4th May 2010
Well since my last blog entry, I have had a lot to contend with! I have realised that I cannot have two passions at the same time! One being work (Nursing) and one being my Art. My art has slowly overtaken my life these last two years and it now feels that I am now on the right path; having given up a very high flying responsible job in nursing, dropping three grades back to a staff nurse, this now gives me the time and opportunity to concentrate on my art. I feel that I have made a right decision and this has renewed my passion for art.
I have time to think on the direction my art will take, and after a lot of thinking and experimentation I feel that although I enjoyed painting the portraits, I feel my direction leans to a more loosely expressive style, with a mix of 3 d and 2 d work. I am still interested in the human head, and have decided to do a series of 3d and 2d work based around this. I have so far carved out a skull from a polystyrene block, I then covered it in silver paint and used plaster bandage to make a half turban wrapped mummy type thingy! Also there is some rhinestones glued on to give it a bit of a Damien Hurst type bling! Very cheap version though!!!
I have also begun to explore different materials and shaping them into head shapes and masks. The idea behind this is the underlying impression I have that everyone including myself wears a mask of some description, whether it is to hide behind, or for protection. The mask can be your facial features; made up of skin and bone, on that face, people wear makeup, or actual masks.
The skull represents me and the peeling back of my mask, revealing my inner beauty, which is represented by the bling!
I have also begun to explore my drawing in a looser manner, using music to help me, or through meditation. I like just sitting with a small sketch book and just take the pen for a walk so to speak, I just relax and don’t try and control my pen marks, and so far I have had some interesting drawings, these drawings reflect on the sounds I am aware of whilst sitting with my sketch book.
What’s next! Well in the summer, I have booked to go on a 2 day course called mindscape, which through meditation helps unlock more of the creativity inside of me, also it will help me relax more and distress. So come my final year of my degree, I should have an idea of the direction I want to go as I will have had a lot of time to reflect.
