Photos

I've started working back into my larger pieces and am currently working on the three larger pieces at once (blue, orange, and green pieces). I will be placing photographs of the progress I've been making on each of them throughout the next few weeks. I'm going to start also the background paintings on two much larger canvases in the next few days starting a bright orange one, along with a red piece. I am also going to go into the purple piece that I have already finished the smooth under surface of this weekend and hopefully finish the second textured layer by next week so I can have 4 pieces to work with at once in the semi-final stages. I am very excited about where these are going and they are beginning to become very individualized which is something I'm really enjoying and therefore not becoming bored.


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Brown Piece:

Studies

These are some photos I have taken of the progression of two studies I'm coming back to and practicing new techniques on. The idea is to be very free and really work with different color combinations to create this idea of depth and intrigue. So far I'm liking the direction and really enjoying working into the pieces. These are smaller pieces so I'm pretty excited to see how they work out in big scale. I want to work on multiple pieces at a time and see how they change throughout the processes.

Texture references

These photographs are ones that I have taken over the past two years and are references for texture, layer, and color that I've always gravitated towards and hope to try and accomplish in my works. I really like the vibrant colors that pull the eye in.

Cells and mixed media

I've been thinking a lot over break as to what direction to go. It kind of stinks because I don't have any of my supplies and I've been traveling all break so I haven't had much chance to actually be painting and doing studies, but I've been searching the internet for visuals to start from. I've been looking at a lot of blown glass for color and shapes, and have sort of begun to realize that some of my work looks like blood cells. I have some photos that are screen shot close ups of blown glass abstractions that I'm looking at for color and, in some, shape. I'm really excited to get back to my studio and start a new.



I've also been super interested in looking at the artist Jonas Gerard which was mentioned to me by someone when I was back home and I've really fallen in love with his process and the way in which he uses color and texture and creates movement and chaos which is something that I think I've been struggling in my work thus far and where I want to push myself. Here are some of the works I am looking at and enjoying and want to sort of explore further this idea of possible mixed media even because in some of his work if you look closely there are photo transfers and I've always been interested in mixed media work and feel that it would give my work that much more depth.

New Direction, Photos for thought

My IP presentation did not go the way in which I had planned, and honestly was actually pretty hard to sit through... having said that, it has made me think about a lot, and I've decided to go into a different direction. I just read through my summary, and looked at all the artists that was suggested for me to look at and they have really started inspiring me. I do not want to make my art about some deep inner workings of my life, or try and contrive it into something that it's not, but I do agree that aesthetically my recent works are a bit boring. I want to try a lot more studies when I get back to school and find something that works for me and create very purposeful work. I do want to stick to the oval shapes though because there is just something about them that I can't seem to shake, the way in presenting them though needs to change and become more engaging. We'll see where this all goes but here are some images that I am really started to love by Ross Bleckner. I really like the way the color vibrates and the movement of it throughout.

Work

I've started placing the texture on the green piece and things are going pretty well. I've decided to make it very vertical in direction and have a bit of a swoop to create a sort of movement. I am going to go back into the brown piece this weekend and try and figure out what it is that I am not liking with it.
Meirav and I were talking and she came up with the idea of giving it more luminosity and direction by having the two ends that have luminosity coming together through the middle and also having all of the textured pieces work together to go in one direction. We'll see if it helps, if not, I'm still pleased with the color of the piece itself, not necessarily the texture. We'll see.
Hopefully I can get all three of these pieces done by my presentation (I will get them done!) and I'm excited to show my work and get feedback. I also feel like I need to write out some more of my thoughts and create a more cohesive way of speaking about my work rather than winging it and hoping for the best. I'm going to give a mock review to my housemates this weekend and see what someone who does not know much about art has to say about my approach and my aesthetics.

New Ideas, New Photos

I've been struggling with deciding when enough is enough. Basically, I have decided I want to make each of these paintings individualized in the way in which the texture lays on the surface. My first piece was basically almost completely covered with the textural bits, and after stepping away from it for a while, I do think it works (I was having second thoughts for awhile, but I think I may have just been staring at it for too long). Here is a photograph to give you a better idea of what I am talking about:



I enjoy the color and luminosity of this piece, along with the uplifting effect it has. My second piece I have been working on I've given a few shots of already but here is a more recent photo to keep you posted on how it has developed.



I think I like the direction this is going with adding pieces that are larger is sort of working, but part of me still feels a disconnect. Colin gave me the idea to try a new technique of just adding the liquin original onto to the canvas and see how that results. The effect is kind of intriguing but on one of the studies I tried it on, it bled on the canvas. I'm going to try and do it again on a study but this time have the canvas lay flat and see if that stops the bleeding.
I also have been experimenting with direction of the textured pieces. The next piece that I'm working on is green, and I've decided to try and have a cascading effect by having the textured pieces fall in the same direction in the dark parts and then spontaneous in the luminous area's. I've drawn it out on paper and it looks pretty interesting, I just have to execute it.