The last couple of weeks have been focussed on preparing for a mid-year assessment, which takes place today. There’s quite a lot of paperwork to do: gathering together research, writing reflections on my work, assembling tutorial reports and – of course – writing a statement.
But the work’s the main thing, and I’ve also been remaking a piece on canvas (‘Flow’) that I made on paper earlier in the year and surprised myself by finding time to make a new small painting. Those pieces are now hanging with other paintings, drawings and prints in my studio space. It’s been quite an upheaval to change a working area into a small exhibition, but it’s worth it to see the work up on the walls relatively free from clutter.
I’m looking forward to getting feedback on all this work. In tutorials much of the response has been very positive, though I often find it hard to articulate exactly what it is I’m trying to do. Perhaps it’s harder when much of the work I’m making is quite abstract.
I’ll be back in the studio tomorrow, and will start work on stretching two large canvases. The frames were built a few weeks ago, but preparing for this assessment has come before moving on to these new paintings.
