue0i4xc7YVqRym7hGnthdZ1dm7ui_EcGWEU4J1Rc0Qqis-OcUTfcmOnr2E9fJ5u8AgesJUFfvPXc8A/s640/mono3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EQUTsEVh3h5uQYERBWra2rHBMDkvOkku4uQB7KJItQvIkamRm6NXBSxi1sj-UftwV9KQZRmRsl2yKYAqTpP-OIzuX1b-q81c3fm-m8i3X2_SZrU0E1fET770Fqbogd-5qoqcK7unIugv/s1600/mono3front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EQUTsEVh3h5uQYERBWra2rHBMDkvOkku4uQB7KJItQvIkamRm6NXBSxi1sj-UftwV9KQZRmRsl2yKYAqTpP-OIzuX1b-q81c3fm-m8i3X2_SZrU0E1fET770Fqbogd-5qoqcK7unIugv/s640/mono3front.jpg" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Collage: I found the process of making collages very useful as it allowed me to play with composition and context without having to repeatedly make more paintings. Using a combination of backgrounds and objects from the recipe book with figures from my paintings allowed me to test how fitted into a particular space. I could also look at scale, shrinking or enlarging the figures which I think works really well. I was trying to emulate the working process of Tim Walker as he plans his fashion photographs in a similar way. Through placing figures in context, I have experimented with their context and tried to imply a narrative. It will be possible for me to work from these collages back into the paintings so there is a kind of dialogue between the collage and the painting. From the one painting, I could develop multiple paintings which map the figures in a range of environments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Prints: I was trying to explore the idea of a double image or an image with a reflection through using materials which become double sided. This was inspired by 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' where the second story parallels the first; a black rather than a white kitten, a backwards world. The mono prints exist as the original drawing with the print as a reverse of the drawing. They have to be turned over to view the parallel image or could be displayed in a way which would show both sides. This could be suspended so that the viewer could walk around the work or perhaps suspended in front of a mirror so that the image on the 'back' could also be seen as a reflection. I quite like the way the printing ink can be blended into paint if it is fluid and the quality of line you see, slightly ephemeral. I have also experimented with mono printing on canvas which worked better on the unstretched as the texture was much smoother. Experimenting with stitch also explores two sided media - I'm thinking of developing this on a smaller scale in a sketchbook as part of the sketchbook project.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-44926916823716813602011-10-16T09:43:00.000-07:002011-10-17T12:34:35.855-07:00Studio Sunday<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayzn5ktYMYjUweGOM-TdnfuyObDi2UJbB140yDUN00wP9E-vlcdirtDdCzXvapkQfQONeQ2fYUa-zyONNaqFfXWWrLGFMFmuMIF6zOmeNEt7v17J7zEzsQJ-cncp989IcXdVbNloIeXu4/s1600/331272_10150418916817387_502482386_10753720_977387890_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayzn5ktYMYjUweGOM-TdnfuyObDi2UJbB140yDUN00wP9E-vlcdirtDdCzXvapkQfQONeQ2fYUa-zyONNaqFfXWWrLGFMFmuMIF6zOmeNEt7v17J7zEzsQJ-cncp989IcXdVbNloIeXu4/s640/331272_10150418916817387_502482386_10753720_977387890_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twombly background on canvas with yellow monoprint</td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn8qMuGaVAsLCCWsZ_wVPyoiNtKXLhpP8gB_TL6SvZaAUq6XwnlwjWAFrVfPr5t1aOG4WG_ZBCEMf9Mp_HC2XQ37Jb5HIWXke2NducbrkQ5eCKbB2xSYYIaYZ3UfhYBAKaddDNhRfvSY5/s1600/330151_10150418921302387_502482386_10753794_1557277572_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn8qMuGaVAsLCCWsZ_wVPyoiNtKXLhpP8gB_TL6SvZaAUq6XwnlwjWAFrVfPr5t1aOG4WG_ZBCEMf9Mp_HC2XQ37Jb5HIWXke2NducbrkQ5eCKbB2xSYYIaYZ3UfhYBAKaddDNhRfvSY5/s640/330151_10150418921302387_502482386_10753794_1557277572_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeWgdLGXfjilVo1kLxM4B4NxoNvssvzP65TA79J57BD-TS3fOt3mWem4bhgikzH5xCUn1HXJzhCv5oK4UO3bg1XfC91WSersdgvHKHYDvb06OORm2ZyacTeHvrIuIWXAv110iGaGdRaie/s1600/340239_10150418917992387_502482386_10753736_360848964_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeWgdLGXfjilVo1kLxM4B4NxoNvssvzP65TA79J57BD-TS3fOt3mWem4bhgikzH5xCUn1HXJzhCv5oK4UO3bg1XfC91WSersdgvHKHYDvb06OORm2ZyacTeHvrIuIWXAv110iGaGdRaie/s640/340239_10150418917992387_502482386_10753736_360848964_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvP6_M6SDABgDxw-JKBPsPxfyKH0fJOTBgVIwPCpdEPOFHr36XcTGZUeh_jgR3Kpg5LmTbO49UGdjd7c8r163RqxxFP133CEpm0aKFKuqgu-YaLaGwICKoS9CZUIGUqnOA0La6OcYMRQH/s1600/332932_10150418922062387_502482386_10753803_448033679_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvP6_M6SDABgDxw-JKBPsPxfyKH0fJOTBgVIwPCpdEPOFHr36XcTGZUeh_jgR3Kpg5LmTbO49UGdjd7c8r163RqxxFP133CEpm0aKFKuqgu-YaLaGwICKoS9CZUIGUqnOA0La6OcYMRQH/s1600/332932_10150418922062387_502482386_10753803_448033679_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvP6_M6SDABgDxw-JKBPsPxfyKH0fJOTBgVIwPCpdEPOFHr36XcTGZUeh_jgR3Kpg5LmTbO49UGdjd7c8r163RqxxFP133CEpm0aKFKuqgu-YaLaGwICKoS9CZUIGUqnOA0La6OcYMRQH/s400/332932_10150418922062387_502482386_10753803_448033679_o.jpg" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtEBxh8EpWUbN304Wayj_Y6gz-pcZPTK7VTovg7ZhHsZn4kFohniRSWfcuakdKKFf8VFA2SIFdYjuDH7ojY4ReEeyWKRyq05S6assHCPasKgPRJwrF2PfcIqjIX_64Cp8cHBKtyQ5YdjD/s1600/286778_10150418923302387_502482386_10753816_724262455_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtEBxh8EpWUbN304Wayj_Y6gz-pcZPTK7VTovg7ZhHsZn4kFohniRSWfcuakdKKFf8VFA2SIFdYjuDH7ojY4ReEeyWKRyq05S6assHCPasKgPRJwrF2PfcIqjIX_64Cp8cHBKtyQ5YdjD/s400/286778_10150418923302387_502482386_10753816_724262455_o.jpg" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvn8qMuGaVAsLCCWsZ_wVPyoiNtKXLhpP8gB_TL6SvZaAUq6XwnlwjWAFrVfPr5t1aOG4WG_ZBCEMf9Mp_HC2XQ37Jb5HIWXke2NducbrkQ5eCKbB2xSYYIaYZ3UfhYBAKaddDNhRfvSY5/s1600/330151_10150418921302387_502482386_10753794_1557277572_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHhunztYB5gHgzIZbAICE_4yewLYCnrDu9pTqiHYkxo6KMKw58b1oXn4MyEQrBz9ZWnWSJvZb4Z7G2KIGFg6Ff5Owyt4xygTJxmJCh-XMyLPBfyUXdXauD1Q2Hd_L4ag-pDwyX3aJ0SlG/s1600/323347_10150418922752387_502482386_10753810_814622753_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHhunztYB5gHgzIZbAICE_4yewLYCnrDu9pTqiHYkxo6KMKw58b1oXn4MyEQrBz9ZWnWSJvZb4Z7G2KIGFg6Ff5Owyt4xygTJxmJCh-XMyLPBfyUXdXauD1Q2Hd_L4ag-pDwyX3aJ0SlG/s640/323347_10150418922752387_502482386_10753810_814622753_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oil paint added to canvas to accentuate contours of faces</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnVeoTCkEnOPtJz_bfv-39EnfpCzGE6N6lsOaLjVBD7qV8Q7PSOayYclWL8Eh3QPTpozBKgBvY7aygkl2OfAQLLsN7xIy59-51IBxqPphGmOt1pgt98sdm-1jTsqt7jwc8EhfmBag-Z_6/s1600/339468_10150418919382387_502482386_10753752_1966855963_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnVeoTCkEnOPtJz_bfv-39EnfpCzGE6N6lsOaLjVBD7qV8Q7PSOayYclWL8Eh3QPTpozBKgBvY7aygkl2OfAQLLsN7xIy59-51IBxqPphGmOt1pgt98sdm-1jTsqt7jwc8EhfmBag-Z_6/s640/339468_10150418919382387_502482386_10753752_1966855963_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Monoprint on canvas disaster before I bought other colours</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUO5YsZf0N_dqHgiJwkDU4zUO8kSQWwQvdvp09Me7U1nRPjkObQP0_8a6IGqDc5d0_w8WfSMYQzyLUOO8C57Pc9U5hoiB_10B7AQvGwoOfmN0VaejUeraeSL-KdHV6VWC3dBqWbdNNdDzY/s640/339993_10150418923942387_502482386_10753823_445742983_o.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Monoprint with watered down acrylic</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnVeoTCkEnOPtJz_bfv-39EnfpCzGE6N6lsOaLjVBD7qV8Q7PSOayYclWL8Eh3QPTpozBKgBvY7aygkl2OfAQLLsN7xIy59-51IBxqPphGmOt1pgt98sdm-1jTsqt7jwc8EhfmBag-Z_6/s1600/339468_10150418919382387_502482386_10753752_1966855963_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnVeoTCkEnOPtJz_bfv-39EnfpCzGE6N6lsOaLjVBD7qV8Q7PSOayYclWL8Eh3QPTpozBKgBvY7aygkl2OfAQLLsN7xIy59-51IBxqPphGmOt1pgt98sdm-1jTsqt7jwc8EhfmBag-Z_6/s1600/339468_10150418919382387_502482386_10753752_1966855963_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnVeoTCkEnOPtJz_bfv-39EnfpCzGE6N6lsOaLjVBD7qV8Q7PSOayYclWL8Eh3QPTpozBKgBvY7aygkl2OfAQLLsN7xIy59-51IBxqPphGmOt1pgt98sdm-1jTsqt7jwc8EhfmBag-Z_6/s1600/339468_10150418919382387_502482386_10753752_1966855963_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUO5YsZf0N_dqHgiJwkDU4zUO8kSQWwQvdvp09Me7U1nRPjkObQP0_8a6IGqDc5d0_w8WfSMYQzyLUOO8C57Pc9U5hoiB_10B7AQvGwoOfmN0VaejUeraeSL-KdHV6VWC3dBqWbdNNdDzY/s1600/339993_10150418923942387_502482386_10753823_445742983_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRXEsaVBhs_KREY8wM2zf09kngeey01Ad70r1uYlITkEFIle6iKtqKaqolTNquwEqIfC3j_PxQ4cK2IULYEpl-A50CB5x1iLwguabaeENgmacNAiq0S8yH11NbnHSy0iv71fHwk59sLEA/s1600/329933_10150418924782387_502482386_10753833_639291610_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRXEsaVBhs_KREY8wM2zf09kngeey01Ad70r1uYlITkEFIle6iKtqKaqolTNquwEqIfC3j_PxQ4cK2IULYEpl-A50CB5x1iLwguabaeENgmacNAiq0S8yH11NbnHSy0iv71fHwk59sLEA/s640/329933_10150418924782387_502482386_10753833_639291610_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Original monoprinted drawing</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49QXzbbm4BRHXHcnjBlfSpB0lkQe2Ri6q83ABq_o6d4zDw9kk-NsRUrsbzLKfXoMBa5MqwVYDIYhPDwweGGs1t9eyoSJ-JcmUugUAPaGOcnFSKNEypkULzWsZHsghScwU12pW4ZQ_7oDv/s1600/339721_10150418924367387_502482386_10753829_697985587_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49QXzbbm4BRHXHcnjBlfSpB0lkQe2Ri6q83ABq_o6d4zDw9kk-NsRUrsbzLKfXoMBa5MqwVYDIYhPDwweGGs1t9eyoSJ-JcmUugUAPaGOcnFSKNEypkULzWsZHsghScwU12pW4ZQ_7oDv/s640/339721_10150418924367387_502482386_10753829_697985587_o.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Detail to show print lines and loose paint</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7sRSsKs5ZtT78u_tZYk-ZNJURPUc-E2jXJUMyedQhgOqRWmgnjgO1lUIM93_NHm3Ug6TNVdqb0BjvpueUMVZ8yR4bVZqbO9gpm8WyqInnw8E354sW0sPE0OMSYUb8-FzlqTzKBQxPSKA/s1600/327066_10150418925397387_502482386_10753839_769260863_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7sRSsKs5ZtT78u_tZYk-ZNJURPUc-E2jXJUMyedQhgOqRWmgnjgO1lUIM93_NHm3Ug6TNVdqb0BjvpueUMVZ8yR4bVZqbO9gpm8WyqInnw8E354sW0sPE0OMSYUb8-FzlqTzKBQxPSKA/s640/327066_10150418925397387_502482386_10753839_769260863_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mirror image progress</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1LvpBsVDs53ePIIaxKQIHvThOvcCDXWssL0PfcwHK__8zIIVEhP0S5qkq6GrEVe6AB4fM-jBISHlpBbQFSk0gFJdhmZ7AJz6yB2h6yTla1VnHQqwj8YObXxrMd8jMkXhMs9kzYfyq0zZ/s1600/332143_10150418926232387_502482386_10753853_1736072123_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1LvpBsVDs53ePIIaxKQIHvThOvcCDXWssL0PfcwHK__8zIIVEhP0S5qkq6GrEVe6AB4fM-jBISHlpBbQFSk0gFJdhmZ7AJz6yB2h6yTla1VnHQqwj8YObXxrMd8jMkXhMs9kzYfyq0zZ/s640/332143_10150418926232387_502482386_10753853_1736072123_o.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Current studio wall October 2011</span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I am quite enjoying playing with different materials and exploring the fluid and double sided properties of print. Mono print, in its unique nature needs to work with the paint. I don't really like how the mono print looks when its on top of the paint - partly because it looks like a childish graffiti. This of course may be because I used black ink (being impatient). The marks didn't add to the surface in the way that I had anticipated - in fact my eye was drawn to the black rather than the image as a whole. I plan to experiment further with mono printing into backgrounds and working on top with paint. I love the way the prints can be worked on on two sides, a sort of mirror image. It raises questions for me about the possibilities of display, rather than having the back of the paper to a wall perhaps suspending them so they can be viewed from both sides. This might make the piece become slightly more sculptural, or perhaps suitable for installation (I'm imagining multiple frames suspended). Working on top of an oil surface was quite strange because I am used to preserving the white of the canvas to show light. However, I do feel that this worked better than printing on top of a painting because I didn't find that I was guiding the lines of the running paint in any way so could then add the mono print freely. I am definitely going to play further with combining materials on paper as this seems to be a fruitful way of exploring my ideas.</span></div></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-60934307136135577332011-10-12T09:31:00.000-07:002011-10-12T11:36:08.832-07:00Doubles in Printing<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have been looking at the work of Claude Heath (mainly linked to my breaking the boundaries project). His lines are very gestural and scratchy reminding me of Cy Twombley's work. This loose and deliberately 'bad' quality is an element which I have tentatively been exploring. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR5P0ThR6iE4cGpV9TtdgwLHnjTLdp8oUpdRKcNOP4XhS_0OMo5IH3ZQGXl2oYRGsGJzilTqvobaZhF9Y-JCUvwNvrjTI2aSbxfIpTgHCTsIxzWvtinFrJPKvom1sK_r3GWgzbQFkDZ10/s1600/3323784759_714ded0de4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR5P0ThR6iE4cGpV9TtdgwLHnjTLdp8oUpdRKcNOP4XhS_0OMo5IH3ZQGXl2oYRGsGJzilTqvobaZhF9Y-JCUvwNvrjTI2aSbxfIpTgHCTsIxzWvtinFrJPKvom1sK_r3GWgzbQFkDZ10/s400/3323784759_714ded0de4.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIkHHMC2tJzx7RVSBunX4C9mCo4E0gQNwxfdI6MuvoTORHUesTbLIWa9LCkjPg138KHd0KVDpIAEeUFXjIvF8acXv0q1cOgVxM344gO-pFjJN6_nsFEVzvgUt1uvVjRRsL_jNsI5McoEOO/s1600/heath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It occurred to me post presentation seminar that I could explore and combine print with other materials as the very nature of the medium means that it allows you to recreate an image more than once. I am yet to explore lino repetition - James said my doubles reminded him of Andy Warhol's Marilyns - but again referencing Heath/Twombley, I have started to play with mono print. I mono printed over the top of a canvas which didn't work very well as the only colour I had was black and it was too strong. I have prepared a washed canvas background with dribbling paint which I intend to print on and then paint over so that the marks become part of the background. The marks are created from drawing through touch - in this instance my own face. Earlier this week I created some mono printed drawings in this style and plan to paint into them this weekend (these are on paper). As part of my 'sketchbook project' I have mono printed some pages - of course in a book you turn the page so the drawing exists on both sides creating a double, whereas with the flat sheets and canvas you would generally view the front, unless the piece was suspended so one could move around it. I quite like the idea of print as it has a gestural element and the prints are a reverse of the original drawing which is kind of like looking in a mirror. </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Some mono surfaces ready to work into... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATNZHOeo2sT8LYWfcAGrkxp1basCA6GrxXG68SPDvLZiPpba0HbiL59SFfeaeD-3IwqA5dy4HcRrBLAyq2_MSQ8x0P9ZmX8z0tmJLDYqTGaDaosYTqFn73m_31RwXebDvx4Ig55mtY5FA/s1600/mono1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATNZHOeo2sT8LYWfcAGrkxp1basCA6GrxXG68SPDvLZiPpba0HbiL59SFfeaeD-3IwqA5dy4HcRrBLAyq2_MSQ8x0P9ZmX8z0tmJLDYqTGaDaosYTqFn73m_31RwXebDvx4Ig55mtY5FA/s640/mono1.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIl1PrfJPaesCxz1hoWy7NiCFapamkJ_fpWHpANIdyppAtR7tm9XBMM8An_J1-MaIebxtHYZueVEgGje5YAf9VDTfNtjjdKZZVOKPPc7LnsHKrThLioUJuPHz849fvFNrLGhXR1csWtAv/s1600/mono2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIl1PrfJPaesCxz1hoWy7NiCFapamkJ_fpWHpANIdyppAtR7tm9XBMM8An_J1-MaIebxtHYZueVEgGje5YAf9VDTfNtjjdKZZVOKPPc7LnsHKrThLioUJuPHz849fvFNrLGhXR1csWtAv/s640/mono2.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyArW3SQIoAMkYxFYvU4o58KVCx5uFbgRsaU_tx2on-wAVhnHl9Zd7g4lpGZvbxnrvKnN4wr4ps5eQTFDl9s87nfDnw6F_AchXuk6AOOrOPxpm3eTKVDq5tzojYYFlwoNYracRb3A6spYc/s1600/mono3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyArW3SQIoAMkYxFYvU4o58KVCx5uFbgRsaU_tx2on-wAVhnHl9Zd7g4lpGZvbxnrvKnN4wr4ps5eQTFDl9s87nfDnw6F_AchXuk6AOOrOPxpm3eTKVDq5tzojYYFlwoNYracRb3A6spYc/s640/mono3.jpg" width="484" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;">I am also very excited about the prospect of working with twins or siblings close in age as well as constructing my own multiples by repeating a portrait more than once. This will need a bit more research and some time as work is hectic at the moment and I am struggling to maintain my work/life balance. There are 3 sets of twins in my year group at school and another two sets in year 8 so this is a possible area for my enquiry if their parents agree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWe6P5zcVFzPhmXJDTs4lr1CYm4l-ZmrTgb1y8naJi_zFhaX21VCqmBVoz7EibEES7ft0KN-rhuiG2xEkKiFzXyl1QXRHYkKzWbLbSszd0uQ_51dd26IRZgUEIkZVfCRsSOeN_1UVh9iDz/s1600/double1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWe6P5zcVFzPhmXJDTs4lr1CYm4l-ZmrTgb1y8naJi_zFhaX21VCqmBVoz7EibEES7ft0KN-rhuiG2xEkKiFzXyl1QXRHYkKzWbLbSszd0uQ_51dd26IRZgUEIkZVfCRsSOeN_1UVh9iDz/s640/double1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKatMVQO8NyDoeePbZQkXWsJKQsdXAfrhcgie-X3Hj_1tUaOZeSeTTc9Yjiwc-bniDYt_a-7E6wEg-og5ANVlNVaV2DV-dL53xkkqviqqkMvx3HpyuYv_Eige82NduT7D-D8KM9OMsfpA/s1600/double2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKatMVQO8NyDoeePbZQkXWsJKQsdXAfrhcgie-X3Hj_1tUaOZeSeTTc9Yjiwc-bniDYt_a-7E6wEg-og5ANVlNVaV2DV-dL53xkkqviqqkMvx3HpyuYv_Eige82NduT7D-D8KM9OMsfpA/s640/double2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjT162kZAU2VdX0jAppQtnM2E5wbDknT6W2ePFkn9qLmoQ21hGkjehQVMS2YYFmsZLdQ63OK7adTqx0Fmx5w7OSlTw_QdmFqw86tJYckSGZ-dfIWa_hMBE-9H8km3xjhTcso2SmoeuuB6/s1600/double3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjT162kZAU2VdX0jAppQtnM2E5wbDknT6W2ePFkn9qLmoQ21hGkjehQVMS2YYFmsZLdQ63OK7adTqx0Fmx5w7OSlTw_QdmFqw86tJYckSGZ-dfIWa_hMBE-9H8km3xjhTcso2SmoeuuB6/s640/double3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-86642145366004658512011-09-26T12:23:00.000-07:002011-09-26T12:23:10.876-07:00Journey of Ideas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkFI9g4vBw_2p98hpE1IfCM3KLxs3u3dnIFwHkGz96rNpKOCMjk70MbrUjPyPlu98ylqVucsQ87l7_ddMmPv7IHeFBUplUxDF9dteqj8cOjlryaxGZq_vueZEfDse_CTczb7ovSX7Qffp/s1600/ppslide1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkFI9g4vBw_2p98hpE1IfCM3KLxs3u3dnIFwHkGz96rNpKOCMjk70MbrUjPyPlu98ylqVucsQ87l7_ddMmPv7IHeFBUplUxDF9dteqj8cOjlryaxGZq_vueZEfDse_CTczb7ovSX7Qffp/s640/ppslide1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZO4Ic-k-RBfQlxGmxZybPfBa_fEPAJTH2tudNiir-P-tG2INRTxO8-S264niiOgrMLv_i9GVYFmjR15maNLF1CjZKjijIpl70Jx0ESgs7j2Fo8rgm2_eAd4TeQj8oPJofm5T6U68n5xen/s1600/ppslide2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZO4Ic-k-RBfQlxGmxZybPfBa_fEPAJTH2tudNiir-P-tG2INRTxO8-S264niiOgrMLv_i9GVYFmjR15maNLF1CjZKjijIpl70Jx0ESgs7j2Fo8rgm2_eAd4TeQj8oPJofm5T6U68n5xen/s640/ppslide2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRMK_x_GumHizX1vZ2QRfZbN0yV6x5Byb4uZhgLq9bX3RoiSiBiiF6OQ_GqU2woxbNpO4y7AywXbYU4gbhknXS0du-gJLzztu26cpiG7CxdC-GL7PMJwzonlb88akU4OU3YPo-3JUAkyl/s1600/ppslide3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRMK_x_GumHizX1vZ2QRfZbN0yV6x5Byb4uZhgLq9bX3RoiSiBiiF6OQ_GqU2woxbNpO4y7AywXbYU4gbhknXS0du-gJLzztu26cpiG7CxdC-GL7PMJwzonlb88akU4OU3YPo-3JUAkyl/s640/ppslide3.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjag7KJtAwFosE2RHu56tRZnaQAaYXfNecoyPLdDB6lBpI8C01dKQIYp4U21Uf7toGe0J5VLU2nl0RFcz7q3MFlsYaisw0rIBS8UfHqdmzjtYd-e6wApVH4Rb7E34K1uLg7b1oeHbp4sNv/s1600/ppslide4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjag7KJtAwFosE2RHu56tRZnaQAaYXfNecoyPLdDB6lBpI8C01dKQIYp4U21Uf7toGe0J5VLU2nl0RFcz7q3MFlsYaisw0rIBS8UfHqdmzjtYd-e6wApVH4Rb7E34K1uLg7b1oeHbp4sNv/s640/ppslide4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0It12_8uee9c1i6AtWimcbgAOhVvtzxfv5mPIKlrtjlI9CE_7oZIYwAf5p8ESQIcNXsV9-LiSlUt_mgJzk6ZNEw65pJQ-uHo-mRHs-dTEmbmjruBgFZgVSMLMsPLr9F9jpm3iXyXTOxLN/s1600/ppslide5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0It12_8uee9c1i6AtWimcbgAOhVvtzxfv5mPIKlrtjlI9CE_7oZIYwAf5p8ESQIcNXsV9-LiSlUt_mgJzk6ZNEw65pJQ-uHo-mRHs-dTEmbmjruBgFZgVSMLMsPLr9F9jpm3iXyXTOxLN/s640/ppslide5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7swpgnxGRyVD-HJj-ovDgsLl1gDViWlSd29-OcPa28LjEejesrUBWn6RwV0Sp7jM_7NYQrHZu39cHUUALbBER1thXZGlqt4cZVpZwbVh-EbCg6KLRKCR0p0WGdKLf48d0XQee-HwgTVC/s1600/ppslide6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7swpgnxGRyVD-HJj-ovDgsLl1gDViWlSd29-OcPa28LjEejesrUBWn6RwV0Sp7jM_7NYQrHZu39cHUUALbBER1thXZGlqt4cZVpZwbVh-EbCg6KLRKCR0p0WGdKLf48d0XQee-HwgTVC/s640/ppslide6.jpg" width="640" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1inYUXLXHIQ3sf6K8u1Nzm7Be_75Bi0LJWPAO6LJA1fK3Y8JBb0MAqSRd0N4IFrcFKdjngWj-KOrsmaVXoUDdLsp6UoMKyjpQ14dBB9dnQhp8vgLev6I6DEzQTyCBe_CQEDWZG9BO3ct5/s1600/ppslide7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1inYUXLXHIQ3sf6K8u1Nzm7Be_75Bi0LJWPAO6LJA1fK3Y8JBb0MAqSRd0N4IFrcFKdjngWj-KOrsmaVXoUDdLsp6UoMKyjpQ14dBB9dnQhp8vgLev6I6DEzQTyCBe_CQEDWZG9BO3ct5/s640/ppslide7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqI_KqJQNfaQ1nOehrL5giY9MY9gVgorYZAiYZ-lNcuyY-tv5HoHBF8dcVzWkInxdNSZJtzZlIcg3I-ZB0-3CNJGBIy3d6GmC0VgEhfGx1tb9pWM5yjTmEarfbz29aur7fa1QDK_mr1SO3/s1600/ppslide8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqI_KqJQNfaQ1nOehrL5giY9MY9gVgorYZAiYZ-lNcuyY-tv5HoHBF8dcVzWkInxdNSZJtzZlIcg3I-ZB0-3CNJGBIy3d6GmC0VgEhfGx1tb9pWM5yjTmEarfbz29aur7fa1QDK_mr1SO3/s640/ppslide8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbJ-cmsjF9lYEpiNnu4-4lP_rd2EaIxWKhsgHvPcWyQZ7uQeMxML0zyDiJJXIh265-23ovMV8sTPFGUSOzTeJavq2ImiGcn6nsIwvajWGWsAaiE384jCGbCw-5Z2Ng5OsL3ezBNHywYHQ/s1600/ppslide9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbJ-cmsjF9lYEpiNnu4-4lP_rd2EaIxWKhsgHvPcWyQZ7uQeMxML0zyDiJJXIh265-23ovMV8sTPFGUSOzTeJavq2ImiGcn6nsIwvajWGWsAaiE384jCGbCw-5Z2Ng5OsL3ezBNHywYHQ/s640/ppslide9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EBbpcxxna6qUZstNQYAjjhKSXi-94QDU-fkh-tAW9Py18SRZ7MiGxMXBPrX8z7-t1RUJAIKH8JLy9twLP5CL1LzPNr_yv7vOSwnk95MnlvQp38AtMbx1F0rUPMgAGitmQZdwO9JrZHV7/s1600/ppslide10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EBbpcxxna6qUZstNQYAjjhKSXi-94QDU-fkh-tAW9Py18SRZ7MiGxMXBPrX8z7-t1RUJAIKH8JLy9twLP5CL1LzPNr_yv7vOSwnk95MnlvQp38AtMbx1F0rUPMgAGitmQZdwO9JrZHV7/s640/ppslide10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqQQJjT1gUP3XyWd0utawe4o7_lts686rZMgXNxiPlyCGNFtjy7fmpTW_bVpVDF3MLRu6J68yn2HcV7_LNs6fkfTRv028ZzunDEQoGZfEGmc_WrbkJDrSamb6Wsc8yftEdznpzE64dY3l/s1600/ppslide11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBqQQJjT1gUP3XyWd0utawe4o7_lts686rZMgXNxiPlyCGNFtjy7fmpTW_bVpVDF3MLRu6J68yn2HcV7_LNs6fkfTRv028ZzunDEQoGZfEGmc_WrbkJDrSamb6Wsc8yftEdznpzE64dY3l/s640/ppslide11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Having just done the Journey of Ideas presentation, and having watched the others', it is intriging to see how we all take different approaches to exploring ideas. We have such different ways of presenting and revealing how we investigate our work - like the blog reflections I was nervous about this as I dislike talking 'infront' of an audience. However, it wasn't as bad as I thought and the feedback was positive. Could I exaggerate the difference between the pairs to ensure recognition? Looking in and looking out is an interesting idea (exaggerated by framing). I should explore self and the mirror further. Is there a difference between how a person appears in person, in a photograph and on film? The multiples remind J of Andy Warhol's screen prints - could I explore this through print repetition. Can I show different personalities of the same person? C on the last image - mirrors, portholes, ambiguous, fascinating. Self and multiplicity and reflection. So many ways to explore aspects of duality - links to yesterday's studio thoughts on monsters and goddesses, there seem to be endless ways to explore these themes. It goes back to my brainstorm from a while back on ways to show contrast - is contrast heightened when it is differences in the same person? I have to say I really loved the group presentations, it is great to have contact with everyone as I have been feeling a bit isolated recently and going back to work has made it difficult to fit everything in. Powerpoint seems to be a good way for me to present my ideas in a logical way, in addition to the post-its I'm now writing in my studio to record my reflection. I will work on paper as this is a rapid way of exploring ideas, but still work on canvases as I don't feel I can recreate the quality of the layers of paint without oil. The sketchbook project should boost me in working in this way and on a smaller scale. And possibly print (mono) or pen and wash for looser drawn lines. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-74847102947732857262011-09-25T12:41:00.000-07:002011-09-26T12:40:08.754-07:00Works on Paper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwmMPPs6HcBJ9LtwSLRtstEamKbuKiaEFFz5GwIZjeEjyH3XOaWl9BxBxvuwACI4sf2faoD5oHQwMa5EGbVckI6h467V4YTvFk8DoXemW0h9c9zfRyztS9OdyM6XgdsP5zP_8G8AXkzDK/s1600/paper1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwmMPPs6HcBJ9LtwSLRtstEamKbuKiaEFFz5GwIZjeEjyH3XOaWl9BxBxvuwACI4sf2faoD5oHQwMa5EGbVckI6h467V4YTvFk8DoXemW0h9c9zfRyztS9OdyM6XgdsP5zP_8G8AXkzDK/s400/paper1.jpg" width="282" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXc4za7U4ApoxP8NUkLoq1oypZ1g8rTF_WjkX_DFHxLREy9oKfNMPOAyD510_EEVx5tCfl0jeAoV6AVP_2QS8AARDQmm1C95O5tUC_ajohpspS7hLqfkkQNdZmJJN2oTqutlbqVsBRDRj_/s1600/paper2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXc4za7U4ApoxP8NUkLoq1oypZ1g8rTF_WjkX_DFHxLREy9oKfNMPOAyD510_EEVx5tCfl0jeAoV6AVP_2QS8AARDQmm1C95O5tUC_ajohpspS7hLqfkkQNdZmJJN2oTqutlbqVsBRDRj_/s400/paper2.jpg" width="282" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoDbMygf3VNqBYMOE9Fh6vikI6BCL9Lk6l80h7wH0MyO92OReUfwf20mE5X5SW_eT7yqRjUaVlBV9Rajx4J_RMBffE8v9B_sLchAgNOs-qRq903Q8No93I0hSfhVfkqE1bj7Z-AEksUQN/s1600/double3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqoDbMygf3VNqBYMOE9Fh6vikI6BCL9Lk6l80h7wH0MyO92OReUfwf20mE5X5SW_eT7yqRjUaVlBV9Rajx4J_RMBffE8v9B_sLchAgNOs-qRq903Q8No93I0hSfhVfkqE1bj7Z-AEksUQN/s640/double3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT023mbw0OLm3FyUFf0VqUuVIyxIoIhp0VnZlQq5xYI-yqImusHbdpdTzGTzS0BRxR-Ie7rA7BnvL82accRUDKEie9icYu0taMqReCMnFWHubMisQF0p0UlHBagtwwQo3Nud6WdEgxaDB/s1600/double1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKT023mbw0OLm3FyUFf0VqUuVIyxIoIhp0VnZlQq5xYI-yqImusHbdpdTzGTzS0BRxR-Ie7rA7BnvL82accRUDKEie9icYu0taMqReCMnFWHubMisQF0p0UlHBagtwwQo3Nud6WdEgxaDB/s640/double1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuksw7LqfXUUXZocD9DYnjmeLmEml4YFCxGMlvSreAnIZEheSRsNJrYJWeQaWW1feb3sjF13qbMMTVInVtn6t7cPVOevu1U3gQAuo-K-Y3cFmMqDL4ACO98Kf8bL16pwTUmKiKNDXa2o_/s1600/double2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuksw7LqfXUUXZocD9DYnjmeLmEml4YFCxGMlvSreAnIZEheSRsNJrYJWeQaWW1feb3sjF13qbMMTVInVtn6t7cPVOevu1U3gQAuo-K-Y3cFmMqDL4ACO98Kf8bL16pwTUmKiKNDXa2o_/s640/double2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xP5aRbRv89BqFBYqjYlHuxQM-33jEDsyAjo5RTTyMsTSw_XFtFmsRUT1_dH9RGENigm1gFMLjdZXfWSMLbZejLmKcB4xs2V_MFYqSGS5htuRU8w2EV2Ba04KTdOQgleM6f0BKFfLvurH/s1600/double4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xP5aRbRv89BqFBYqjYlHuxQM-33jEDsyAjo5RTTyMsTSw_XFtFmsRUT1_dH9RGENigm1gFMLjdZXfWSMLbZejLmKcB4xs2V_MFYqSGS5htuRU8w2EV2Ba04KTdOQgleM6f0BKFfLvurH/s640/double4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8q0D-9V_rIsujDFWCo2BJCzin2DXJYoVPHh5KXRzrNlceggTwHBEVGDBAKOJdUlx1UCdUtBXIe0UgSo5yHyavwlRsqeR4q-AIasLGjkG8jYJOyLRg3O6eQb4HsE2BZCpeEVELBWC0FjpU/s1600/double5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8q0D-9V_rIsujDFWCo2BJCzin2DXJYoVPHh5KXRzrNlceggTwHBEVGDBAKOJdUlx1UCdUtBXIe0UgSo5yHyavwlRsqeR4q-AIasLGjkG8jYJOyLRg3O6eQb4HsE2BZCpeEVELBWC0FjpU/s640/double5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NklMVMk9pqQPJrLyr0qIsGg1MsonhuE1uYCxI0SrtpjYzi-pktcXEJF8bi8GYnG9rYjy5JUC2VGIO6kaxrskN-lSrnyn5OL4VJ6tillET-rgreQzyLDd72oz9V-7i_j-sS9dLz1ZiE7R/s1600/double6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NklMVMk9pqQPJrLyr0qIsGg1MsonhuE1uYCxI0SrtpjYzi-pktcXEJF8bi8GYnG9rYjy5JUC2VGIO6kaxrskN-lSrnyn5OL4VJ6tillET-rgreQzyLDd72oz9V-7i_j-sS9dLz1ZiE7R/s640/double6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeD17_6HEy0qRsGyI6NX-7ZYzMCwM0izeTydNtcNl2qvob6KOkhhHdYY0XEKgp8EorbBYL5Q_kRHB6-HxWVeQDp8HLXrcg6jKwIqG6AQyyTQoWEPRy85IOxo8qE0vxhVVqCPzLmUbe0un/s1600/double7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYeD17_6HEy0qRsGyI6NX-7ZYzMCwM0izeTydNtcNl2qvob6KOkhhHdYY0XEKgp8EorbBYL5Q_kRHB6-HxWVeQDp8HLXrcg6jKwIqG6AQyyTQoWEPRy85IOxo8qE0vxhVVqCPzLmUbe0un/s640/double7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGBz2qUtKWxrZ3MUUhZbca7suc67wbSKEhqyhLpezsjvZ6-jZ7lF6O2r7tdkH0B05jHCw_mdynmkUlMTjZljFr_NEIHZjO5PbKWq2SwWCBHknVtFGTdgKBAvpeMhJa9lc-HKTzDXmZTgs/s1600/postit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiGBz2qUtKWxrZ3MUUhZbca7suc67wbSKEhqyhLpezsjvZ6-jZ7lF6O2r7tdkH0B05jHCw_mdynmkUlMTjZljFr_NEIHZjO5PbKWq2SwWCBHknVtFGTdgKBAvpeMhJa9lc-HKTzDXmZTgs/s640/postit1.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieI4HlGuyJcNY2axImPgBiAgfQf65-AUao7i32GsIgdiLJK7fFzZbsmG_gRgIE6FPQnN_RKMY43VssaqGLmussu_qH8yfn5Di4bB_ZGQJOWvWdmzrFz2dmo2_Auq5r76cEKi8OqYrAFFFN/s1600/postit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieI4HlGuyJcNY2axImPgBiAgfQf65-AUao7i32GsIgdiLJK7fFzZbsmG_gRgIE6FPQnN_RKMY43VssaqGLmussu_qH8yfn5Di4bB_ZGQJOWvWdmzrFz2dmo2_Auq5r76cEKi8OqYrAFFFN/s640/postit2.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Reflection</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think these works on paper are successful in the sense that they allow me to work with rapidity and loosely to explore ideas. Working in multiple is quite difficult for me because I seem to be disatisfied with at least one of the images, if not both. However, C said that I shouldn't become bogged down by whether I 'like' an image or not which of course is true but I find it difficult to remain impartial. Some of my left/right handed works, and blind drawings (not on this blog) could be developed with paint on top or built up in some sense. They certainly have a more 'casual' quality than some of my canvases, however I'm interested in exploring bring some of the spontaneity into my canvas paintings. Also develop some of this multiplicity into other images, so that the same person is repeated - they could be a mirror image, a twin, alter ego or split personality. I'm also thinking about playing with scale, position and expression and the same person. In addition, I'm thinking about one 'grid' painting from a photo and one left handed, or blind to further exaggerate contrast. Perhaps a reflection, or a reflected image could be worked from, or a left and then right hand drawing to create that sense of duality and 'through the looking glass'.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-37774968084652490062011-08-08T12:35:00.000-07:002011-08-08T12:35:15.014-07:00Painting with Green<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though my search for double portraits and (still) trying to locate my area of focus/interest I have found a few more artists who currently seem relevant to my practise. Although I am loathed to list them here it seems to be the most effective way of evidencing that I am actually processing, researching, contemplating and reflecting on my work. There must be someway of showing this process of collecting and responding to visual imagery without creating a considerable amount more work. I have realised that part of the reason I am struggling with some aspects of the course is that I have never before had to work to a brief whether this was dictating the scale, content or theme of my work. It has always been through own choice and evidently I need to train myself to be more flexible and respond to a concept - this could also help my communication of key ideas to the audience. So establishing a 'brief' for my practise will be added - somewhere near to the top - of my 'to do' list. I am also still thinking about my feedback, particularly my lack of critical reflection and need to 'edit' my blog. I was very unimpressed at being quoted to support an argument re: the maps which I didn't want to be part of. This has made me wary of writing openly in some instances on my blog. I have never minded that it was public, but to be truly reflective there needs to be an element of trust and for me this is to avoid using my reflection to support someone else's argument, even if it fits their brief. Anyway, I digress from the original objective of this post. It is about painters. I will instinctively migrate towards female photographers as my contemporary reference point but I need to gain a greater understanding of how the mechanics of painting enable the artist to construct and communicate ideas to the audience. I don't like to quote on the blog but this seemed the best way to avoid paraphrasing general information - see key words in green.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">David Harrison </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>'David Harrison is an artist whose <span style="color: #274e13;">love of nature</span> is the primary inspiration for his work. Living in the centre of London where man claims every inch of space for himself, it's hard to imagine a <span style="color: #274e13;">parallel world</span> <span style="color: #274e13;">hidden</span> in its undergrowth where nature adapts as its <span style="color: #274e13;">habitat shrinks</span>, but this invisible world is a cause of wonder which feeds his work.'</i></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://poodle666.com/index.php">http://poodle666.com/index.php</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Harrison also makes 3D objects which compliment the natural world in his work, mainly animals, especially owls. I love the randomly placed animals and quite remote setting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPrwohU7F9isQ54S2F75_42Pmx6mQsDEYsGfKH53jcBJKEx8YYM8F_rPU24nuIvsQHnbVC5PC3YjB6WwXVznbk1X-v7nAlBd6ORysrUWSGSdNbzNK01zfoSKAIT-qJmXOhLulEuRVeC8V/s1600/2006011905354014_2006-01-serenade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKPrwohU7F9isQ54S2F75_42Pmx6mQsDEYsGfKH53jcBJKEx8YYM8F_rPU24nuIvsQHnbVC5PC3YjB6WwXVznbk1X-v7nAlBd6ORysrUWSGSdNbzNK01zfoSKAIT-qJmXOhLulEuRVeC8V/s400/2006011905354014_2006-01-serenade.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rather reminds me of Peter Blake's 'Midsummer' and 'Alice' paintings.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/peterblake/exhibitionguide4.shtm">http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/exhibitions/peterblake/exhibitionguide4.shtm</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=503875&GroupID=503863&CategoryID=0&CollectionId=0">http://www.rca.ac.uk/Default.aspx?ContentID=503875&GroupID=503863&CategoryID=0&CollectionId=0</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrOBKlGl7nhWOrrAcz_5tCirCh_N788i9MQQCeSn9sxq0WpYwMq0GhFqZQknX03vgGP42sMMMImG4p_YDu0tOfV42-cvuvuGfkebGgzSx0pa64vc6UGKHNQV9TQ_Ib3QTSQs9MP5f_eVU/s1600/fairy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrOBKlGl7nhWOrrAcz_5tCirCh_N788i9MQQCeSn9sxq0WpYwMq0GhFqZQknX03vgGP42sMMMImG4p_YDu0tOfV42-cvuvuGfkebGgzSx0pa64vc6UGKHNQV9TQ_Ib3QTSQs9MP5f_eVU/s320/fairy.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><h3>I May Not Be A Ruralist Any More...</h3><h3> </h3></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5_747UNJGE-3cGaG768xbAZEWwzQk8oGF51SVOI_K4ALqNeR6iYHYDLEPLtJN5wGTozcGwX1OV1lxK3VVrk6-1wFJ5p7jFoAINdBoJF6RZWEurDeYrz6kNjzpTRKczAWosq-md5DVIFI/s1600/Peter+Blake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5_747UNJGE-3cGaG768xbAZEWwzQk8oGF51SVOI_K4ALqNeR6iYHYDLEPLtJN5wGTozcGwX1OV1lxK3VVrk6-1wFJ5p7jFoAINdBoJF6RZWEurDeYrz6kNjzpTRKczAWosq-md5DVIFI/s320/Peter+Blake.jpg" width="282" /></a></td></tr>
<tr style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Party (Sing Song) - Peter Blake</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">The process of collaging is often used by Peter Blake as well as his painted works. Although these two pieces are different, he still plays with scale, the figure and layers referencing play.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.jealousgallery.com/artist.asp?ID=100&F=Top%20artist">http://www.jealousgallery.com/artist.asp?ID=100&F=Top%20artist</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Hernan Bas</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">'The figures in Hernan Bas's paintings are charged with potential. Captured at various <span style="color: #274e13;">thresholds</span> - between youth and adulthood, innocence and experience, <span style="color: purple;">public and private realms</span> - and situated within a shifting terrain of interior and exterior spaces that bring to mind poles of intellect and physicality, the <span style="color: #274e13;">androgynous</span> boys in these paintings engage in rituals of courtship, love and death that seem to be based on a<span style="color: #274e13;"> theatrical exaggeration</span> of emotion.'</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/_3/">http://www.victoria-miro.com/artists/_3/ </a></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jog6MzcTu2967bD38Ha6CGjhIFCtq2JF0XxuFrhVLNNB4xISIVkstNOZKy9AKP5DP7W1Oq1Jtqnc07vZxntAnY_LqxuiupwzT-24-4lQkGobZGjAVwqznBEyRG1Qhrs_clWoZEQBXhQ2/s1600/red+herring+hernan+bas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jog6MzcTu2967bD38Ha6CGjhIFCtq2JF0XxuFrhVLNNB4xISIVkstNOZKy9AKP5DP7W1Oq1Jtqnc07vZxntAnY_LqxuiupwzT-24-4lQkGobZGjAVwqznBEyRG1Qhrs_clWoZEQBXhQ2/s400/red+herring+hernan+bas.jpg" width="303" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Red Herring - Hernan Bas</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">'Though recently transplanted to Detroit, Michigan, Hernan Bas is still considered one of South Florida's most celebrated artists and one of its most prolific-turning out <span style="color: #274e13;">many-layered compositions</span> depicting naturalist themes, compelling subjects, and symbolism that is both manifest and <span style="color: #274e13;">mysterious</span>. References to the Romantic poets, the American transcendentalists and <span style="color: #274e13;">mythology</span> appear prominently in his work. His signature inspired landscapes reveal an abiding love for, and faith in the <span style="color: #274e13;">transformative powers of nature</span>. But, Bas's landscapes are <span style="color: #274e13;">as concealing as they are revealing.'</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://snitzer.com/past/forest/index.html">http://snitzer.com/past/forest/index.html</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Conceal and reveal...mythology, stories, engaing due to context and layering. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uk8JEd_jO-NLwQ8wPFuki8e-v5tlN6JQEiJVz-TMiRqGMptfCfxbnWM-As7-dpKg1cq3IrbU8cz46lDSdONm1fXiY49SlD_e_j2CyVCvCSPP4U2zb4uY79c7GsFu6-ez2K9qI0kgop8u/s1600/bas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6uk8JEd_jO-NLwQ8wPFuki8e-v5tlN6JQEiJVz-TMiRqGMptfCfxbnWM-As7-dpKg1cq3IrbU8cz46lDSdONm1fXiY49SlD_e_j2CyVCvCSPP4U2zb4uY79c7GsFu6-ez2K9qI0kgop8u/s640/bas.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Forest for the Trees - Hernan Bas</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Tim Maguire</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.tim-maguire.com/index.html">http://www.tim-maguire.com/index.html </a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;">Stunning plant paintings. Definitely not bad. Digital photographs are used for painting stimuli, introducing an element of trickery as the quality of the paintings is saturated and photographic.<br />
<br />
Reflection<br />
<br />
Clearly there is something about the outside environment which interests me. This is a suprise as I have always referenced wallpaper, but only the kind which twists and turns and drags you in. The opportunity for playfulness and hiding are clear. Previously this is something which I have explored through mask and costume. Perhaps I need to try to be more playful with the media and layer up to hide and reveal figures. Referencing literature and myths is an increasing interest, although I must be careful not to do this in a literal way, but more through subverting or suggesting an idea. Animals as symbols, or referencing stories. Scale, again linking to hiding, shrinking or growing, adding to ambiguity. Also the idea of a parallel world, parallel or double persona and androgeny, looking at a hidden lifestyle or fantasy. This is proving to be really hard for me. I am going to attempt to write a brief or statement of intent for my practise and come back to it.<br />
<br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-12056613924619401092011-08-04T12:39:00.000-07:002011-08-04T12:39:01.606-07:00Magic<a href="http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/">http://www.timwalkerphotography.com/</a><br />
<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Scale play by making objects massive turns relatively normal scenes on their heads, the dress/lamp tree with illuminated frocks suspended from its branches. Misplaced objects (motorbike in a ballroom) and objects selected to convey meaning - a characteristic, interest or job link. Elaborate interiors with Cinderella-esque figures. Many animals, particularly birds - swans and rabbits for Alice. Frames, gardens, trees and tents creating a jungle with hideaway places. I aspire to achieve this in my work but combine the right elements. Even in his portraits there is a prop and costume element. Also there is an ambiguous narrative which allows interpretation. Walker creates scrapbooks with all the elements of his eventual images, he then extracts key symbols, for example the giant butterflies. I am a collector of images but I never seek to collate them in this way, it seems like a good way of instinctively grouping objects, similar to when I created the mapping collage pieces. This was a labour intensive process but made good use of the masses of pictures I had already accumulated. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7INyH47G3bJIoGSlwkG63LvL9tnQmuPewcPROWuZitIrwXH58Bh0fyKdVigDMf4qDXW5cYsF1CoTxZY9NZRJQv-ZmlMBqqmN2aICjcODikaNbUCH4BPgVPHN0TF-FXqbl65x7kreeJFA/s1600/flower+fuse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7INyH47G3bJIoGSlwkG63LvL9tnQmuPewcPROWuZitIrwXH58Bh0fyKdVigDMf4qDXW5cYsF1CoTxZY9NZRJQv-ZmlMBqqmN2aICjcODikaNbUCH4BPgVPHN0TF-FXqbl65x7kreeJFA/s320/flower+fuse.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sP2odL6UJQKKW5AvkTznSByXMfRggCoCt-55O80RH-ujjyL5IMXUCkkrBTTBiPkPfuo3q2jsaU_ZhDft2eHCBpttBr7N8O_N3omZAVjNJ5eE6gOt-_SR9yUQHBErIeHslEtRoe4JN-H0/s1600/lily+cole+giant+fish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sP2odL6UJQKKW5AvkTznSByXMfRggCoCt-55O80RH-ujjyL5IMXUCkkrBTTBiPkPfuo3q2jsaU_ZhDft2eHCBpttBr7N8O_N3omZAVjNJ5eE6gOt-_SR9yUQHBErIeHslEtRoe4JN-H0/s320/lily+cole+giant+fish.jpg" width="320" /></a><iframe frameborder="0" height="262" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25040776?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe><br />
<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/25040776">Untitled</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6440105">Tim Walker</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.keiraknightley.com/media/thumbnails.php?album=177">http://www.keiraknightley.com/media/thumbnails.php?album=177</a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nTrHufIZBAiBRTujTKdlea-lkmLqEHcobC8hRv2r6Z8rvwh25XGrYik2dgGzn7EU3X3KGAuKgWXqGdNWshpdo1dzvPX9Trqc4rxd1PKaf7nMW33A1sWceQ8eS8v5AP2cfjAko38PxO6T/s1600/vogue7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-nTrHufIZBAiBRTujTKdlea-lkmLqEHcobC8hRv2r6Z8rvwh25XGrYik2dgGzn7EU3X3KGAuKgWXqGdNWshpdo1dzvPX9Trqc4rxd1PKaf7nMW33A1sWceQ8eS8v5AP2cfjAko38PxO6T/s400/vogue7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvdYuis19G8Ew2bjwR0YwSGmxmXsuOsVaD5SevZNo3oNZ93H5BtzKssm975K4cvbYnvq6BYR69fGstVR38XFj_9Y2bwq-3M2wHp4nFoNM_XyD_1_xTMxGqzMEK1uLimOw3Fu0331BEwhq/s1600/normal_004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: purple; float: left; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvdYuis19G8Ew2bjwR0YwSGmxmXsuOsVaD5SevZNo3oNZ93H5BtzKssm975K4cvbYnvq6BYR69fGstVR38XFj_9Y2bwq-3M2wHp4nFoNM_XyD_1_xTMxGqzMEK1uLimOw3Fu0331BEwhq/s400/normal_004.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Annie Leibovitz' Vogue photoshoots with Kiera Knightley and Kirsten Dunst explore the same sense of magic and romance. In the Marie Antoinette series, she photographs within an ornate, but deserted palace as fits the story; the costume compliments her wealth. Her photographs are more literal in their story telling but still interpret familiar scenes, like Paula Rego. I particularly like that Leibovitz has a fashion collection and a personal collection of photographs, one layered with symbols and meaning, the other pure and simple, and largely in black and white</span>.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><a href="http://www.davidlongshaw.co.uk/id7.html">http://www.davidlongshaw.co.uk/id7.html</a><br />
<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Found Longshaw's illustration dresses - not so relevant but like the idea of the drawing becoming the clothing. </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoCRo65FYoy4-qNSjCDw-HIAL3Srz9L9oYj3yTZ14jkOgeLYL66AZND8qmM4tLyfnc2ZbQaHipVuLKmvwenuVUY5kITqzZnhvMxsthS5brzthtnFDbhc-GkpO0y0L2FPP6A5ZNGrAoeP-/s1600/David+Longshaw+for+Fashion156.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoCRo65FYoy4-qNSjCDw-HIAL3Srz9L9oYj3yTZ14jkOgeLYL66AZND8qmM4tLyfnc2ZbQaHipVuLKmvwenuVUY5kITqzZnhvMxsthS5brzthtnFDbhc-GkpO0y0L2FPP6A5ZNGrAoeP-/s200/David+Longshaw+for+Fashion156.com.jpg" width="145" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxNBvCSOtvG-pGLPoF8Shzi3ppNN6_CEcpeoSANUmOs86MOBmsOBvGFhArj0aOe3AOTQVLZ2l1LNM9zzP0wkwGUfslvjqk9zu8NNhPiGb_Zn00VzpOc0eMFnhR_xotlg16y2gRmvR_qB_/s1600/David-Longshaw-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxNBvCSOtvG-pGLPoF8Shzi3ppNN6_CEcpeoSANUmOs86MOBmsOBvGFhArj0aOe3AOTQVLZ2l1LNM9zzP0wkwGUfslvjqk9zu8NNhPiGb_Zn00VzpOc0eMFnhR_xotlg16y2gRmvR_qB_/s400/David-Longshaw-1-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.mervynpeake.org/">http://www.mervynpeake.org/ </a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As suggested by E. I have looked at Mervyn Peake - this is in reference to my flowl sculpture on the oca ma blog. It quite reminds me of Edward Gorey's work, dark and scratchy. And of course the twisted illustrations for Alice in Wonderland play with scale and animals and fantasy. I plan to read Gormenghast to gain a better understanding of his genre of work.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From this research I intend to begin creating a scrapbook of images to collate scenes and storie</span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">s. Hopefully this will enable me to structure a painting from different elements in an instinctive way. I will also revisit use of symbols. This is a direction which I had subconsciously avoided but it is reoccurring so needs more time devoted to it. Playing with scale is very fantasy based and will be challenge to achieve the right balance but through working on a smaller scale and with composite collage I will attempt to place objects together. Walker's work is very composed and again this is a trickery which I enjoy as it facilitates ambiguity. I need to look at some literary (but not obvious) references to support my ideas. Having just read a damning review of the BP portrait award (too much of the same, copies from photos...) I am brought back to the problem of constructing an image. Usually I find an image I like and add background and objects afterwards. I need to construct and create to create context rather than transplanting my character into a void. Even if they are no longer in their original context, they must have a environment to exist in. This could be real or imaginary or a combination of both, although I still wish to work observationally in one sense, then free the paint so that I don't attempt to imitate a photograph, or life as it is. There is a neccessity to create narrative to engage my viewer and allow them to project themselves and their experience onto the scene.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-87361398077990403752011-07-31T12:49:00.000-07:002011-07-31T12:49:15.972-07:00Cy Twombly - Bad Painting<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The subject of Bad painting seems to come up again and again in my tutorials with E. This is something I have never been challenged with before. In fact the idea that some of my painting is 'bad' (a-levelesque) I find particularly abhorrent (being a teacher of A Level), and the suggestion that I would deliberately make marks on my paintings which fall into the 'Bad' catagory is well outside my comfort zone. However, Cy Twombly is one of the artists who has been raised and although I wouldn't describe myself as a fan, I am intrigued by his dribbling and scribbling. I have always thought of his style as drawing with paint, letting it spill over the canvas, layering and hiding and scratching into the surface.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was suprised to find that he has created a series of 'flower' paintings like 'Untitled' (Peony Blossom Painting) (2007) which reflects the marks that I sometimes make in the background of my own work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrmdTOD5s20HMwD-ykZsfD0hBXSiZCHn6Mnq-N8REehpjcmjRb1eDfKLruZTjqm7A8D7oryCPDd0_mf1eBsgwDJR7tqF5AchQOk1jhdsnfIZVMOEbNyyz4rbz64bjgqTPnSequLcuNsze/s1600/peony+blossom+painting+2007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrmdTOD5s20HMwD-ykZsfD0hBXSiZCHn6Mnq-N8REehpjcmjRb1eDfKLruZTjqm7A8D7oryCPDd0_mf1eBsgwDJR7tqF5AchQOk1jhdsnfIZVMOEbNyyz4rbz64bjgqTPnSequLcuNsze/s640/peony+blossom+painting+2007.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWss4BZspwvyIWJ5ogoJUrEyjIg56nlCHNe1jeotyZ8QqRvqxVs3yONBIFirO3rN_C4hyq9YIwU4Q_9T1sfMJ5rYjoctO5y_SRSJ2xABkt2BTZfEIwxgs3ZhLhyphenhyphenuakDPhgL2q2kJto2cc/s1600/IMG_7114+crop.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpWss4BZspwvyIWJ5ogoJUrEyjIg56nlCHNe1jeotyZ8QqRvqxVs3yONBIFirO3rN_C4hyq9YIwU4Q_9T1sfMJ5rYjoctO5y_SRSJ2xABkt2BTZfEIwxgs3ZhLhyphenhyphenuakDPhgL2q2kJto2cc/s400/IMG_7114+crop.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdNSx7cVBZotT5jkQGLa52Kd4l4SkBThipK4A3qXm9bKrsnXd7nua3q2hzaPyzP_XKPTyWH4oRbGufoxJpwVsWwzt4L8Kve61ISymu45a7Eb1UnzUVAb6X7QW85D446gaycj3etamuyMX/s1600/IMG_7465+crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdNSx7cVBZotT5jkQGLa52Kd4l4SkBThipK4A3qXm9bKrsnXd7nua3q2hzaPyzP_XKPTyWH4oRbGufoxJpwVsWwzt4L8Kve61ISymu45a7Eb1UnzUVAb6X7QW85D446gaycj3etamuyMX/s400/IMG_7465+crop.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8577329@N07/4225567993/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8577329@N07/4225567993/</a><br />
<br />
I find the scale of his work is also quite impacting (see Flickr link). Much bigger than I would have expected for his flower forms. They are far from descreet and the bold marks and dribbles seen close up must appear quite tactile.<br />
<br />
Reflection<br />
<br />
There are more connections with Twombly's work than I initially thought. The only work I have seen is the work around seasons which incorporates text which I tend to steer well clear of; it sounds silly but I've never really looked at the markmaking in relation to my own work. Not sure how comfortable I would be currently with using this type of painting on such a grand scale, as I like to mix the surface and marks I use. Maybe this is something for my works on paper which I have yet to explore. I wouldn't want to be labelled as a bad painter, but using Bad painting appeals in a slightly subversive way.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-42368312774366373272011-07-30T13:30:00.000-07:002011-07-30T13:30:51.329-07:00Double Portrait Research<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5sFyaW8p4ShNG8AR-upByFup28vjgM2EsTChbPr9e6iRCBThFJ3IUO1eU9W4iKdQN9GMGbZRn7LRYaGbpYyGmjdSJVIu-b39WieqJ76B1R6hiklfmk1MJqO0gCRkXKrJbY136_U0M84B/s1600/Laura+Knight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5sFyaW8p4ShNG8AR-upByFup28vjgM2EsTChbPr9e6iRCBThFJ3IUO1eU9W4iKdQN9GMGbZRn7LRYaGbpYyGmjdSJVIu-b39WieqJ76B1R6hiklfmk1MJqO0gCRkXKrJbY136_U0M84B/s400/Laura+Knight.jpg" width="237" /></a>Post tutorial with Angela, I have begin to investigate double portraits. Yesterday I visited the BP Portrait Award and Glamour of the Gods at the National Portrait Gallery. I always go to the BP - it seems a good (and free) opportunity to see a range of painted works in the portrait genre. There seem to be some artists who exhibit again and again - 55 works selected from over 2000 entries - I'm not sure if this a vast number of applications or not. The work this year tended to be quite tight, not many gestural pieces and some quite illustrative. I also looked around the permanent collection is search of double portraits which were few and far between...expecting to find more, I then looked at the online catalogue and found lots, predominantly photographs. Also found out that you can print in black and white for free(!) so came home with quite a selection. There seem to be particular circumstances when the double portrait is used (from my survey of npg - this is by no means an exhaustive list); royal and political portraits; creative pairings e.g. French and Saunders; curiosities, twins and performers (acrobats and dancers); family pairs, mother and child, husband and wife, siblings and double sketches depicting one sitter from two angles. There was less of the mirror than I expected, although I found a great image by Laura Knight in the shop, 'A Dressing Room at Drury Lane' (1952) - love the double mirror and girl meeting the viewer's gaze while the other dancer seems absorbed with her own reflection. </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcPgKJ7RjiFRuViLpFZVS1aq9Z5inpnSdFCUFi9MrdKeonC4042eAXO2iZXs1njjC_DvvmnmqQhmWu3y2P16ZIaAjKJ-8mKvH_VXeYOzrMjZH-IioBZkm5Q5QBNuR2qQk4oFfR8dA_6vm/s1600/WALL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigcPgKJ7RjiFRuViLpFZVS1aq9Z5inpnSdFCUFi9MrdKeonC4042eAXO2iZXs1njjC_DvvmnmqQhmWu3y2P16ZIaAjKJ-8mKvH_VXeYOzrMjZH-IioBZkm5Q5QBNuR2qQk4oFfR8dA_6vm/s640/WALL.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have begun to make a double portrait research wall in my studio with prints and postcards. Must also say that David Hockney is unavoidably part of my investigation - his double portraits use scenarios and status to create intriguing social and domestic commentaries. I have grouped my research so far into loose collections; boys - the princes in the tower, elizabeth peyton, gilbert and george; performers; girls - alice neel, claude cahun, nicky hoberman's playmates, twin-like, diane arbus and domestic - love, mother and child, friends.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Already I can see an area of particular interest emerging from this initial research. Although I will look further into family ties, it is the sense of reflection which hold my attention; either through similarities in appearance, twins etc or through a physical reflection in a glass. The inclusion of mirrors as props makes the gaze rebound between viewer and subject, and makes the subject seem stronger as they appear in multiple. Mirroring of body language and costume may also be an area which will link well with this line of enquiry. This also made me think of Roni Horn's second apart images again - I will explore this idea through continuous shoot photography and working on pairs of canvases to try and understand more about the process of constructing a double image. </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-15445463574704785852011-07-27T14:55:00.000-07:002011-07-28T12:21:04.707-07:00Double Portraits Investigation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOVjdFZfek4aURncKPHoDBhyphenhyphenb5QXA3vFeYgo9oU73c2nVegmz0XGZtkjsrjp2yA2KI9Ck3AF8eu8lXOqjKeRi5Hx6ma2TLmlspG3W2bnUckuEIPKBn2K-Zh9-fRNOlbGO0JNnZPSaPEM0/s1600/IMG_7461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOVjdFZfek4aURncKPHoDBhyphenhyphenb5QXA3vFeYgo9oU73c2nVegmz0XGZtkjsrjp2yA2KI9Ck3AF8eu8lXOqjKeRi5Hx6ma2TLmlspG3W2bnUckuEIPKBn2K-Zh9-fRNOlbGO0JNnZPSaPEM0/s640/IMG_7461.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgxCVebTwF5N8Qd_09IKkB7z_jidZR1_DP5xL50cP-GoFT05DfYCHqxOw1HRTqrjhlZeThornwTPb6Q8wEIJzmUK5cVOzaAekl1NV5kRYr-zVgSLWu_og5A9w2134HUnnHrp4iJkqg-el/s1600/IMG_7452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgxCVebTwF5N8Qd_09IKkB7z_jidZR1_DP5xL50cP-GoFT05DfYCHqxOw1HRTqrjhlZeThornwTPb6Q8wEIJzmUK5cVOzaAekl1NV5kRYr-zVgSLWu_og5A9w2134HUnnHrp4iJkqg-el/s640/IMG_7452.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Work in progress exploring dialogue between subjects. This will continue as an investigation alongside my VE essay. Both images are composite, however, the first are related and the second pair are randomly placed. I think that this is evident as they are awkwardly placed together, particularly the 'floating' girl who seems placed out of context. They are also intended to develop as a pair of paintings - both have a diagonal format which creates an arc when they are viewed next to each other. The use of birds in the background of the two boys is intended to give some context, a kind of babes in the wood scenario perhaps. It has been difficult choosing colours for the backgrounds of both as this really affects how the figures in the images look. I was pleased to see that the paintings are not as yellow as I first thought now I have taken them outside of the studio to photograph. They are both beginning to build up in different ways. The first is continuing to be layered with thin washes of oil, diluted with turps; the second has thicker paint in some areas and is more scratchy with outlines. When visitors commented on my work at Open Studios they expected the media to be watercolour not oil due to its lack of gloss. This works for me but I may consider using some sort of varnish or glaze at the end of the process to restore some of the original look of oil. I have also identified an issue with using white paint - it creates a cloudy, almost pastel look to the paint, it seems less pure. I am going to try and preserve some the white from the ground of the canvas to keep some cleaner areas.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reflection</span><br />
<br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This process is helping me to explore pairs and surfaces in multiple levels. To work simultaneously on two pairs which could link with each other is quite challenging but healthy as it shares the pressure of achieving success between the two. I intend to spend more time looking at my work outside to gain a true light perspective. This will enable me to make better judgements about colour combinations and the generally balance in the image.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-38043014209103430302011-07-17T11:12:00.000-07:002011-07-17T11:12:08.570-07:00Thoughts on Dialogue<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Have been thinking about the notion of creating dialogue in images/between images and objects.</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just wanted to record these thoughts as a pause point before I develop them...</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><ul style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li>Place two or more people in a painting to give context and/or juxtaposition.</li>
<li style="color: #274e13;">Create paintings which are then split into more than one piece and display together.</li>
<li>Create pairs of paintings - from studio chat about the problems of commissions, create two and let the patron choose which one they want. Also quite interesting to create paired works like Roni Horn's photos taken a second apart. Start from the same point and let them evolve individually.</li>
<li style="color: #274e13;">Create pairs in images which are then displayed separately - either on two separate canvases which can be hung together or recreate in a different format and place at a distance away from each other.</li>
<li>Create painting and 3D object which reponds to one of the symbols or figures in the image. Display alongside each other to create contrast between media.</li>
</ul><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lots to think about... </span><br />
<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-6220653734828392762011-06-06T12:30:00.000-07:002011-06-06T12:30:05.643-07:00Mapping the Territory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16SJ2lJwyPLHBhBtXSERB-_RIZynlY-abwk83wYZ-xbklrIUiPAbujzzf-u3OCe5VicdnWlI0YDeosedYiRJC0RAhQ37_GllxO6Slj6EwzJPFwOgCiJ2NEvDJK0u65qnY1km2-YUpDUtm/s1600/whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16SJ2lJwyPLHBhBtXSERB-_RIZynlY-abwk83wYZ-xbklrIUiPAbujzzf-u3OCe5VicdnWlI0YDeosedYiRJC0RAhQ37_GllxO6Slj6EwzJPFwOgCiJ2NEvDJK0u65qnY1km2-YUpDUtm/s640/whole.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Final composite of map. Blurb and installation shots to follow. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweAuBGLSDCq02gq4lSgPVKyPJbu3HBmS_VhP4WyDy4DxWZN4Rf97d1ZV0NVF60OgGhh0P5DbYIWsDYBzwLBHTZLSxt_qNTD8mBtIDqR1MF6qoZlxOPbumHSoPjg26nsBtrbMVKmSys2dG/s1600/audience+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweAuBGLSDCq02gq4lSgPVKyPJbu3HBmS_VhP4WyDy4DxWZN4Rf97d1ZV0NVF60OgGhh0P5DbYIWsDYBzwLBHTZLSxt_qNTD8mBtIDqR1MF6qoZlxOPbumHSoPjg26nsBtrbMVKmSys2dG/s640/audience+whole.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZewy8tA0GtAcJ3EKgMneb1Pmyb6mM0UGeHif4Y6ttE-OJC_t9MIdYLJcPp9oRn35CeYyf8f_IgBXJh94QHh6ucp1EpiimWgc1id3MJSpmFG1VzpMgggL7Wm_bz0kQ2UN2kAIXfh2DoIwx/s1600/intentions+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZewy8tA0GtAcJ3EKgMneb1Pmyb6mM0UGeHif4Y6ttE-OJC_t9MIdYLJcPp9oRn35CeYyf8f_IgBXJh94QHh6ucp1EpiimWgc1id3MJSpmFG1VzpMgggL7Wm_bz0kQ2UN2kAIXfh2DoIwx/s640/intentions+whole.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Hs3_4EDbH6eRXbU-kXsnThSmhp4NzBmOZiQcy8I3MkYQnGbQP7u_jcciyRnLwWrctuoeZv9P4Yd_SbNGnllYhWCI5vqC9H02gjJcucJ0zmmDdRTUhasVH1zdZ-LWvkVreaymitM67vWG/s1600/media+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Hs3_4EDbH6eRXbU-kXsnThSmhp4NzBmOZiQcy8I3MkYQnGbQP7u_jcciyRnLwWrctuoeZv9P4Yd_SbNGnllYhWCI5vqC9H02gjJcucJ0zmmDdRTUhasVH1zdZ-LWvkVreaymitM67vWG/s640/media+whole.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZp7TtE4HDSc9uLLPtOe8OF67h4VRvmkWViMbWgXm93cfxib322ldRPpmxcYgEfcYN6yZg4JO8m7SSEhjlHQD7dY2phwnVO92UzCj1td_ed8XWVkzygZ15urPxhjexYDhTDkFTRovTKgj/s1600/studio+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZp7TtE4HDSc9uLLPtOe8OF67h4VRvmkWViMbWgXm93cfxib322ldRPpmxcYgEfcYN6yZg4JO8m7SSEhjlHQD7dY2phwnVO92UzCj1td_ed8XWVkzygZ15urPxhjexYDhTDkFTRovTKgj/s640/studio+whole.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIc8Lf3Pb4_f33Lyx_QHN0QKCSygOWAxZl-B9VjSd07mzYhVZW5oQyEUJMWuPpXZIWKH1FeZ_dT1k7lNoiHM4bfvaRSh-MChQOlNMEjHpIqGsZBSp0jekMdQA-257eU8K04IOAj5Wysdd/s1600/influences+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIc8Lf3Pb4_f33Lyx_QHN0QKCSygOWAxZl-B9VjSd07mzYhVZW5oQyEUJMWuPpXZIWKH1FeZ_dT1k7lNoiHM4bfvaRSh-MChQOlNMEjHpIqGsZBSp0jekMdQA-257eU8K04IOAj5Wysdd/s640/influences+whole.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvxTq4nG_Oq2tTPtkguHJ-AmVzbi8LRYYQ-Ug_311zb9Eq6FCNUz1tu9Ka9fhfNUs56RbnJ4B938TbC60yPZ4B8MXp4spKmT9EZwke67U0EjR4aYaQRlWbOz1uU-CINyD9X7_Y1CN3o0M/s1600/context+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvxTq4nG_Oq2tTPtkguHJ-AmVzbi8LRYYQ-Ug_311zb9Eq6FCNUz1tu9Ka9fhfNUs56RbnJ4B938TbC60yPZ4B8MXp4spKmT9EZwke67U0EjR4aYaQRlWbOz1uU-CINyD9X7_Y1CN3o0M/s640/context+whole.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3FoYvVmY8EjcjOdBHOelgr-Zit3t2kxO1Iv7mbJDSO_MJugNX8YsdcQ443jFakiwkb9sGZkqv_EGAg8mT3BZG9FHRLjTsCHzoFnqIytltp6OAz3UAUN4sYnJmUehOQAEYJKQpt0JuBTl/s1600/initiatives+whole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3FoYvVmY8EjcjOdBHOelgr-Zit3t2kxO1Iv7mbJDSO_MJugNX8YsdcQ443jFakiwkb9sGZkqv_EGAg8mT3BZG9FHRLjTsCHzoFnqIytltp6OAz3UAUN4sYnJmUehOQAEYJKQpt0JuBTl/s640/initiatives+whole.jpg" width="451" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-50931457362208511452011-06-06T12:18:00.000-07:002011-06-06T12:18:15.139-07:00Chantal Joffe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHcG723pip-nHZAMzn-g_FNCKK_oRgXo68Eq1DhxdBFTGi2uuxcEQymAoxGcSI9cUtkb4oMGRUWrSymnLxLWl4JjkvF_JFHEmcg9U-NVtP8CmwEqRijLjsXuqXXaLwe6rGdp6sZKE5xdU/s1600/joffe+notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHcG723pip-nHZAMzn-g_FNCKK_oRgXo68Eq1DhxdBFTGi2uuxcEQymAoxGcSI9cUtkb4oMGRUWrSymnLxLWl4JjkvF_JFHEmcg9U-NVtP8CmwEqRijLjsXuqXXaLwe6rGdp6sZKE5xdU/s640/joffe+notes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-56112902077070037912011-05-31T13:34:00.000-07:002011-05-31T13:34:28.190-07:00New Research Board<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFonsb1W0T3c9qM-gZxB1q7kvOuILMn_VENAxPwqhN4D_9PrKEXPykOnl33a721lGTTQxe13ZUHH9XKYQrKxm-7esWOdj8TBWoc-OpyN7NSBe2234cu7Ii2gdyZY9HBCMm1EOqVxb21DI/s1600/IMAG0086.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsFonsb1W0T3c9qM-gZxB1q7kvOuILMn_VENAxPwqhN4D_9PrKEXPykOnl33a721lGTTQxe13ZUHH9XKYQrKxm-7esWOdj8TBWoc-OpyN7NSBe2234cu7Ii2gdyZY9HBCMm1EOqVxb21DI/s640/IMAG0086.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-45079067380937368342011-05-23T10:07:00.000-07:002011-05-23T10:07:30.772-07:00Mapping the Territory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm really glad I started this one early so I could work on it over a longer period of time. I think working in a school has given me an aversion to the concept of 'mindmaps' so picking a media was comfortable with was essential. Not really a painting task, have chosen constructed collage with writing. It will be a series of pieces because I felt I needed some structure to order my ideas. The nature of the piece reflects my practice; it is a composite, constructed from different ideas. It has an aesthetic quality but still allows for freedom within each frame. It is handmade over a long period of time. The studio is at the centre of my thoughts as it is in my day to day practice. There are seven pieces; from left to right...Audience, Artist Intentions, Materials and Processes, Studio, Influences, Context and Initiatives. I'm finding it challenging, having to delve into what is most important in my practice and expose the process. Have sort of documented the process but not keen on revealing each piece as a whole so have posted some edited highlights to create a sense of what I am doing. My intention is to complete and display these pieces in time for Bucks Open Studios - as visitors will be coming to see a working studio, this seems an opportune time to reveal more about my process and thinking.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6B8MbEH-Mr5npMlEfkv2jqNA4FyYgIhVKD2JspVq3f7cBG4DkTkdMUHOT0_JE7x5-nKMHFqKt7I7o8RjXLmSBysnfIlflyJCNZYt3dSqfgH8QWm-QwxUvckhF3JgTGj8K1zHgJYVIftx/s1600/audience.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6B8MbEH-Mr5npMlEfkv2jqNA4FyYgIhVKD2JspVq3f7cBG4DkTkdMUHOT0_JE7x5-nKMHFqKt7I7o8RjXLmSBysnfIlflyJCNZYt3dSqfgH8QWm-QwxUvckhF3JgTGj8K1zHgJYVIftx/s400/audience.jpg" width="346" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Detail from Audience</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovplnFAKkKt1647K32jUDoDdSBwhit537sgf6BU5XwZ3DkDQIEoYxE0V6v0fGxwjLYR8UIa5bU3lJM82cAzWHjqdst7KzegRhmAZ_EOo2pHXMRSITzSRvziTkgFeuSwG-jtRCJRE__fs3/s1600/studio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovplnFAKkKt1647K32jUDoDdSBwhit537sgf6BU5XwZ3DkDQIEoYxE0V6v0fGxwjLYR8UIa5bU3lJM82cAzWHjqdst7KzegRhmAZ_EOo2pHXMRSITzSRvziTkgFeuSwG-jtRCJRE__fs3/s400/studio.jpg" width="280" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Detail from Studio</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx0Oa9qmd2zqLEEVCVC_9c0GofK5AoLxpQnAHapKfC_mM26dd9oV7Eg6BzQ15RaRyYLx1mPwJpXnf3SuC4me-HUx-PmslcYX8WRtYNYSz-UPq4htw9bedp-5xRT6v-B8srITs_0rexna1/s1600/influences.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx0Oa9qmd2zqLEEVCVC_9c0GofK5AoLxpQnAHapKfC_mM26dd9oV7Eg6BzQ15RaRyYLx1mPwJpXnf3SuC4me-HUx-PmslcYX8WRtYNYSz-UPq4htw9bedp-5xRT6v-B8srITs_0rexna1/s400/influences.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Detail from Influences</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjH9EJ2kCq_TVcc_fvEdnN1IvbeiVns_m4sVF30Rerhx7hyphenhyphenmMqleORlx2zOY2_7liMO92I6VgWqED_9zHdfTwim9AV6cXtCL4o3NCEXenqVfR8AsDXp8m4YSsOeVuCXqHxKJSEgP3BohF/s1600/intentions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjH9EJ2kCq_TVcc_fvEdnN1IvbeiVns_m4sVF30Rerhx7hyphenhyphenmMqleORlx2zOY2_7liMO92I6VgWqED_9zHdfTwim9AV6cXtCL4o3NCEXenqVfR8AsDXp8m4YSsOeVuCXqHxKJSEgP3BohF/s400/intentions.jpg" width="285" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Detail from Intentions</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTi9CYTfp_NxwefDXBQDBIu4HJRebbkOwUN87BcnWLKrvR11BluLG8DRDDMhUwd_W4RTv0qkS7YVuEIQANgAqjXiYS08Tf-sHHjpUgOfyj7EsxRBLPutX_44L8kF0fA9CdS_s8VAGf8e6k/s1600/media.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTi9CYTfp_NxwefDXBQDBIu4HJRebbkOwUN87BcnWLKrvR11BluLG8DRDDMhUwd_W4RTv0qkS7YVuEIQANgAqjXiYS08Tf-sHHjpUgOfyj7EsxRBLPutX_44L8kF0fA9CdS_s8VAGf8e6k/s400/media.jpg" width="330" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Detail from Materials & Processes</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik6B8MbEH-Mr5npMlEfkv2jqNA4FyYgIhVKD2JspVq3f7cBG4DkTkdMUHOT0_JE7x5-nKMHFqKt7I7o8RjXLmSBysnfIlflyJCNZYt3dSqfgH8QWm-QwxUvckhF3JgTGj8K1zHgJYVIftx/s1600/audience.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOYrdyeU9gpb-Uxn0mDF2jA7hMnnbKpWygSbIgxgVbBqOD2prsWKvMW2JUHaMvZuA2IeMSpJDlkZFfVMdVGyUUI79Cmiv0mZIMXyfJov2ZTOOF0TG6aAJcjuXI8aklrhDn7sUIw9uJNYE/s1600/initiatives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOYrdyeU9gpb-Uxn0mDF2jA7hMnnbKpWygSbIgxgVbBqOD2prsWKvMW2JUHaMvZuA2IeMSpJDlkZFfVMdVGyUUI79Cmiv0mZIMXyfJov2ZTOOF0TG6aAJcjuXI8aklrhDn7sUIw9uJNYE/s400/initiatives.jpg" width="391" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Detail from Initiatives</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6UBOcrTQ8QqkcoH91n6YwEgz7U11vfYxfYwoX-OFnPrSXD39Lil2r6mrpHRh_2rDFDE1gGJdvDuhfcpGahXwRIMaYxOhQ51M6ZObH66qU_1oYJ5QPY6PZYnQznoVJW41bXaCJVbZx2ii/s1600/context.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix6UBOcrTQ8QqkcoH91n6YwEgz7U11vfYxfYwoX-OFnPrSXD39Lil2r6mrpHRh_2rDFDE1gGJdvDuhfcpGahXwRIMaYxOhQ51M6ZObH66qU_1oYJ5QPY6PZYnQznoVJW41bXaCJVbZx2ii/s400/context.jpg" width="345" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">Detail from Context</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-50132763118763924212011-04-29T07:12:00.000-07:002011-04-29T11:28:27.721-07:00Fracture, Form & Frame<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to start the FFF studio task by 'fracturing' a range of images from different sources. Art postcards from my collection, found images from magazines, postcards from my recent visits to the National & Portrait Galleries. By cutting and rearranging the images, I was hoping to explore compositional ideas and create juxtapositions, perhaps building on my brainstorm of how to show concepts through images, by 'forming' them into a whole image.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6LFFwoD5qb53Oiw0QvVz84hN598t0zNgZRsax974w-ClN4fF7jdRoVdYR4Uqz2r2xa5FDSyEiL7DZUAhQzR9dv7W6wCQD9CIIOup66VhNQpG8tnpyPlnnOlOeT1XSKU2oR_q2BKuynNi/s1600/Collage+Blue+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6LFFwoD5qb53Oiw0QvVz84hN598t0zNgZRsax974w-ClN4fF7jdRoVdYR4Uqz2r2xa5FDSyEiL7DZUAhQzR9dv7W6wCQD9CIIOup66VhNQpG8tnpyPlnnOlOeT1XSKU2oR_q2BKuynNi/s400/Collage+Blue+1.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Collage 1: Enjoyed the overall blue appearance of this collage. I brought together the two nude images because of their similar positioning, the hand placed over the breast, the glance cast away from the viewer. The idea of the sky being held up and a series of figures floating away with umbrellas, I felt contributed to the bizarre element to this scene. The depth is something I need to explore, as well as the use of the whole figure.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i4axmwVl84YVbyVVae8wixO55FQSHtLZBshpbSJ7W5Ig9GRUNyf0RRde_kKsV7Sik5Z2Z2ZUIXajQfawuxOUy1DHSy2h63tgpTJaLvoLcTD7jvcGrCHa-nc02mADE-YotBosXeW-MrIM/s1600/Collage+Blue+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0i4axmwVl84YVbyVVae8wixO55FQSHtLZBshpbSJ7W5Ig9GRUNyf0RRde_kKsV7Sik5Z2Z2ZUIXajQfawuxOUy1DHSy2h63tgpTJaLvoLcTD7jvcGrCHa-nc02mADE-YotBosXeW-MrIM/s400/Collage+Blue+2.jpg" width="357" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Collage 2: Again, the blue and red colour palette comes through. It just seemed to make sense to pair Sam Taylor-Wood with the other two figures as her jaunty stance seemed to mirror theirs. I also like the way her hare perhaps references the kill you might find in a Tudor kitchen, although those would be likely to hang upside down.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4qIAGHWjiMonmDY6xhz06tsjB1tPbB4oW6JAHJKvVCF_f0cqenoHmt9w3D9m3wUusxrB8yccak_ifI9Ie9F-N1N_MWuvdj8Nq4WFPb39hyphenhyphenfBsQM7pRoMkycPzOwdtCkFNpJudC1iTwoj/s1600/Collage+Large+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4qIAGHWjiMonmDY6xhz06tsjB1tPbB4oW6JAHJKvVCF_f0cqenoHmt9w3D9m3wUusxrB8yccak_ifI9Ie9F-N1N_MWuvdj8Nq4WFPb39hyphenhyphenfBsQM7pRoMkycPzOwdtCkFNpJudC1iTwoj/s400/Collage+Large+1.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Collage 3: More muted colours in this, the simplicity works for me. The two figures both invite the gaze of the viewer, although the girl in the foreground seems to me more formal, whereas the girl behind could perhaps be playful or hidden in someway. I included a dark voyeur in the background to create a sense of unease.</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXnqcQO7CG5aQqoi32ChqELs26Y_XlXPb0lcoraI8YBnRp5vtMXpwY_LxzsZKOfPDh_DkmQgWfN-2JZnM8zjd0mALRCXyN1K_JtLPN08FtoLM_egBYQhXlvzRyLCwSKKpEebeg66q1qH6/s1600/Collage+Large+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXnqcQO7CG5aQqoi32ChqELs26Y_XlXPb0lcoraI8YBnRp5vtMXpwY_LxzsZKOfPDh_DkmQgWfN-2JZnM8zjd0mALRCXyN1K_JtLPN08FtoLM_egBYQhXlvzRyLCwSKKpEebeg66q1qH6/s400/Collage+Large+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Collage 4: Overall colour in yellow tones seems slightly sickly to me. The use of the curtain in key in this collage, screening another world, creating a facade, suggesting an enhanced sense of looking in.</span></span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl7TgI1604g7zWqBPbDcbxTUTjzBvwH40oBn_dH6npOpV4r1-Fs1pZL52sa_v-TDY8Pb-0Ck9884P8EDDzNeUIO9jdSZDsUnqecCoIR0RQj1jyMcnMlS_sJMy4DyPhUGNF2TRNTvBtru4/s1600/Collage+Large+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl7TgI1604g7zWqBPbDcbxTUTjzBvwH40oBn_dH6npOpV4r1-Fs1pZL52sa_v-TDY8Pb-0Ck9884P8EDDzNeUIO9jdSZDsUnqecCoIR0RQj1jyMcnMlS_sJMy4DyPhUGNF2TRNTvBtru4/s400/Collage+Large+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Collage 5: Used the curtain again here but not as a screen. Here I was playing with the idea of scale, the dwarfed children and the imposing adult figures reminded me of Gulliver's Travels. I dislike the overall colour of this, mainly because the left section is made up of an advertising image which appeared bleached and lacked the rich colour of the Hogarth.</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_13z6khQZe9xvIUqe5wXkLws6SmK_HeVMJAmMN2691u31e39DXYCPPfgTCQHANWQUeCcpNn5ivTlvpGa_PBDfrZ816oUS1O5QsfbLtOOR02-pFyw4Z27rWXDhVrbzH19S1Q2gB-UJ9R2/s1600/Collage+Large+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_13z6khQZe9xvIUqe5wXkLws6SmK_HeVMJAmMN2691u31e39DXYCPPfgTCQHANWQUeCcpNn5ivTlvpGa_PBDfrZ816oUS1O5QsfbLtOOR02-pFyw4Z27rWXDhVrbzH19S1Q2gB-UJ9R2/s400/Collage+Large+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Collage 6: Perhaps the most playful, although I'm not sure that this works well with the out sized figure in the background. I love the camp in this image, the cheeky nipple tweak and the gender bending king and queen cups. Again I have included a voyeur tucked behind the figures.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqBS4buhEfYtD0N966GrlP8R5-JzvUKeDr8La_-DyztLBzvpxKclYfu9PAWJFBuX2FO7QDnNLjPOiHlvrj7KQ65s5k9fvdg3pAgwqivIelnFfJW7IuPiRLnKaSCfTBH7YQIQ4Xic_uBvS/s1600/Collage+Red+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqBS4buhEfYtD0N966GrlP8R5-JzvUKeDr8La_-DyztLBzvpxKclYfu9PAWJFBuX2FO7QDnNLjPOiHlvrj7KQ65s5k9fvdg3pAgwqivIelnFfJW7IuPiRLnKaSCfTBH7YQIQ4Xic_uBvS/s400/Collage+Red+1.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Collage 7: Here I was experimenting with the layering of self reflection. The two nudes both look away but the mirror reflection looks back at the two viewers, us and the woman in the foreground. The fact that one of the original images was a self portrait, I feel creates another layer to the image. The overall red of the image and quantity of flesh seems to work compositionally, and I made a conscious decision not to keep the images within a structured form, instead leaving the awkward angles to create space.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaoeK4ROWT6kdocEA8WhRoppjAujxfGDV-vuEXOuVpDekakX0uNtazp9iN1rUUEOWFYIq8AkFUFUVxoAdF5STOzp7wBo8aOSu0V5OJs8NYSfEFeVvqESPpL0cyeLFXPxdVdTdLEjGriHg/s1600/Collage+Red+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaoeK4ROWT6kdocEA8WhRoppjAujxfGDV-vuEXOuVpDekakX0uNtazp9iN1rUUEOWFYIq8AkFUFUVxoAdF5STOzp7wBo8aOSu0V5OJs8NYSfEFeVvqESPpL0cyeLFXPxdVdTdLEjGriHg/s400/Collage+Red+2.jpg" width="367" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Collage 8: Another red image, Richter's painting (which I also used in the 'Take 2' task) glancing round towards Botticelli's Venus, although neither seem to make eye contact. I like the simplicity of this composite, it also reminds me of Nicky Hoberman's 'Twist'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32mT6pIZxII_b4245zfZMvjIOKoY4rjL2ROlSOKQS8VOxqzg9YmDO2c-2TfcdrwAXDfFOwzQalNH_7gWZO-_K6TP1FLp9LwOMu4wC_32DmnV3j1ILljwtoSzv9DIddsdwoUdJVpu7Abvj/s1600/Collage+Yellow+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32mT6pIZxII_b4245zfZMvjIOKoY4rjL2ROlSOKQS8VOxqzg9YmDO2c-2TfcdrwAXDfFOwzQalNH_7gWZO-_K6TP1FLp9LwOMu4wC_32DmnV3j1ILljwtoSzv9DIddsdwoUdJVpu7Abvj/s400/Collage+Yellow+1.jpg" width="322" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Collage 9: This is a scale experiment, creating a contrast between the two yellow dresses of the women. It doesn't work in composition, but I do rather like the fabric folds.</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp27X2Jubzhnq5KYllLqhyOb_zOi3daBXWKIpdiY3CaQZOj1UehEOQZZE_OTolAY8B7geeLxIwkeFFaUGh_JKgV-0LofAyIGam9HKT_kjLlbvceTsrpqDeSxfWLkKE3s4uy0uDTtBr2CvA/s1600/Collage+Yellow+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp27X2Jubzhnq5KYllLqhyOb_zOi3daBXWKIpdiY3CaQZOj1UehEOQZZE_OTolAY8B7geeLxIwkeFFaUGh_JKgV-0LofAyIGam9HKT_kjLlbvceTsrpqDeSxfWLkKE3s4uy0uDTtBr2CvA/s400/Collage+Yellow+2.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Collage 10: Three piece collage centred around Annie Leibovitz's photograph of her daughter. This experiment was really thinking about the integration of symbols in images as well as use of background and foreground. I think the composition works well and the dark edges contrasting with the light in the baby's face work well.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">To further take these composites into my own work and interpretation, as well as fulfilling the 'framing' part of task I decided to use Photoshop to roughly put together some digital composites with found images.</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdp-MwUbZ-c49RTKq4uPL54l4ZWprvQ90zG3Ni-sbs97TqqIEjVvTN1QikCAg7CdKQo9FOEs60apZGUm7St8ysbp4LaBKqfTTcnOKdrdys6XBbYhvwMGVY4HPE8a_zd5Wih5iiTTY2opDJ/s1600/frame1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdp-MwUbZ-c49RTKq4uPL54l4ZWprvQ90zG3Ni-sbs97TqqIEjVvTN1QikCAg7CdKQo9FOEs60apZGUm7St8ysbp4LaBKqfTTcnOKdrdys6XBbYhvwMGVY4HPE8a_zd5Wih5iiTTY2opDJ/s320/frame1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> This composite references 'Collage 2' with the seated figures and the direct gaze. I love the floating jester and suspicious look of the child in the foreground.</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUm4Ud399oWCTUaLriHOpGXN_KTlx9_cJ_jyZhHRKcqCuh-yPIm1QE9JO42FF3RLwAYJqR36eqdrjLObJldY1pgcfNddto8lpo6EQu1TF64_hVii1w3m2bpJxVkzOo357RiKzQ6l6EGrYP/s1600/frame2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUm4Ud399oWCTUaLriHOpGXN_KTlx9_cJ_jyZhHRKcqCuh-yPIm1QE9JO42FF3RLwAYJqR36eqdrjLObJldY1pgcfNddto8lpo6EQu1TF64_hVii1w3m2bpJxVkzOo357RiKzQ6l6EGrYP/s400/frame2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This composite references 'Collage 4' with the use of the curtain to create a sense of looking in on a private activity, and emphasise the sense of foreground and background. The background for me doesn't work due to the severity of the green grass. If I was to take this into paint, I would probably remove the context her and just use a block colour to bring attention back to the figure.</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAZN_4Nrla2bMvuhsnX3jv4cgHPHnHw6gsIaB2ArPiq-y-dJcjQjw8GvZ-S5z10T8BaQ4if1eMsqsOfrwRIYsNiaNpBHqGq57yN-lpmz1Cway4OcVHez3W0lRBw98dQcaVw8fLloFdfNX/s1600/frame3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrAZN_4Nrla2bMvuhsnX3jv4cgHPHnHw6gsIaB2ArPiq-y-dJcjQjw8GvZ-S5z10T8BaQ4if1eMsqsOfrwRIYsNiaNpBHqGq57yN-lpmz1Cway4OcVHez3W0lRBw98dQcaVw8fLloFdfNX/s400/frame3.jpg" width="265" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This composite references 'Collage 1' simplifying the raining scene of umbrellas and adding the playful object like the sky umbrella and children's crown. The child in the foreground replacing the nude and looks directly at the viewer rather than averting our gaze.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qUh8TKnU07glulkNxPdjBlazED1UP0uNk_ucC2yhmoTmQtV8ohT0Ro7Q5rLmilDcBjOYBFwRVy6dGc3mrvVef4NUW23e4BKXyRQLsGsH7NwKxTfSB0hagY053kuLqzqOgxm6Z-bbjJG6/s1600/frame4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7qUh8TKnU07glulkNxPdjBlazED1UP0uNk_ucC2yhmoTmQtV8ohT0Ro7Q5rLmilDcBjOYBFwRVy6dGc3mrvVef4NUW23e4BKXyRQLsGsH7NwKxTfSB0hagY053kuLqzqOgxm6Z-bbjJG6/s400/frame4.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This composite references 'Collage 10', using a larger face in the frame and incorporating Damien Hirst's skull to compliment the black and white t-shirt. I would prefer if this image wasn't cropped across the top. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWZjNv1JN68WndxVRHMGKg_NDdithfqifp12TOEuNgtAQyxmrgTtyN4iYzFelAjD5Xticzs_Hpu5UNsF1HPG3QdzrxEhF3tSfJ705r28wemCF4nHLVgXkSF_Bfeha9JH2jmCG0eq1IhKw/s1600/frame5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWZjNv1JN68WndxVRHMGKg_NDdithfqifp12TOEuNgtAQyxmrgTtyN4iYzFelAjD5Xticzs_Hpu5UNsF1HPG3QdzrxEhF3tSfJ705r28wemCF4nHLVgXkSF_Bfeha9JH2jmCG0eq1IhKw/s320/frame5.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This composite references 'Collage 8' with the two figures facing but not looking at each other. I had to reuse Richter's figure as couldn't find an image with quite the same sense of turning.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a painter, I felt that I still wanted to bring paint into this task although I have learned from my first task that painting on canvas wasn't necessarily most suitable for working within the restricted time period. I have used acrylic with lots of water on paper, which is fairly new to me. The images are selected from what I consider to be the more successful composites and I feel that they get progressively better as I got used to the material. This is an approach which I will definitely use again as this framing, to create painted plans of potential canvas paintings enabled me to discover aspects which didn't work which I would have normally discovered when I began the canvas work. I am happy with the painting of the face in the first image but the position of objects doesn't work for me. The second image palette I love, and will probably take this into oil. However, the quality of the painting here is varying in quality. I feel that the most successful is the final piece, due to the simplicity of the colours and the painting of the hair. I have reduced Richter's dressing gown to red smudges and have</span><span style="font-size: small;"> heightened the blue of the eyes to create a focal point. Again this is an image that I would like to scale up on canvas. Each painting took one hour and is based on A3 paper with some tweaks.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylQp3WeZoVYayemNsImDjkOaFemODJkZLUDC0s1nuk7bYX_GVRF9V98FcXRmsoL4OD3u2spx7NYV_-xbd7IZf3cE8p1L1U6Ahp00uHXRC0Zstyb7NeVioD_aqkR54whyphenhyphen4QPZJp6VkW6Gh/s1600/IMG_7084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="603" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylQp3WeZoVYayemNsImDjkOaFemODJkZLUDC0s1nuk7bYX_GVRF9V98FcXRmsoL4OD3u2spx7NYV_-xbd7IZf3cE8p1L1U6Ahp00uHXRC0Zstyb7NeVioD_aqkR54whyphenhyphen4QPZJp6VkW6Gh/s640/IMG_7084.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Frame 1</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoEXr-a_g15bO_nhdlb7fAfC5LfclZW282Jx0o4H3_LHZAqSkbaUBaD94EmmDBcfbqhOjMLeSxnhyphenhyphenrHYJuJePqMKyoFC90mP-IuBPP7zuAxt-KkhG9s1A2CBLuCQWXzR66h9a2qRscMX0/s1600/IMG_7083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPoEXr-a_g15bO_nhdlb7fAfC5LfclZW282Jx0o4H3_LHZAqSkbaUBaD94EmmDBcfbqhOjMLeSxnhyphenhyphenrHYJuJePqMKyoFC90mP-IuBPP7zuAxt-KkhG9s1A2CBLuCQWXzR66h9a2qRscMX0/s640/IMG_7083.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Frame 2</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6sZzHGiNh0SYySbcBflIiaxlBYNcD8maC5fPPPAN52x0znc9EjRIaPaCi9BBNg_GXJnkZify__I4IQiMOqnwa2sMe84x0YC_iAbDQDBwhpVe15c60MY4ArcAfyBq3Pvx7TZl6Da_h-xn/s1600/IMG_7082.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6sZzHGiNh0SYySbcBflIiaxlBYNcD8maC5fPPPAN52x0znc9EjRIaPaCi9BBNg_GXJnkZify__I4IQiMOqnwa2sMe84x0YC_iAbDQDBwhpVe15c60MY4ArcAfyBq3Pvx7TZl6Da_h-xn/s640/IMG_7082.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Frame 3</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-75367594699836573542011-04-16T05:37:00.000-07:002011-04-16T05:37:36.092-07:00Alex Box<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/alex-box-ugly-beautiful/2009/11/02/">http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/fashion/alex-box-ugly-beautiful/2009/11/02/</a> - <span style="color: purple;">accessed 15/04/11</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFMuOYXcgZfriEZyTMqbR7tK4Igga-rkpUy8Vgt-b8lDi85Sj55PN98gnrNcBgLR9XMgBD70WWGOronbUOMip1r8AyjjP_1dG7kpW1xYWf19QRGLJUGI9fhflcRrYHgsVJ19E4Ly0x6Pv/s1600/alexboxrank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFMuOYXcgZfriEZyTMqbR7tK4Igga-rkpUy8Vgt-b8lDi85Sj55PN98gnrNcBgLR9XMgBD70WWGOronbUOMip1r8AyjjP_1dG7kpW1xYWf19QRGLJUGI9fhflcRrYHgsVJ19E4Ly0x6Pv/s1600/alexboxrank.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Looking at the play between beauty and slighly uneasy representation of the female. Box also has the carnivalesque/circus paint/wallpaper motifs running through, despite being fashion shots. Also like the fact that this 'work' is collaborative, stepping outside of the expected conventions for this genre; Box has created performance like pieces through makeup whilst Rankin has preserved the moment through photography, fashion but also capturing something transient. The models' transformations seem to bind them into a character, their beauty screened behind the facade but also creating a compelling curiosity for the viewer to return their gaze.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-36520352636720709072011-04-09T11:17:00.000-07:002011-04-09T11:44:34.513-07:00Thinking<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I loved...</span></div><ul style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">The <b><span style="color: yellow;">Yellow</span></b> Wallpaper</span></li>
<li style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i></span></li>
<li style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Magic Toyshop</b></span></li>
<li style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">The World's Wife</span></li>
<li style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Alice in Wonderland </span></b></span></li>
</ul><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I like...</span></div><ul style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Red</span> & <span style="color: blue;">Blue</span></span></b></li>
<li style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Nature</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Animals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Blue Eyes</span> </span></span></span></li>
<li style="color: #e06666; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Girls</span></b></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"> <i>Fabric</i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Props and Costumes</span></li>
<li style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Children's Beauty Pageants</span></b></li>
</ul><div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am...</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;">Sad about <b style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lisa</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">In<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"> love</span></span></b> with my studio</span></li>
<li style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Productive</span></b></li>
<li style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Short of time </span></span></b></li>
</ul><div style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;">I want to explore...</span></div><ul><li style="color: #660000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Trapping</span></b></li>
<li style="color: #d5a6bd;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Emerging</b></span></li>
<li><strike><b><span style="font-size: small;">Being restricted</span></b></strike></li>
<li style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Constructed narrative</span></b></li>
<li style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Fairytales</span></b></li>
<li><i><b><span style="font-size: small;">A sense of unease</span></b></i></li>
<li><b style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Crowding</span></b><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></i></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><br />
<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-59863433715866221132011-04-03T09:47:00.000-07:002011-04-03T09:47:24.953-07:00Like a Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyUZzF-HeqJ6Hy0_Jt6quNMUBpRkSQnOZJUZ9-c0QMIcv92x7DnlyzQioylNhOBiTvPVd6agm0aryaUDFDkhLAmQkX2jZVduOwMD7sl6vktaOUjvWvtHC_TYGzJmbn9baXF0QaNtK4n4c/s1600/IMAG0057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRyUZzF-HeqJ6Hy0_Jt6quNMUBpRkSQnOZJUZ9-c0QMIcv92x7DnlyzQioylNhOBiTvPVd6agm0aryaUDFDkhLAmQkX2jZVduOwMD7sl6vktaOUjvWvtHC_TYGzJmbn9baXF0QaNtK4n4c/s320/IMAG0057.jpg" width="191" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5RttXCqpGncLOodaNv9440D_ootEqfIO-HZlAVwCpG0ldSJ5sRuR4t9yqSkFhyphenhyphenxErytVuxpT1UA0zwkCWg6MnrYEkODimPPQmNUTgjyQRjLGeyFGSx5TGGcFgWUZibxBA6WfscY7ZRQk/s1600/IMAG0056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe5RttXCqpGncLOodaNv9440D_ootEqfIO-HZlAVwCpG0ldSJ5sRuR4t9yqSkFhyphenhyphenxErytVuxpT1UA0zwkCWg6MnrYEkODimPPQmNUTgjyQRjLGeyFGSx5TGGcFgWUZibxBA6WfscY7ZRQk/s320/IMAG0056.jpg" width="191" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxuES9W7d_Js4AGbQC1aNxvvwQqKOxxWXze366CIrl6J1-M-lOGFGQRd8b4dOwL4ipP-5sFe_6tRrx_C3xqWOva2ZF1YuoSBdMqIjQZcEEksaf7ShEvgbT4DINlnssRLB8Mlsik5o7XZf/s1600/IMAG0055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBxuES9W7d_Js4AGbQC1aNxvvwQqKOxxWXze366CIrl6J1-M-lOGFGQRd8b4dOwL4ipP-5sFe_6tRrx_C3xqWOva2ZF1YuoSBdMqIjQZcEEksaf7ShEvgbT4DINlnssRLB8Mlsik5o7XZf/s320/IMAG0055.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcBVwLdaCcejUMJPRhuEMYHxgkii7gKAl7KTz7aYg4UoddGiVcbaYqkItpixrH1b85u3gGuV1bzSNiS3q5fRTitduPNq4ASYjUkklMeefRz5977DKKiu6E5FLbWrXVfhjbjWgf3efdNMQ/s1600/IMAG0060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcBVwLdaCcejUMJPRhuEMYHxgkii7gKAl7KTz7aYg4UoddGiVcbaYqkItpixrH1b85u3gGuV1bzSNiS3q5fRTitduPNq4ASYjUkklMeefRz5977DKKiu6E5FLbWrXVfhjbjWgf3efdNMQ/s320/IMAG0060.jpg" width="191" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCixh4oH9T1AHnocKqq5-J0hRGuo3KdqXWsqKyy7e568hh0PfYV5CjXYcWgxbHaEfXYYoWLgdhJDS1Dah9GBIL8Dxvrm7PEFyo_VZgTPZWgoudV4YfTO2a8GanclDr4703T9xqG0c2wylO/s1600/IMAG0058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCixh4oH9T1AHnocKqq5-J0hRGuo3KdqXWsqKyy7e568hh0PfYV5CjXYcWgxbHaEfXYYoWLgdhJDS1Dah9GBIL8Dxvrm7PEFyo_VZgTPZWgoudV4YfTO2a8GanclDr4703T9xqG0c2wylO/s320/IMAG0058.jpg" width="191" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0Qf5dSgo-qJjQPAsf6Pvtr1nM9evMJp4YH9PulgtYXnVCv1-DhwfSBhvjE-tez_i_0Hu0HMfOQJjRPVUJpKlBfgfGh_5OKxXwW45IjrA1M42Bpu21F1r4MZogojR6pTnHaMRVq7EwYHU/s1600/IMAG0059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0Qf5dSgo-qJjQPAsf6Pvtr1nM9evMJp4YH9PulgtYXnVCv1-DhwfSBhvjE-tez_i_0Hu0HMfOQJjRPVUJpKlBfgfGh_5OKxXwW45IjrA1M42Bpu21F1r4MZogojR6pTnHaMRVq7EwYHU/s320/IMAG0059.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rF1W4mrRZ15phSJLWT_BEOkmEuqNWFwHCLLkM1dhA24ZKnd3iybHN7pEIl72rJ8AXSLACPoOI0mmnLP4VcCjS_MXwBJguQnKKVn1f3TC4PBVlKKwoxMJi3Baksnp6bqy4lVloo9pScPg/s1600/williammorris460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rF1W4mrRZ15phSJLWT_BEOkmEuqNWFwHCLLkM1dhA24ZKnd3iybHN7pEIl72rJ8AXSLACPoOI0mmnLP4VcCjS_MXwBJguQnKKVn1f3TC4PBVlKKwoxMJi3Baksnp6bqy4lVloo9pScPg/s400/williammorris460.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIC9U2LKjy41RKkrxGI52qp9j6-gpvenrU0fiHMfBpqrv3gEQYAFVIVuKMonmRXFJuVR_tHphmyu7Q95qJ5Nct8Pu3vtks4obbiXKMpWh0YpRcRg7jO_zc8rcCDPJ6PrXkgjqkPALIlNt/s1600/NPGx131994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXIC9U2LKjy41RKkrxGI52qp9j6-gpvenrU0fiHMfBpqrv3gEQYAFVIVuKMonmRXFJuVR_tHphmyu7Q95qJ5Nct8Pu3vtks4obbiXKMpWh0YpRcRg7jO_zc8rcCDPJ6PrXkgjqkPALIlNt/s400/NPGx131994.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRvuhfB8L7F2lukwuza1mVVXin-E2NRXoZWqfwvX_lPB4NwgNxpz4QYzdzCQfgqsN57FFuHQsXPGREOhmoT-RU49-sQLQvEjVTLAvCuBbediCjmLURLZGiqMS0Rk-o_3Oy6lE2bOLbsl/s1600/giraffe-woman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6hRvuhfB8L7F2lukwuza1mVVXin-E2NRXoZWqfwvX_lPB4NwgNxpz4QYzdzCQfgqsN57FFuHQsXPGREOhmoT-RU49-sQLQvEjVTLAvCuBbediCjmLURLZGiqMS0Rk-o_3Oy6lE2bOLbsl/s400/giraffe-woman.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-74110633429810996202011-03-27T08:45:00.000-07:002011-03-27T08:45:13.473-07:00Experiment<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMoFWP1P0rPr1LZ-9rVDuwXTJ1ZNZXHGZ0eYQhmNd3iFb3mGpwYRjeVJYYRBtDu8UIYBxNdAY417VM4cpiySShEQsqrxsH0SsICiTgaeRqiDYrmzljj4RaLQOYgTvrTW0zXATzB6W1Sstp/s1600/202010_10150173486557387_502482386_8915995_2136718_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMoFWP1P0rPr1LZ-9rVDuwXTJ1ZNZXHGZ0eYQhmNd3iFb3mGpwYRjeVJYYRBtDu8UIYBxNdAY417VM4cpiySShEQsqrxsH0SsICiTgaeRqiDYrmzljj4RaLQOYgTvrTW0zXATzB6W1Sstp/s640/202010_10150173486557387_502482386_8915995_2136718_o.jpg" width="380" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Little experiment with objects/background...unfinished</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-21417861884704058372011-03-25T09:12:00.000-07:002011-03-25T09:12:39.975-07:00Concepts<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Initial thoughts on how to show juxtaposition and power in paintings...</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><ul style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="font-size: small;">Colour - <b><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">sugary</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">/</span>soft against dark/<b><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">inky</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Brushstrokes - smooth/rough, bold/weak</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Reflection - multiples - mirrors/magnifying glasses/microscope/glass</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Objects - playful, <b style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">childlike</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Animal symbolism - pets, birds, free/caged</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Coloured <b style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">decandent</b>/sparse</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Swarm/plague - butterflies, birds, insects - crowded, claustrophobic</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Surface - glaze, layers, <b>thick</b>, <b style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">dense</span></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b style="color: #e06666;"><i>Expression</i></b> - smiling/<i>twisted</i>,<span style="color: black;">watchful</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Background taking over image - <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;">sucked in</span>, <b>enveloped</b>, <span style="color: red; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">alive</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i>'Like a painting'</i> image of Lily in NPG</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Birds, insects - what do they represent? flight, feathers, armour, hiding, carnival, masking</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Circus performers, <b>freak</b> shows - <i><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">grotesque curiosity</span></b></i></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Growth, bearded woman, <strike>deformity</strike>, midget, giant, <strike>siamese twins</strike>, animal man, rubber man</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Scale</span></b> - image within the painting frame</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Figures confrontational - abandonned toys or <b><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">party</span></b> <b style="color: blue;">hats</b> link with Annette Messager</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Sexual <span style="color: red;">power</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Manipulative position or expression</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Strong</b> colour</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Posture</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Viewpoint - figure looking down on or up to viewer</span></li>
</ul><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-19477831761652040712011-03-25T05:54:00.000-07:002011-03-25T05:55:31.461-07:00Primary Research<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Went back to the Museum of the History of Science last Sunday for some primary source recording. Couldn't get the glass containers I had seen out of my head. Considering integrating them in my background as symbols...</span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPe-yT5Toh9qZvWytosSmuwJcBMNIynOTOOtUMOIonlGh1s1wwwPE6dhiEYwDLjKjFbHxeXAi_cizl8vEJgZPTy0rYsS8H5kYPx4Q1X5YtI76In4COQ_Ecgif4IZk53kAHK4Ez4giKeXV/s1600/IMG_6464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPe-yT5Toh9qZvWytosSmuwJcBMNIynOTOOtUMOIonlGh1s1wwwPE6dhiEYwDLjKjFbHxeXAi_cizl8vEJgZPTy0rYsS8H5kYPx4Q1X5YtI76In4COQ_Ecgif4IZk53kAHK4Ez4giKeXV/s640/IMG_6464.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SCKQt_k7up8XQ7K2zUFh2gb8Bx7ma4RobqUitzV6pFJWwwvkc0tsFN5UDJeDoUzRh8IoHmGZJNMC4sPzZLZH6fIs6MmgDO3gglC4HZ6H9JobhmMQ7gZBtqsrondeafMXTWyEl6s6cgDH/s1600/IMG_6468.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SCKQt_k7up8XQ7K2zUFh2gb8Bx7ma4RobqUitzV6pFJWwwvkc0tsFN5UDJeDoUzRh8IoHmGZJNMC4sPzZLZH6fIs6MmgDO3gglC4HZ6H9JobhmMQ7gZBtqsrondeafMXTWyEl6s6cgDH/s640/IMG_6468.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAsZ-tSDPERZi0Y5GHewE9APN7je36IjHKScpHRI3nk_wHaPd8aJYFMoFlU2X-Tkcqw8K9JbCyDF_tBWUVOdqUWPWJYtHjdHJw73qmh-fHR4qOXvgwT5oaBPJGu8zZNokBIO01zJ4PIJB/s1600/IMG_6473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAsZ-tSDPERZi0Y5GHewE9APN7je36IjHKScpHRI3nk_wHaPd8aJYFMoFlU2X-Tkcqw8K9JbCyDF_tBWUVOdqUWPWJYtHjdHJw73qmh-fHR4qOXvgwT5oaBPJGu8zZNokBIO01zJ4PIJB/s640/IMG_6473.JPG" width="425" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7ix0k7IGdthZM5jFriKSjKtwoadRI04s_UfYZAX48BgEBsbbQ1a8gvlWsj3_BSC7IOk8SBI5qJMI5CO722EGFYscDjYmXVOIXK6BWfvIVYYUCfWb-K9iKVc0pe3CD8OJd5Tkhk0ZFLQY/s1600/IMG_6485.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7ix0k7IGdthZM5jFriKSjKtwoadRI04s_UfYZAX48BgEBsbbQ1a8gvlWsj3_BSC7IOk8SBI5qJMI5CO722EGFYscDjYmXVOIXK6BWfvIVYYUCfWb-K9iKVc0pe3CD8OJd5Tkhk0ZFLQY/s640/IMG_6485.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjdTVwzyywbuytewUFThlb57picfx-IIgOIbTUz2WOoctzPOAt5fX8Aw8HeK9-cG_yJ561uuGn9iS22DPHCkC5HSj9wmPq2EY3wtGUjMGpV7R3qJLlwompNlNBA9j8FYxS5txm9eQ5zSd/s1600/IMG_6516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjdTVwzyywbuytewUFThlb57picfx-IIgOIbTUz2WOoctzPOAt5fX8Aw8HeK9-cG_yJ561uuGn9iS22DPHCkC5HSj9wmPq2EY3wtGUjMGpV7R3qJLlwompNlNBA9j8FYxS5txm9eQ5zSd/s640/IMG_6516.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6172886019294205607.post-50133359206597577162011-03-25T04:17:00.000-07:002011-04-04T12:10:19.609-07:00Backgrounds<div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Post second tutorial, it is clear that a similar trend is emerging. I seem to be incapable of expressing the conceptual content in my work, or articulating how I construct my images. So what I need to do is go back to basics and think about how I make decisions about my work. Always having been very aesthetically driven, currently, background and colour decisions are predominantly made for visual balance, looking areas of dark and light, and complimentary colours. I still want to use sweet colours and an underlying presence of red, yellow and blue. Looking at some traditional paintings and then some more contemporary images, I ahve made notes on how they address backgrounds and symbols. I love Hogarth's 'The Graham Children', posed towards the viewer, dark background and with vanitas like symbols - hourglass and scythe - showing death. Also, the cat about to pounce on the caged bird, unsuspecting and already trapped prey. Common decisions seem to be dark and plain to draw attention to the face, landscape and objects creating or suggesting events or narrative.</span></div><div style="color: purple;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: purple; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifX6-EdxnHq5OEUhKIdceDS8InNakiryH7V9t4GxSSKqr5ntnznhubb32dXog3G1dpdNEO2gT10roXNtDPZLeT693K3561SyiuVV4UrsXvIQ1XPgSn2EPhd6f_iiwhOllJzHguVs-zF4BW/s1600/Picture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifX6-EdxnHq5OEUhKIdceDS8InNakiryH7V9t4GxSSKqr5ntnznhubb32dXog3G1dpdNEO2gT10roXNtDPZLeT693K3561SyiuVV4UrsXvIQ1XPgSn2EPhd6f_iiwhOllJzHguVs-zF4BW/s400/Picture1.jpg" width="275" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl68BQV07udtpkY2wez3Lo3Iam_xkrqOe7Vg1lcEXp7UnCqhujObEsMEYvn-97DLVK9VEHABbM_ezERWHPGGyr_N0UenhOyWGlXyn1lfeMnWBEAR1DV2588rbafWERIwg_-7Ps1cH9IWz4/s1600/Picture2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl68BQV07udtpkY2wez3Lo3Iam_xkrqOe7Vg1lcEXp7UnCqhujObEsMEYvn-97DLVK9VEHABbM_ezERWHPGGyr_N0UenhOyWGlXyn1lfeMnWBEAR1DV2588rbafWERIwg_-7Ps1cH9IWz4/s400/Picture2.jpg" width="275" /></a><br />
<br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">More recently, artists like Paula Rego and James Ensor have used props and a sense of crowding in their compositions to give context to their figures. I particularly like the way that Rego makes props and draws from constructed scenes to plan her work. Some props are representative of concepts, some play a narrative role. The background can be stuffed with objects, furniture and resemble a domestic room or studio. The way that Ensor has used plain blocks of colour and then integrated masks on the left in 'Self Portrait with Masks' is really simple but also has a quirky element where the innanimate masks seem to be interacting with the artist's paintbrush. </span></div><div style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So my challenge from Caroline is to make a painting where all my decisions are made conceptually rather than aesthetially and where the background draws the viewer in, and could possibly almost take over the figure(s). </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14789420416552105817noreply@blogger.com0