Degree Project

I decided to change the size of my canvas for the piece of work, my thinking behind this is that if the viewers get close enough to the canvas that is all they will be able to see. Working on the canvas un-stretched on the wall has made by ability to move across the canvas easily.

The process of the colours are backwards working from dark to light, but also light to dark this way I can vary the colours that I use in certain areas of the canvas.

As I am in my final year of university, not only do I have to create work but have to write a dissertation which is a 3000 word essay. So instead of doing different ideas for studio practice and dissertation, I decided to combine the two and focus on Abstract Expressionism for my dissertation. As a result of doing this I have found that combining my dissertation with my studio practice has made my studies much easier to manage, also I don’t have to change the way I think when I go from one to the other. So in my studio practice I am looking at process art and in my dissertation I am looking at Jackson Pollock and Francis Alys.

As I have stated in my previous blog that I am going back to abstract expressionism. Because my work in studio practice is based on process art, I am able to link my dissertation into my work as well, so that they all link together. With that in mind I decided to work on canvas this year, the reason for this is because in previous years I have either work on wood or paper. Working on canvas was the best way to achieve the effects that I wanted. These photographs are the first experiment that I have created on canvas material, and now that I have worked on various different materials I have to say canvas is the best to apply paint and be able to move the medium without it soaking into the surface. Process art I find personal the best way to create a piece of artwork, just the idea of not knowing what the final outcome will look like is fascinating. My artwork is based on process, emotions and memories.