Advice on becoming a Technician
I am looking for advice on how to become an Art Technician ideally for a school or college environment. Thanks.
I am looking for advice on how to become an Art Technician ideally for a school or college environment. Thanks.
New beginnings in Lincoln with a very special studio visit (our two kids).
It dawned on me that all my paid commercial work is human centered but my fine art is generative, or made by chance, or performative using plastic cats as the actors. There is little human contact in the core of my fine art.
I will be discussing my posts and reasoning for the Artstation Instagram takeover to promote our Congruous Exhibition in Feb 2021. I did some research for the Professional Practice 2 module in regards to the best time to post on […]
In the final installation of work for the Congruous Exhibition with the Artstation, these are the final posters used. I made each individual an array of poster styles for posting on facebook, instagram and on websites and for a physical […]
Link to Congruous Exhibition on the Artstation Website: https://theartstation.uk/exhibition/congruous/ Link to Congruous film on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp-6kOtYvcU ‘Transcend the Cube’ from 4m30s to 6m10s. Link to Artstation Instagram to view posts on the page: https://instagram.com/the_artstation?utm_medium=copy_link Images used for the Crit: I […]
Colours blending and dripping into each other Handrail disrupts the imagery Landscape format Painting directly onto a wall Urgency to it 360 on the stairs Abstracted imagery different perspectives Marks and colours fluid bird wings movement Focus in on specific […]
Images shown for the Crit Notes taken from the Crit: Variety of lines and mark making that engages the interest Large fluid strokes, short marks, long marks, drippy marks, big swirls Remind of under the sea Tree of life […]
Notes taken during the virtual visit from artist Graham Crowley: Surrealist artists use lighting to make the landscape look realistic Graham uses lighting in his work Imposter syndrome keeps you driven and keeps you prolific. Read the essay I don’t […]
Tutorial on the following images with Matthew Bowman Bold text is reflection on original notes. 27/05/2021 – Note taking during the tutorial is a helpful way for me the remember things mentioned – however I sometimes find it a little […]
Images of mural development 17 March 2021 27/05/2021 – Very early documentation of ‘Transient Convection’ (2021) in the studio.
Notes taken from crit with Gary Colclough on 15th April 2021. Images discussed. Watercolour pigment granulate on a rough surface brushwork is beautiful Nature and natural forms growing incrementally and organically marks overlapping not working methodically a sculpture that’s being […]
Stills from ‘Altering Lines’ (2021) Elgin Thwaites. Link to watch (low quality) film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WKwMGzfdM74 I visited up north when I was living alone this year over April. I found this to be a very useful trip as I […]
Sol LeWitt – Wall Drawing #1136, 2004, Sol LeWitt The distinction between a drawing and painting is something I have been looking at through making my work and researching other artists. Sol LeWitt’s wall drawing works come with instructions, […]
A muralist and one that works with site-specificity, Katharina Grosse is an artists whose work I can discuss in relation to my own. As my practice has progressed over the last three years, drawing has been something that I have […]
Julie Mehretu’s work is on a comparatively huge scale, and she works with paint to create layered and intricate canvases. She works with imagery, graffiti, and architectural photographs. The reason i am going to be exploring her work is due […]
Images from https://www.menil.org/exhibitions/261-works-by-cy-twombly Cy Twombly is an interesting artist in reference to my work as I find myself questioning his work as painting or drawing. The questions arise such as is it marking making with paint or drawing with paint […]
Idea 1 – Large painting in space using polystyrene blocks as a way of merging the floor with the walls and as a way of bringing colour into the space. This idea is because in the past, I have enjoyed […]
After the Congruous exhibition, my tutor Jane asked me to submit images to enter into the Freelands Foundation Painting prize 2021. I submitted this image of my work Transcend the Cube (2021). I think next time I would try to […]
Mural development 29 April 2021. 27/05/2021 – Looking back, i was considering being almost finished this work on this date, with just the back corner to finish. On reflection i am really happy that i decided to add to the […]