Recently on a corridor at uni I remember seeing a notice saying: “History, what else is there?” I was tempted to, (I wish I had), write underneath: “Her Story, of course”. I do think that in the past women have […]
Continuing to brake up writing, but this time with a phrase I’ve chosen (rather than found in printed material) ‘We can do no great things, only small things with great love’ is something I’ve used before in my work and […]
After looking at Emin’s Photo Album and Andy Warhol’s Photo booth images, i have for the last few days been experimenting with mine, nothing final just placing images beside other ones, seeing how they work and cutting them up and […]
These are a couple more images from my sketchbook where i was playing around they are a bit messy as they are in my sketchnook, but its just ot get my ideas down. I was seeing what it would look […]
Eyes. They say eyes are the door to your soul. Well, that is why I just cut the top half of the head on two of these images. I do think it’s true the eyes in general and in these […]
I am looking forward to revisiting Orford Ness when it is open to visitors again and making more work based on my perceptions as I walk there. In the meantime I have been researching other artists inspired by this unique […]
The V&A, London
1 October 2013 – 2 January 2014
Tate Modern, London
13 February – 26 May 2014
Degree show proposal Hopefully for the degree show I will be making three circles out of MDF board and canvas. As they will have no frame hopefully they will lie flat on the floor and prevent the paint from travelling […]
I’ve just driven all night long crossing several countries and weather systems and now I’m on the ferry waiting to leave the sun-drenched port of the Hook of Holland. It’s probably part delirium of no sleep after such a long […]
One artist, who was not mentioned in my dissertation, is Claus Oldenburg (1922-). This artist has given me a lot inspiration to explore a world of ideas and possibilities. I came to the conclusion that a lot of Pop Artist’s […]
The world we live in now is full of consumer products that are readily available to us even at the click of a button. Back when ‘Pop Art’ started it was new to the British. The mass-production of consumer goods, […]
I too, like Oldenburg wanted to experiment with objects from the consumer merchandise and contemporary culture. In order to put this into my practise and explore further, I started to play with iconic packaging and thinking of ways of deconstructing […]
Once I had the foundations to play with I then had to think about what material would be best to use. Cardboard was a cheap way to pursue this idea, but I wanted to use something more professional. This then […]
Whilst discussing my ideas, one of my peers suggested that these objects could be displayed in frames on the wall and presented in this way. I considered the idea, but thought more about how I wanted my work to be […]
Here are some other iconic objects that I am interested in using for other projects. I again with the ‘Oxo’ cube wanted to think of things that would look great on a bigger scale. I also am thinking about different […]
It’s the morning after the opening night and here we are again, sat round the dining table with our laptops. Only this time, there is one extra body sleeping on the settee in the adjoining room. Kimbal Bumstead arrived a […]
My work has really been through three stages so far…I want to take this opportunity to reflect on how my work has changed and progressed. Stage One I started off with very floral and decorative prints in level four and […]
Stage Two Subject. Process. Sorted. The journey of the paint as it leaves the brush and enters the canvas. It’s such a small thing really but my whole project is based on this. Who has more control over my work, […]
Stage Three Size, scale and techniques are all parts of the final stage of how my term has changed. Having previously been afraid of going very large, lately on paper and canvas it has been my main thing..to create art […]
Continuing Painting (3) Size/Scale is becoming an Issue Picking up from the last point from my previous post; that my paintings Untitled (5) & (6) had more ‘direction’ in their composition and were therefore less cluttered in shapes, patterns, lines […]
Ideas from my Dissertation In my dissertation I analysed the effects of the size/ scale of an artwork and it’s ability (or inability) to evoke a sublime sensation within the spectator. While in my work I am uninterested in whether […]
Artist Research Julie Mehetu Julie Mehretu is an American painter who makes large-scale, gestural paintings that are built up through layers of acrylic paint on canvas overlaid with mark-making using pencil, pen, ink and thick streams of paint. “Her work […]
