For the past week the studios have been really busy, and I have managed in this time to paint my walls and the floor in my area. Extra work included painting the floor for Louise (another L6 student) as she is away for the degree show. Once that had all dried Ive managed to hang my work. But this has been a challenge to say the least. I’ve had problems with the fishing wire that is attached to the canvas and the wall that allows the image to be displayed at an angle. Getting them to synchronize was extremely challenging and I had to get another L6 student (Katherine) to help me. But now that it is all over i am extremely happy with what i have achieved.
With the canvas partially dried i tried to sketch an image onto the canvas but because the paint was still wet this wasn’t happening. I used a small paintbrush to engrave in the outline of my image with the use of some black acrylic paint and transported the image to the studio to finish off. When i placed the canvas next to my current canvases that where displayed in my degree space i was surprised to see that they flowed together and a few of my peers also commented and agreed that the texture behind the image was interesting because you can still see the pointillism piece through the paint. This was a pleasant surprise and without realizing i had created something with meanings behind it that connected and flowed with my current images displayed without even realizing. So i waited for it to dry and hung the canvas at an angle using fishing wire, hooks and eyes in the same way as the previous two canvases.
Maat:- (Roman)- Goddess of wisdom, medicine and craft. Her name is linked to the Latin words which means “intellect”, suggesting the intelligence and inventiveness of this ancient goddess.
Like Hera i tried to create a mirrored image of Ceres in pointillism. Unfortunately the degree show has been creeping up so quickly that i had to admit defeat and change the image rather than leaving it half finished. the next step was to cover the image up with magnolia so that i could sketch a new image onto the canvas.
Experimenting with multiple images.
I used the body from one picture and the head from another.
I do not like the outcome of this image so it will not be entered into my degree show but it can coincide with my sketch book work to show that i have experimented in different imagery.
Changing the style between head and body reminded me of research id done on John Currin recently. Where the majority of his women have angelic innocent faces compared to there bodies which are exposed in different positions.
Ceres:- (Roman)- this goddess of agriculture and grains name comes from the indo European word root, her meaning “to grow”. In turn her name has become the origin of our modern word cereal.
Athena was a great success and represented everything i was looking for in my work. I chose a similar image of the same individual and carried out the same process. Again using the same technique. the only change that i made was with the original image. Compared to the rest of my images this particular one is looking directly at the audience enticing them in with her gaze whilst still being dominating and confident.
Aphrodite:- (Greek) – The beautiful goddess of love and fertility. No man could resist Aphrodite when she wore her magic girdle. Her name means foam born or raised from foam as she was birthed from the churning sea.
