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Degree Show
The final preparations for the degree show are coming together this week. I had a clear idea of the paintings I wanted to include in my display. The selection comes from my Dwelling Fusion series, the main focus of my […]
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Kettle
My latest painting comes about through my current process of paring down earlier detailed figurative works to achieve the minimalist end result. From my Dwelling Fusion series, I have fused together basic lines of two different kettles to create Kettle […]
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Bridge
I have been working on a painting entitled Bridge. This work has been evolving gradually from earlier paintings on the same theme. The initial depictions were quite detailed and have progressed as I began to explore how to convey the same notion but in […]
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Basics
In the course of my research, I came across this somewhat bold statement by US artist Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967), who is known for his black paintings: The more stuff in it, the busier the work of art, the worse it […]
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Home from Home
This work which depicts car journeys between East Anglia and the North East is nearing completion and I am feeling rather happy with the result so far, particularly the way in which the sense of speed and potential danger is […]
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Route to Roots
Thinking about my next work, I was considering tracing the road route travelled between the two halves featured in my Dwelling Fusion series. In a sense this could be viewed as a negative space as it both joins and separates […]
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Curves
Continuing on with my current major theme entitled Dwelling Fusion, I was inspired by the prominent appearance of curves in most of the paintings. This became evident to me when I started to explore how to represent images using less […]
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Frame Focus
In some of my recent work I have experimented with the use of ‘spectacle frames’ within my paintings. The intention is to two fold. Firstly, it attempts to illustrate what I, as the painter, see when I create the artwork. […]
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Simplicity
Organising my sketch books I was reminded of some of the cut outs I was working on recently. These were inspired by my visit to the Matisse Museum in Nice and the Tate Modern, Matisse Cut Outs exhibition. I was […]
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Framed by Frames 2
I have been looking at the concept of ‘frames’ recently. Not in the way that photographs or artworks are framed but rather more in the way that attention is drawn to a specific image or part of an image. Just […]
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Through The Lens
At this point I would like to return to my other great interest – photography. It offers a welcome alternative to painting, which at this stage of the semester is taking over somewhat, in view of the degree show’s rapid […]
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Focus
Time is passing quickly this semester. With the fundraising Art Auction done and dusted, final year Fine Art students at University Campus Suffolk, have already begun the countdown to the Degree Show. Consequently, I have begun to think about ways […]