Fine Art

I have been creating many paintings lately and I have posted some here below. They are missing something though and I need to add more. I want to try more of a layering process adding some pattern on top focusing on form and composition.  Even though initially these were all paintings themselves I have decided to move forward and use them as background and add to a few of them to see how that process goes. My theme is falling around natural processes and occurrences and I am fascinating in the beauty that lies with in the detail of the minor organic substances that we would see nearly everyday but don't take the time to appreciate the beauty. So for now here below are the paintings/backgrounds that I plan on developing.  I have also tried painting on calico as I like the fragility of the material and how it can be easily manipulated. I haven't had much chance yet to manipulate the fabric and play around with form but that idea is definitely in the books!  ...

One of the things I realised from last semester how much I still love to write. I don't think I am particularly good at it but it is something I enjoy and I am not going to let that stop me! I don't claim to be Shakespeare but I would like to produce some piece. As of right now I don't know if it would be something short or long, fiction or nonfiction, I just don't know. All I know is I have this passion to write. Recently I have written a poem revolved around the dilemmas with mental health, more specifically depression. This is more a personal practise that maybe in the future I could incorporate into my work/ my main practises. However, I do not mind sharing them on here. I will paste the poem below. I am not a poet and again I do not think I am an amazing writer it is something personal that I enjoy doing. The reason I want to show this poem off in particular because it speaks a lot of truth. Although not intricate and articulate it crosses many issues with mental h...

Like mentioned in my statement I have so many ideas I want to execute this upcoming semester. First off I want to finish my animation project that deals with colour perception/theory and ideally would like to show it to an audience at some point and gather feedback and see if it did make them question what we know or think. The main aim of the animation was to open up some minds. I like toying with people's emotions and perceptions via my work I find every individual response unique and says alot about the person. My audience participating and engaging in my work means alot to me. In shops today we see things such as paint by numbers or art therapy colouring books for adults and so on. I think it would be amazing if I could be the creator of a large one of these and displayed it in an exhibit or gallery space and got the audience to "colour in" my painting.  I also want to look further into consciousness and space. One idea I really want to execute is a live pai...

This was a little activity I done when I was attending Claire Potters masterclass. As I mentioned in my blog post about that class I was really nervous about doing something way out of my comfort zone but it had to be done and I was so happy I did!! I am so pleased with the outcomes and I believe this has a lot of potential if I was to carry it out more professionally. I know I explained it in my blogpost before but I will briefly explain again. I like looking into the psychological effects of many things in life but since I do art, I wanted this semester to be about colours. Sounds simple I know. However, I wanted to go beyond and challenge that. What if I was to manipulate it? To change it? There isn't much science behind our associations with emotions and colours. This activity challenged the brains thought processes and what happens when I inflict new meanings. I  personally feel like I should look further into this as I hold a great interest in it. It does hold a lot of po...

I attended the M. Halvorsen lecture but I could not focus on this lecture at all and looking back I could not even begin to tell you what it was about or what the artist done. Usually I would explain because the artist is boring, or lacks presentational skills but this time I think it was me and that day for some reason I had a hard time focusing. Again I am pretty sure this was a personal problem but maybe it could of been because of the artist that they didn't hold my interest enough? At least it has made me more aware of my actions and that if ever talking about my practise that I keep it interesting enough to keep the audience engaged. I will attach the little notes I did take in this lecture. Sadly I did not attend Chris Altons and Jade Montserrat's lectures. I have still to get around and research them for myself, when I do I will maybe do a quick post on them on here. 

This is just a quick video showing off my book. It is isn't a sketchbook, more of blank pages were I get to spill out my thoughts and ideas. This helps me develop and think through ideas I have or helps me develop my practise. I find it very helpful spilling all my thoughts and paper and visually preparing them in a way that suits me. In a weird way it really stimulates my brain and gets things on the go. The blank page allows me to write as much as I want or need, sketch and doodle until my heart is content and I am happy. It can also be used just to calm me down and get my thoughts straight. This method this year has helped me greatly. I have had many ideas this semester which is great but it was hard focusing on one when I needed to and so I would go to my book to help that. This is definitely a method of mental note taking I would like to continue in the future as it helps me eliminate ideas that may of wasted my time to begin with and/or help develop my practise as a who...

Like I mentioned in my previous post, painting will always be a part of my practise no matter how far I stray. Instead of worrying what to paint, I got very expressionistic. I was heavily inspired by Jackson Pollock and his "action" painting. Although I have done loose paintings and considered them Impressionistic. It was time to get expressionistic. Jackson Pollock I laid the boards on the ground and went to town! The first one I did I diluted the paints so they would flow very easily. I used a large paintbrush and wooden spoons, the whole works and threw paint across the board, walking around getting it across in different motions and when the paint was still wet I would lift and tilt the board to manipulate the flow of the pigment. I did this over and over again, building up the layers. The second painting I used a sponge, soaked it in the diluted paint and squeezed over the board, it created a nice splattering effect, and then soaked into the boa...