Having been impressed by the portrait work of Portuguese artist Vhils I began to think about how his techniques and process could work for me. The works I was most interested in were those made into the rendering on the […]
The American Photorealists As a device to remove some of my own feelings and views I have found that the use of found and secondary images and video footage very successful. The method of working from photographs is my preferred […]
Here are some more of Gerhard Richters images that i am looking at and inspired from… These painintgs are all taken from the Abstraktes Bild collection. Abstraktes Bild Abstraktes Bild was a second breakthrough of Richter’s of 1977. The collection […]
For quite a while, my attention has been aimed at the ‘submersive experience’ art piece, where I wanted to learn more about the process and materials that I would be using. After experimenting with possible materials to use in the […]
Because I feel as though I have reached a point of understanding the processes and direction of my ‘submersive experience’ piece, I have decided to dedicate more of my time to developing my ‘artificial environment’, as I feel there are […]
As I plan on relying on audience interaction with my piece, I will also need to develop a sucessful method of getting them engaged in the first place. My reason for wanting audience participation is to hopefully transfer a message […]
These images are an experiment to see how the milk bath would look in my photos. I used powered milk and fresh milk to create the bath; I really like the effect the milk has created as it has created […]
I currently have my latest creation in The Freudian Sheep gallery in Ipswich that is owned and run by a fellow course member. [1] The gallery is a collection of work from an artist collective called ‘DIG’ that I am […]
Over the weekend I finally took some of my own images at Harwich beach. The main reasons for taking my own images is that if I am going to be taking inspiration from pictures some of them should really be […]
Within my work i explore new ideas just by simply making, trying and doing them. This is then how i develop thease ideas, when they are made and infrount of you i find that it is then easier to see […]
As I have been experiencing technical issues with my internet recently, I have resorted to the old fashioned method of documneting my work and progression in a sketchbook. Tuesday 25th March 2014 Over the last two days, I have decided […]
Again I have created a white emulsion and water mix in my washing up bowl to create my desired surface. I have printed one of my favourite milk bath photos on a5 and placed underneath my tracer projector. With the […]
At this point in time I believe that I know have a clear understanding of what my work is, and is going to be in the coming months. Through the process of making work and writing this blog I feel […]
I’ve been doing a little research on Shakespeare’s character Ophelia. Ophelias character crumbles into insanity in the story of Hamlet. ‘through Ophelia we witness Hamlets evolution, or de-evolution into a man convinced that all women are whores; that the women […]
Construction Project Day #16 In the past few days an old friend of mine Gary Bolam sent me images of Andreas Nicolas Fischer’s work. This is an artist that I have never come across, sadly, but I am glad to […]
Reflecting on my blog, I realise that I portray myself as very angry about Patriarchal societies and their treatment of women. This is fair enough, I think, as women can often get a short straw in life and western societies […]
On friday evening I used my dear old laptop at the studio to write a post but due to the computer’s age I could not upload it … now it is Monday and here it is … It was great […]
Post Private View The week before my exhibition was so hectic I didn’t have a minute to relax. I was even working while eating, and by the day of the opening I was completely exhausted. I had done everything I […]
Strangely, middle aged women tend to get a little bit frosty when you ask if you can have their discarded underwear… Can’t imagine why! I have been thinking about this a lot. And while I wait around for Bo, money, […]
After conducting my experiment with projecting my etching plates, I started to think about other ways that I can use the plates in other areas of my project. I have been largely preoccupied with my seaside etchings most recently and […]
‘Trapped Flesh I’ and ‘Trapped Flesh II’. These images show how these paintings have developed along side each other. My process for painting has been affected through the artists I have researched and my experiences during this projects development. -In […]
Swollen Flesh -Seeing my flesh in a different state. -This is the after-math of the anxiety that I spoke about in blog post 14. -Swollen eyes look voluminous which interests me. -I’m not sure YET if I will use these […]
Artist Research- Chris Finley Chris Finley is an American artist who is interested in audience participation and interpretation. In his “Power Sources” series, from which these three paintings belong, Chris Finley explores the relationship people in the media spotlight have […]
Experimenting in Photoshop After finding out about how Chris Finley distorts images and uses though as reference points for his art I thought I would do the same. However I would be distorting portraits as he did- I would use […]
Where I will go from here Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how I can move my practice forward and in what direction it is going. After reading over my blog in its entirety for the first time in […]