Meaning behind the name Hera:- (Greek) Queen of the Olympians and goddess of marriage and birth. The meaning of her goddess name has been lost. One historian claims her name could be connected to the Greek word for seasons “hora”, suggesting she is ripe for marriage.
As part of the course, it is also required that we create a website as well as a blog. I found this difficult as yet again i am not very good with technology. I asked around some of the level 6 Fine art students and a lot recommended WordPress to create your own personal website. So this is what i did. I spent the entire morning at Uni (Friday 1st May), trying to create my own personal website that showcased my work. Unfortunately i wasn’t satisfied with the whole layout of WordPress. For me personally it resembled too much of a blog. I asked around again to explore different options and another site was recommended called Carbonmade. The layout was simple to use and looked like a professional website. Clear to understand, clear to follow. https://sgardiner.carbonmade.com/
Freya:- (Nordic)- Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war, wealth, divination and magic. Her name comes from the ancient Norse word for lady or mistress. There are several variations of the spelling of this goddess name.
Working on a large canvas whilst creating a pointillism image, is not as easy as i thought it would be. It is very time consuming. And is taking me longer than i originally anticipated. This is because the individual dots are created from droplets. The process of dripping the paint from the brush onto the canvas means that gravity plays a big part in my work. Which means the canvas cannot be placed vertical to be worked on. Restricting the position means that the canvas must be laid on the floor and sections are done at different periods of time so that it can be built up and the dots are not smudged.
Placing these two images beside each other in my studio space allowed me to preview them properly against a white space. This way i could conduct a proper assessment. The image on the right with the dark background didn’t portray what i wanted to get across. People where getting confused because they thought my canvases where about a muscular women and a man. This is not what i wanted. I had to make a harsh decision to change my focus and came to the conclusion that instead of looking at extreme muscular female forms, i should be focusing on more flattering images of muscular women to assist my subject matter. Women can still look beautiful and be socially accepted as women regardless of there “manly muscles”.
Due to this decision i took down the darker canvas and re-painted it in magnolia emulsion ready to start again with a different image.
With regards to the image on Canvas i intend to keep it was suggested by one of the tutors that i painted in the hand of he female nude as it looks like i am being reluctant in my images to escape the hands, and i should display that i can do them and am not avoiding them. So i took this advice on and started to paint it in.
