After producing some monoprints which demonstrated a more confessional element within my work, I decided to create some rough paintings which also included text and imagery from photo albums.
These were formed with acrylic paint on A3 cartridge paper as experiments to explore whether I could achieve the same effect with these materials as with the monoprints.
Given the expressive nature of a few of these rough paintings, it was bound to be more difficult to use text which fit in with this approach. I am beginning to question the use of text in my work at all. I think it works within the more confessional pieces but as I sift through my family photographs, I am becoming increasingly nostalgic and wish to linger upon the positives as opposed to the negative aspects of my life.
The same dripped effect is evident in these paintings as is apparent on my anaglypta experiment. This is becoming a common feature in my work although I am not entirely sure where this has come from. I am going to run with this idea and see where it takes me.
