Stage Two
Subject. Process. Sorted.
The journey of the paint as it leaves the brush and enters the canvas. It’s such a small thing really but my whole project is based on this.
Who has more control over my work, me or the medium?
With water being a huge part of my art it helps create fluidity within my process. And this led me to the obsession I now have with natural materials and using them in my art; chalk, brick, sand etc. Texture is a thing I have looked at because I feel it has a more emotional representation than just an image on its own. Running water is the perfect example of a medium that has LIFE and I like seeing this being shown in my watercolours and prints. This work is not about an emotional connection per say but more about a trace that paint or chalk or dust can leave on this world after it parts, because the time a drop of water lasts on the paper before it soaks up isn’t long but can be beautiful and captured on watercolour paper and with glimpses of colour. This makes very intriguing imagery because whereas it may have been my idea to focus on this, the water is the artist and creates its trace through the path it makes on the paper.
I love art that is delicate and small and unique, and my final project will undoubtedly be a collection of tiny traces of brick and paint and water in interesting wooden frames that together show an unknown beauty (without that sounding cheesy)….
Being able to see something is a human nature but being to see and feel, gives us the ability to be consumed. To understand not just view what is in front of us…
