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1:23:58 A.M. Oils on Canvas.
Add a blog post BLOGS STUDENT 1:23:58 A.M. OILS ON CANVAS. ARCHIVES 19 January 21 1:23:58 A.M. Oils on Canvas. A study of mental illness. Fine Art student At 1: 23: 58 A.M. this mans life was over, he […]
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Seminar Paper. “Is there anybody out there”
In this post I will be showing the methods I have used in the Vox Pop project. Inspired by several artists including Susan Hiller for her use of sound and text, and Thomas Demand for his realistic cardboard sculptures. I […]
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is there anybody out there?
Final submission piece for the Themes, Theories and Practice module at University. After discovering the phenomenon of the social media suicide note, I decided to create a sculpture that conveyed the sadness and isolation of those suffering from Mental illness. […]
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Regret.
In this painting I was looking into regret. The immediate feeling one gets when faced with a problem that you created. You are lost, you have no control anymore over the events that have unfolded, and with a mental health […]
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Semester 1 2D Processes. 2nd Year.
With the 1st Semester of year 2 finished, i’ve managed to get my four paintings hung for assessment. Using film stills, i have attempted to look in to mental health and some of the issues many of us face on […]
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Bobby Baker’s Diary Drawings: Mental illness and me 1997-2008
Bobby Bakers show, Diary Drawings, is a exceptional look into mental health over the past 3 decades. An observant approach to broach a subject that has long been buried. With deteriorating mental health in the mid 1990s, Baker was admitted […]
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Tried and Failed
Was attempting to blur an image I’d painted. My problem here was, I do not allow thinks to sit. I went back at it way to early, muddied the paints and made a pig’s ear of it. But that’s all […]
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Final response to Fear, Anxiety and Depression.
In this still, I was trying to convey the absolute paralytic feeling that completely takes hold of you when you finally hit rock bottom. It’s a stunning feeling of pure dread that grips you, it doesn’t let go unless you […]
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Responses to Fear, Anxiety and Depression
Further responses to a mini project I set myself looking at Mental illness. In this I wanted to respond to the word Depression. There is a thin line between manic and happy. This is originally a still from the Film, […]
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Cultivating thoughts… fear.
This came about after some research into the word fear in popular culture. What makes it, how do we truly respond to it.. Do we run, can we run? What if we can’t? What if fear simply grips us until […]
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Response to an exercise, finished.
Using a still from a film, i’ve added to the original painting but finished it in the same few colours that i began with.
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Response to an exercise
In response to an exercise i decided to look at the works of John Brennan, specifically his untitled piece from 2012. I was drawn to the use of a very minimal pallet and his use of found images taken out […]