Prompted by the excerpt of my blogger profile published in the a-n Degree Show supplement, I re-read the interview and have been reflecting on the changes in my practice since last summer. Everything mentioned is still relevant. However there are some significant developments taking place.
I have realised how little I knew/know of current international painting and through researching my dissertation the axis of my view point has shifted which has given me both context and confidence.
Drawing has become very important. As activity and also within the paintings.
I realise that my relationship to ‘source material’ is changing. I feel now that I was looking for/at, certain places and things as source material. Now I recognise that these ‘inspirations’ are in fact simply examples of what I am already thinking about and responding to. So, now I am attempting to work directly from this position. It feels good.
My experience in February of four days in New York, walking in the city and visiting galleries and museums, had a huge impact on me. From the strength in the simplicity of the work of reductive artists, Kelly[1], Judd, Le Witt, Ryman to the punch of the masters at the Met and MoMA; everything was humming. An inspirational trip to Brooklyn to meet Matthew Deleget at MINUS SPACE[2] (Dissertation subject) was very motivating.
I have been working on several canvases in the studio, layering drawing and painting.
[1] http://www.matthewmarks.com/exhibitions/2011-02-12…
[2] http://www.minusspace.com/
