New Inspiration & Refining Direction
Since my last post I have thought more about my idea, and have changed how I want to showcase it. Instead of painting 12-13 large paintings, I have decided to paint a large number of paintings in the same way that I have been doing them at the moment.
Because after talking to some of the tutors I realized that by painting a large number of images, and having them close together, they work to give quite a strong impact. Vicky and Laura, showed me an artist that has worked like this too, Cathy Lomax.
I am planning on presenting my work a bit like this, though I think I’ll try and use the whole wall, and arrange them in a more chaotic way, a bit like a detectives crime wall, with red string and newspaper cuttings. This way the spectator will become the detective, and the ‘Who Done It?’ becomes the ‘Who Art It?’
Sanding in Blood 
For this image I was inspired by my other painting, The Exchange, I really liked the composition and the style of it and in future paintings I will try and keep up with this. I also like the addition of the red blood, I found that it really stands out when surrounded by the earthy colour pallet.
While I think that the last few paintings have had a very nice pallet, I think that the final presentation should be more colourful, so I have decided that in the next few paintings I do will be more intense.
In terms of what I have done before, I think that the mainly brown paintings will work well with some blue and green paintings.
So since I have decided the size of my paintings are going to remain the same, and the material I have chosen is going the same, then I have to decide what I am actually going to paint, and how I am going to paint it. So I’ve decided to use blue in my next painting, but what should my subject be?
Joe Teather
