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I think that my last piece of art work needs some varnished areas. I also think that it would have benefited from some colour and texture in the preparation of the canvas.

I have just started my next piece of work in the studio. I used emulsion and acrylic paint aswell as black powder paint, ink and pencil in the preparation stage. I drew into the wet emulsiuon paint with pencil, using my left hand. This is a technique used by Cy Twomby. Twombly drew with his left hand in the dark in order to imitate the direct simplicity he found in childrens drawings and primitive art. I have also used my fingers, Cy Twombly thought that using his hands in a painting directly linked him to the art of prehistory.

Varnedoe, K. (1994) Cy Twombly: A Retrospective. New York: The Museum of Modern Art.

I chose to work on a large canvas so that I could be immersed in it and use the full extension of my body in mark making. The large canvas is also better for emulating a wall or rock surface.

I like the way the shadow from the window plays out over the canvas in the first image, it looks like a primitive stick man.


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My most recent painting completed in the studio. In it I have included images from ancient cave paintings as well as archaic symbols. This painting was a excercise in mark making. Following Jackson Pollock, I have used the canvas as an arena in which to act. The marks are instinctual and it has been interesting to see the images that have come to light. I’m not sure if it is really finished, I may have to come back to this one later.

My favorate artist at the moment is Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was also influenced by cave art. He used primitive forms and symbols to describe the state of the world as he saw it. Although his body of work was completed in the 80’s, from what I have read I believe I have similar opinions to him about the structure of the world we live in.


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