These images are of recent works I made in response to viewing some mixed media images online. I was inspired by the brick dust and earthy materials for these paintings and used chalk to create the textures on the surface. Once again I used masking tape to have a clear sharp edge within the work although I enjoy the fact that some paint slips underneath the tape and ‘escapes’. The theme of this project has become very process based and is a journey almost of the life that I have with the paint and what we can create together; collaborating with chalk, sand, glue and hopefully soon metal.
Process is very important to my work and in the end the journey is more irritant for me as it makes the art what it is. There is an attraction for me in watching my work creat itself and knowing that there is a chance of something beautiful as a result.
Rothko is a constant in my research and practise and this piece to the left has all the colours of my work this week, blues and yellows, very fresh but still natural. The colours of the sky and the sun, and the sea; the areas of the earth…
No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue Over Yellow on Gray) is a physically simple piece of art yet pyshcologically it draws you in and holds deep emotion, like all Rothko’s work.
For me what I take from Rothko’s art is the ambiguity of his subjects, is it landscape? Is it abstract? Are there figures?
The colour is the subject and each person interprets it in their own way and each person gets out of his art what they put in; almost a mirror of your self.
Beautiful…
Another area of exploration I am currently looking into is the way I hang my work and which way up they should go. my initial thoughts were to nail my paper pieces into some chunky sheets of wood or steel, for a natural or industrial feel. This is still an idea I am yet to try. As is turning my work so that they go against the force of gravity, something I have never been keen to do but may try. The act of ‘dripping’ is all to do with gravity playing its part as well as me and the paint. Dismissing this would change the aim of my work completely. It would throw off the viewer. I don’t think I am ready to commit to doing this just yet.
These pieces, although on paper and not of something skill based, these are the soul of my project and show exactly the relationship I want to portray. This is the beginning of my final works. Yay.
