Things are still going by with little happening at the moment, they do seem to be doing so rather fast though; this is the last full week before we start putting up the show which is very scary!
I had the chance last week to work on my paintings in situ which I found was essential to their completion. It makes such a difference being able to take a step (or quite a few steps) back from the work and get a look at it as a whole painting rather than as three separate boards that link together.
I am quite pleased with the degree show piece, I gave it to myself as a massive challenge and I think that challenge has rewarded me with one of my most accomplished paintings. The colours are bold and exciting; the addition of imagery from collapsed society makes you take a second more in depth look and the combination of the forces of nature with those makes for a very interesting end product.
I have also been thinking a lot recently about making work that is slightly more saleable to the art market in general, I think the work I am doing at the moment with all the freedom I could want is not exactly something I am going to be selling in a hurry unless (by some insane miracle) I am picked up by some important gallery and I am well aware that the likelihood of that happening is minute.
So I am giving it some thought and wondering how I feel about the possibility of ‘selling out’, the answer seemingly is ‘not really that bad’, after all it is just funding myself so I can make the work I love at the same time… well, that’s the conclusion I came to anyway!
