I then started to think about first hand images that I had taken when on a fox hunt. the horses and the hounds are representative alone, but the colour red I felt was most representative, or atleast the red coat. so I worked with my photographs to highlight the red coat within the sport.
I found this image from an artists blog months ago, and found it interesting, stupidly I didnt take note of the artist, but I still liked the different way of personalising the fox and it resulting in an almost British symbol.
I wanted to have a go, but without using the fix I found it took away the British symbolism slightly, although the photo I used was my own, and the humans are wearing shooting attire, the fox makes the image effective, not the cat.
Finally, this month I have started to create some work relative to the fox, aswell as my colour work.
I was still stumped as to what I wanted to say with my work, and how to involve the animal materials within my wrk, so I wanted to just throw some ideas around with drawings and paintings . At first I looked briefly at some anatomy of the fox to give me a better understanding just how to draw and paint.
I have continued with old projects and slightly neglected my current project. I have decided form the beginning that i would focus on the fox as a subject as I felt it as an animal was quite symbolic of traditional britain , as it is heavily associated with fox hunting. After writing my dissertation it broadened my thinking to look at general animal use within art of all mediums.
All the artsist I looked at use similar materials, ie animal parts, but are all trying to say different things through their art. Many artists want to make the audience question their morals, some want to simply shock. very few create art with animal parts to make art that is aesthetically pleasing.
so it is time for me to sit down and think what exactly I want to say ??
