Fine Art

I never found the visiting artist’s work that appealing this semester but I did find their practise to be very influential over my work. Their practise was all connected in some way or another. This inspired me in what I wanted to do next. I wanted to create an initial piece of work that would cause a reaction or an interpretation. With my response to the first piece I would create another piece of work. However, I wouldn’t let the audience know they were a part of this active process. Them viewing it in itself was a process important to my practise. I tested and research many bits of work (which can be seen on my blog) but the most successful proved to be the ones that were abstract as they were more open for interpretation. Painting in this style was out of my comfort zone but after a few attempts I became increasingly comfortable and started to have more appreciation over Abstract Art in general. This semester I was presented with an amazing opportuni...

Plaster Work After trying out abstract, which i really did enjoy, I want to find new ways of getting my ideas across rather than just through paint. I want to experiment with more mediums and I believe thats what I will be doing over summer mostly! The general consensus for my work is it gave off a nature vibe. I found this interesting as even with out trying my work always seems to come back to that. I took this "nature" theme and tried and translated this through some plaster work. I tried plaster relief but i seemed to like carving into the plaster more. It made my work feel like mine but when i did relief I felt detached from my work. I liked playing around with the idea of natural structures and I feel like this is obvious in my work. I considered painting them but I also tend to destroy some pieces by over working them and personally i find them more compelling when they are in their natural state, which again can be related back to the theme.

14th of March  41 year old Harold Offeh was born in Ghana in 1977. Although he did study Fine Art at Brighton and Photography at the Royal College of Art. He lives and works in London. Harold Offeh is currently an Arts admin associate artist and a trustee on the board at Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth. Unfortunately i was unable to attend Offehs lecture. However, I was able to look at some friends notes and did a brief search on him. I feel like Harold Offeh is the kind of artist who you need to meet in person and know his personality and means to enjoy his work. Even though i did research into him and looked at notes I felt like i wasn't getting the full understanding or the fuller picture to his practise. I find this interesting as I believe an artists personality has alot to do with the work they produce. Maybe if I was at that lecture I would of had a better understanding of his work. From what I have read he is quite quirky but also very confident in putting him...

28th of February  Amy Stephens studied in the University of Reading and then at Chelsea College of Art and Design London, this is where she received her BA and MA.  She is also a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors and the Contemporary Art Society London. I remember at her lecture that she said " a successful piece is one you remember" and this was something I could not agree more with! This helped me think of my own practise. To me a successful piece is one that gets a reaction and thats what makes it memorable. Wether it is a good or bad reaction it still gets that recognition. This went  on to inspire my work for the Walker Art Gallery where i went on to do my practise revolved around all these reactions and interpretations. Her lecture has definitely had a positive influence on my own practise as it has helped me develop my ideas further and helped contextualise them. Stephens work is site specific and she is interested in architecture, femin...

14th of February Kevin Hunt is a Liverpool based artist who has been a practising art since 2005! Hunt has a studio at The Royal Standard, an artist led gallery, studio and workspace. A typical work of art for Kevin Hunt would be a sculptural piece that features found objects. He has exhibited widely across the United Kingdom as well as abroad. What i admired about Kevin Hunt was he takes a boring object that can be easily found, pushes it to limits where it is no longer just an object but rather a piece of art. He seems to enjoy taking unwanted objects, sourcing them from places such as a charity shop or a scrap yard and giving these materials meaning. "In fact the materiality and form that much of the stuff I come to use is comprised of is often really immaculate; having a certain sophistication that I believe bypasses any connotation of being just a shitty necklace for instance, and I like to think in becoming sculpture, this inherent sophistication is reveal...

31st of January Nina Edge studied Ceramic Design but she soon discovered her ideas would not fit into a kiln. She believes a role of an artist is looking. Edge makes work in a variety of locations including streets, shops, bars and many other peculiar areas as well. What I noticed about her (which can be comforting to some to see in a successful artist) , she did study ceramic design but quickly branched out to doing other projects. I found this very inspiring about Nina Edge, I think that aspect of her life is relatable, you study one thing but can do another. Edge has influenced me to think outside of the box when it comes to my work not only in what to do or how to do it but what do i do with it?.  Take a painting for instance, after this lecture it has made me to make bolder options, making me think well would this work better if I translate it into a text piece or should I consider a whole other medium. Does it work in a gallery space or would it be better sui...

Photo Credit: Courtesy Steve Judson and National Museums Liverpool I've had the amazing opportunity of creating and displaying a piece of art work in The Walker Art Gallery. This was also an assignment given to us to complete. Through out the duration of this assignment I was engaging in meetings with staff of John Moore's but also staff that worked at the Walker Art Gallery.   Charlotte Keenan one of the curators at The Walker Art Gallery gave us a tour of the artwork and suggestions where our possible future pieces of work could be displayed. During the guided tour I took into consideration pieces of work that could possibly inspire my own practise and/or process.  We were brought through many rooms but what stood out to me the most was room 11.  Room 11 was the "British Art 1880-1950" room. This room appealed to me for many reasons, i love the bright atmosphere, the clean refreshing white wall and of course the variety in art work...