Well, sometimes in life you just have to accept that some fictitious and well-hidden being will chuck something your way that you can’t avoid. Usually, that’ll happen when you least need an extra thing to think about. That happened in my world 2 weeks ago, which largely accounts for a lean spell on here.
My partner fell ill on a Monday when I was about to embark upon one of those tall canvasses I’ve previously mentioned – and hence I abandoned the studios. I’ve since covered all her normal ‘duties’ in life, along with my own – which has meant that I’ve been basically busy all day and most of the night – but haven’t been able to get to the studio; instead, I’ve worked whenever & wherever I could.
Being an artist who needs to ‘zone out’, putting myself into an almost trance-like state in order to be creative – well … there are few places I can truly do that. The studio at UCS is not normally one of them, so I tend to make things there that I can work on in a less intense manner. Pre-planned things.
I am impossible to talk to when I’m really working truly creatively, as I become vague in communication with others. That’s often best left for my home studio, where I can & do work for hours without a break, with my own environment and my trusty background music of choice. It’s a formula I’ve tried & tested for years, and it normally means I can produce reliably ok art.
So, what have I been able to do? Well, I’ve nearly completed the making of one of the films relating to 1 of the 6 ‘souls’. It is the sailor one, whose shelves I have nearly finished in the studios. I will post a short clip of it once I’ve rendered it (a process which takes hours, due to all the effects/sounds etc. I employ).
In a nutshell, an old nautical tv drama ‘The Onedin Line’ plays, twisted and distorted, as his life fades to the light of passing. It’ll be around 5 minutes long, and will play alongside the others on the water screen I shall begin to make in the near future.
Oh – and I’ve been preparing 3 artworks for sale at our Degree Show Auction which is coming up all too soon. Finished them this evening … they’re revamps of my old art, represented for today … phew!
So much more to say, so much more to do. Many more films to post. ‘See’ you all soon.
