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Hanging I have now hung the circles, all by myself! I didn’t want them to look symmetrical so the light circle is positioned at the top, so you are forced to look up into it as its above eye level. […]
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The Finished Circles. As the artist it’s one of my pleasures to work on a painting one day and come in the nexy when it’s dried and looks completely different, (but always in a good way). And with the particular […]
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Why I paint the way I do My process has been hindered due to the MDF. I would usually work with a lot more water. But because I am now conscious of how easily they can bow my approach therefore […]
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Ideas behind Degree show paintings. I want to paint a non-typical image of the sea. They will be imagined images, so are not copied from any reference. I want my paintings to be an impression of the sea, or feelings […]
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Degree Show Prep For my degree show im making 3 circles out of MDF, as any circle canvases bought online are expensive and not big enough, i also thought 3 is a good number because they would fit well in […]
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Gustav Metzger I came across this artist when i walked past a poster of his exhibition, neon greens and pinks were shouting out at me and forced me to stop and take a closer look. This particular exhibition was called […]
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Samantha Keely smith Samantha Keely Smiths work is very atmospheric. It is about the border between dreams and reality. Her images are all imagined, not copied or from life. They are unknown landscapes which remind one of the sea or […]
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Paul Baxter Recently I went to a small exhibition in Needham Market. To be honest, the majority of the work there didn’t appeal to me, but there was a few pieces that caught my eye and when I got closer […]
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Water has always been involved in my work somehow, whether it’s a painting inspired by ripples and reflections, or the use of water on the canvas to react with the paint. I feel that one of the reasons I am […]
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Video painting The process of this painting was slightly different, as I filmed each layer, (approx 8-10 layers). I also used a new medium by Liquitex, which stopped the colours from blurring into one another. This combined with not using […]
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Untitled blog post from "Degree Project"
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 […]
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Reflection – So far My blog so far seems to be a journey, through my project and paintings. I started by showing you some work from previous projects, and I can see how much I have progressed just in the […]