This is a quick energetic work I completed today. I was really testing the spacial depth as inspired by the Sean Landers paintings. What interested and excited me was the freehand writing he uses and the layering. I wanted to see if I could have a go at this to see how the depth worked. It was very quick and energetic and I think that was good for me, given that I can I acknowledge be quite up tight with my painting practice.
I have learned a lot by this experimentation. First I used a paint pen for the small text and then white washed over this to knock it back. Then I started by build up larger white lettering upon which was added black. This was already beginning to be chaotic and dynamic, screaming energy and personal thought. I am calling it the vomit painting – ‘rantings of an old woman’ as I needed to write anything just to text the effect and so my artist research into text art mainly came out as you can see by the headlines.
After working in monochrome, I decided, what would be the effect if I added colour, how would this work? To tested the primary and green and it certainly lifts the overall effect. I have learned something today. I need to digest it but I feel I am beginning to be onto something. I especially liked the little drawings but most have been eradicated by what has been laid down on top. It breaks up the energy of the work.
So if I have the start of a formula, I need to try this technique further and do some more sample pieces. It is the one, however erratic that I am happiest with as an area for development this year.
My artist research is coming on as well and this is grounding my ideas. I am especially taken with notes on Ed Ruscha which I have noticed are echoed by similar other artists….
Decontextualization combined with the preservation of tenuous links with recognizable and prosaic sources, generates a sense of enigma and unease that often parallels with the evocative use of verbal language
Yesterday we had a tutorial where I suggested I was interested in the Sean Landers type paintings but also using this within 4 canvas’s to create a semiotic square, considering polar opposites of newspaper, etc being Take a break, lads mag, financial time and the sun. Something to consider if I can develop this technique.
