Week two of my Easter period shenanigans (last week) was spent on such a vast variety of creative activities that I’ll really have to leave it ’til tomorrow to divulge more.
Suffice it is to say that I have been making the two remaining shelves that represent endings, the water screen, and the four films that I will be projecting.
Tomorrow (during the day) all being well, I’ll at least start to paint one of the remaining paintings in the studio at UCS.
Well, it’s been a couple of weeks since I last put together a blog entry – not because I’ve been holidaying in the Bahamas or anything; far from it!
In the first week, I visited my studio space at uni to spend some time experimenting in the pages of my sketchbooks. Ideas relating to the remaining two long paintings I am yet to do.
I finished the second of the four long paintings too – didn’t know what was going to happen until I stood there in front of the canvas, with an array of all sorts of materials. In the event, I freely expressed the life of the nautical man whose end comes soon.
With the teenager & the nautical man done – all that remains is the businessman and the elderly gentleman. I shall be doing those whilst in the studios over the next two weeks.
The stories/narrative of these ‘people’ emerges to me as I go along. They have grown as invividuals in time to fade away to nothing once more.
I do hope they leave a mark.
Saw this the other day on my Facebook feed, and rather enjoyed the photographic portrayal of death as seen here – very much like parts of/much of the person disappearing. Haunting images indeed.
http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/04/06/spooky-portra…
I made The Window a few months ago. It records the passing of sunlight fading to darkness through a window. I have applied some effects and speeded the whole thing up. The vibrant orangey-yellow belongs to nature.
In making this, I was looking to represent the last day. The very last day, fading to the very last dusk …
The last day has ended.
I have been working in the studio and at home on long tall canvasses. I believe that I shall wholly or partially destroy them in the end and the result of that will be the art.
A materials forage/purchase spree is on the cards for next week.
I am am Ian, and I am an Artist.