A trip to Leeds last week proved absolutely exhilarating with such a wide selection of amazing art particularly The Tetley’s new exhibition ‘Painting in Time’.
Today was very energetic. No more pondering on what to do next as I knew that painting the mask to cover the entire female face was the objective. Being opaque sheet it was simple to trace the outline of the […]
When I look at these quick sketches of faces made on the acetate sheet, I see that they are not like any of the other work I am painting. They are loose and quick observations which I don’t seem to […]
This week’s selection includes ‘solo’ shows in York and Nottingham by two artists who include examples of other artists’ works to create a dialogue around their own, while a double-header in Leeds sets in place a more formal conversation around the meaning of sculptural objects.
At the start of this project i had a clear idea in my head of what i wanted to achieve. As time has gone on that idea has changed a thousand times over. The subject of female nude is still […]
Whilst researching about Jodie marsh the first thing that comes up in relationship to her is the term Glamour Girl. This instantly reminded me of the research i conducted through out my dissertation about Lucian Freud and his use of […]
When I researched and wrote my dissertation on the figurative work of Lucian Freud and Jenny Saville I was convinced that my work would move towards large figurative portraiture. Over the summer last year I did research and plan my […]
An alleged spat between Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon is the theme running through Mackie’s exhibition “You were shit in the 80s” currently on show at James Freeman Gallery. However, rather than focusing on these alleged disagreements, the viewer feels […]
The female nude and pointillism, isn’t something that has been connected, but through research, i found an artist that used a different style of dots to power their work. Roy Liechtenstein was most famous through Pop Art and used advertisement […]
This drawing was taken from an image online, that i cropped to focus on the face. The woman on the original image was very muscular and i wanted to see if i could carry this from the body into the face. […]
Before i started this subject on the female nude i created a few works on portraiture. I believe that portraiture is very important. The works that i created where not created by making an exact replica of that person by […]
From my research, and looking at the female nude, it got me thinking of the three Somatotypes :- Ectomorph (thin),Endomorph (round) and mesomorph (muscular). The old masters usually painted in an idealized manner using social acceptance to push there nudes, […]
Being fascinated by the human body, is what led me to my subject for my dissertation. The dissertation ran along side my practical work. This interest for the human body and expression led me down the path of the creative […]
It’s just one room, but what a room. Fifty years of work are condensed into what could stand as a mini retrospective of Frank Auerbach’s work. The landscapes are mostly the familiar subjects of Primrose Hill and Camden Town: Mornington […]
This week’s must-see shows include Frank Auerbach’s drawings and paintings at Tate Britain, Simon and Tom Bloor’s exploration of the post-war architecture of play at Sheffield’s Site Gallery – and a spot of artist-run golf in Croydon.
Quotes from Skinning the Paint by Emily Braun, a key text in contextualising my project. I will reflect back on this and try and more clearly pair parts of this text with my work. ‘In the history of art, Titian […]
OK, so I have a studio space, lots of materials and subject matter and time on my hands, since no-one will employ me. So why am I not making anything? Well I could blame the kids, the other half, the […]
Pace, London
19 April – 7 June 2013
The painting of my father was a labour of love, in that it was a painting that was difficult but I was determined to finish. It is a painting with a lot of anquish in it, as it was uncertain […]
AN IDEA FOR COLLABORATION Draft dissertation given in. Can now concentrate on Studio Practice. Sophie has agreed to collaborate with me so can now explain what it’s about. My painting project is about expressing an emotion or feeling rather than […]
Other artists I am looking at for my dissertation who work from photograohs are Jenny Saville, Lui Xiaodong and Elizabeth Peyton. I like the fact that Lui Xiaodong paints ordinary people where he lives in China , snapshots from ordinary […]
Finished the book’ Man in a Blue Scarf’. What a fantastic read and a real insight into Lucian Freuds world. Felt inspired to do a painting afterwards and started and finished one in the same evening. I find working in […]
Finding this is becoming addictive!!…Reading a lot about Lucian Freud for my dissertation. Painting a portrait is an attempt to not just replicate the image of the sitter, but to capture something of their essence. But as yet….I am not […]
Have got half way through ‘Man with a Blue Scarf’…a book written by Martin Gayford. Martin Gayford sat as a ‘sitter’ for Lucian Freud for a year and some… ‘Man with a Blue Scarf is a book written by Gayford […]
