These are images of my working space in the studio as it is this moment. Recently I have felt more comfortable experimenting with my painting technique as my confidence has been up. After a very successful blog review with Sarah I feel energised and ready to make more work. These are some images of the piece I started in response to feedback.
Beginning on a darker background is new for me and opened a new door to bringing light to the front of the work. Blue and orange are complimentary colours and are the focus on these two new pieces. In a book called colour by Feisner, there is an analysis of orange and blue and the balance of warm and cool dominance. This is where the power of the colours changes. This is something I could think about.
This image of my pallette shows the type of colours I have been using lately, and the power that contrasting colours have on one another…
This can lead on from many aspects of my dissertation, where I examined the emotional links we have to colour and how we subconsciously use them in art. My process is very fresh and exciting and comes from my need to control, and by letting go, by letting paint fall and dry without my knowing, is a huge change in my art. And its been great for me phsycologically as well as creatively, its almost about trust as much as anything else.
The Untitled image started off as a pretty blue field which I actually created over a year ago. I never went back and used it so this term I thought I would make use of it. I have tried to reign in on my drips and focus on minimalism and simplicity. This is more like Innes in Three Identified Forms. It was more about the intimacy between the paint rather than the skill or subject. It’s about a relationship.
The second image of mine titled The Single Form, and is a step further in my progress. I have used sand texture in this piece to make it more three dimensional and earthy. What I really like about this piece is the simple line and dripping from just the one place. It opens up the canvas and makes the work more sophisticated, in my eyes anyway. The small white chalk line is very eye catching which a has become a signature of mine in my work recently. Also the sprinkling of the chalk over the wetter areas draws your eyes nearer with almost a glittery feel; combining industrial and ethereal.
The sprinkling of chalk dust is a major new turn for me and highights my aim to show control and freedom within mediums. It also shows layers of technique and a mixture of ways of application, something I have been reccommended to do.
