The last day of preparation is tomorrow and there is just the finishing touches left to do. I am happy with the composition of my work on the wall in my space, and I have completed the labels and now my sketchbook also. The top image is that of my current work hanging on the wall, there is a gap in the wall and i am currently hanging new pieces in the middle!!!!! this will draw eyes to the middle and then out…
i had a few empty pages at the bag of my book so for the last time in my university degree I got out my paints tonight and filled the pages. In hindsight it was a beautiful moment leaving the studio today knowing tomorrow only had tidying up and painting the floor in store, only!!
Looking at at my body of work the reaction between my pieces is a strong one I believe and the theme of natural materials versus my manipulation of them is clear. For me at least…
…My journey through finding and exploring new materials and mediums and the surface I’m on has been more than exciting and one I hope shines through within my assessment.
weve just been asked to print off our project proposal from the beginning of this project and reading through it has helped me see my transition and how even from when I created it in December last year my ideas changed so much even over christmas. I had forgotten how much I focused on bright colours last year and how now I see them as a distraction from theme or texture.
These are some points i am reflecting on now the degree is almost over…
– I had planned on looking into the weather but i felt that if i had a main focus i wouldnt be as free to explore my feelings in relation to my art as i would be constantly refetrencing them to the weather, hence why i left this project to be purely process based and about my progression and the art itself, nothing else.
– in some ways i think my work does resemble rain and wind, and my relationship with the paint is similar to this hardship also, the struggle to fight something so fluid and wild, yet the end result so beautiful.
– im very happy that from Twombly to Innes my artist research aids my journey through colour and texture. i have moved from bold colours and little depth to my work, to deep layered mixed media pieces with tonnes of texture but still manage to be intriguing and pleasing to view, something i love within art, finding something unsually beautiful.
– my palette is a big part of my work hence why the photo on the right named Palette Gallery, shows the main ones i saved this year, always on a small scrap of paper or card because this way it is inevitable that all colours and added textures (sand, tea and coffee) get involved and mixed with the paints, i hate a clean neat working area! it has to be messy and rough.
– this is the first tme since ive been at uni that ive felt confident in my work being commersial yet interesting and classed as Fine Art.
