It's been a whole month since my last post, longer than I had planned. I actually went through one of those phases that we all get, thinking that your work is going nowhere and that all your ideas have gone stale, feeling that I was repeating myself and struggling for motivation. That probably makes it sound worse than it was. I do believe that those phases are important though, and have told myself that alot over the last few weeks.
During the schools half term break, I stayed away from the studio, in the hope that I would return with fresh eyes. I also went to the Freize art fair, which was tiring but worthwile. I was sure that I'd overdosed on art that weekend and drained me over the next week, hence the struggling phase I guess. The last couple of weeks have been good though. I've continued to push my ideas forward and have been adding bright colours to my work as a kind of visual boundary/distraction. It kind of works and looks odd at the same time, I like it and don't like it at the same time. I've been using paper and making rubbings and cutting holes in the canvas too, exposing layers underneath. I think my work is looking exciting again which is good and a relief. I think some of the 'ripping up work' tasks that I've been doing in the class room is having a positive influence on my work too.
