Where I will go from here
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can move my practice forward and in what direction it is going. After reading over my blog in its entirety for the first time in about a month it is clear that my practice is evolving from looking at how colours fit together to analysing other the effects of other variables , such as size/scale relative to the viewer , composition, surface of work, and paint relative to its absolute surroundings ie the gallery space the art is in.
This is all very well but what impact does this have on my practice and the art that I am producing/ going to make?
After reflecting on my work it all looks quite similar, although I have tried to achieve different things (and have to a certain extent) it is all, aesthetically at least, very similar. From here I tend to explore the effects of scale to a larger extent I have ordered a piece of fibre board that is 3 by 1.5 metres and will produce a painting that size.
I am also going to look at the effects of scale in the opposite sense. I will make a series of paintings 5 by 7.5cm and display on a wall in a mock gallery setting. I think it is important to do this as seeing a work this size in a studio environment has little significance, it is only when you position it on a wall (hopefully a large clear wall) will the significance of it’s size take affect- the surrounds will play as big a part in the experience of the painting as the painting it self.
I also intend to diversify the way I use and apply paint, I’ve been looking at a few artists (Chris Finley, ??? who I haven’t posted about yet) all have very different and interesting ways of applying paint. For example I plan to continue working with Adobe Illustrator to look at the various shape and colour perspectives I can generate.
In addition I plan to continue my work looking at the affects of different gradients. I also plan to start working with the masking tape from my paintings. I’m not sure what I could produce with them but as Jane said they are to interesting to keep throwing them away like I have been. I’ve kept the ones from my latest painting and have arranged them up against the wall of my studio.
Hopefully when all of these works come into fruition I should have enough of a varied body of work that I should have a lot to choose from for the degree show.
