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Images of the final pieces selected for my end of year show. YAY!
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And it’s UP! I finally finished the hanging on Friday.
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Untitled blog post from "University Campus Suffolk"
All for one! Who to include in the cluster of portraits in theory seemed a difficult task. In reality it wasn’t. The strong portraits stayed strong and the weak ones in their own right were transformed when placed in a […]
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Day 1 Almost There! Final stages of the large portraits. The main areas to address are the detail around the eyes and to add more life and texture to the flatter areas of tone in order to create volume in […]
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Things are Getting Better!! Feeling a lot more positive about these works. After adding another couple of layers of paint I can see them begin to develop. It looks like with plenty of work these paintings will have the epic […]
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Time to Face the Big Ones! I finally have the nerve up to attempt the large scale portraits. My intention is to paint two compositions both filling 180cm x 120 blocks of cardboard. My nervousness is probably justified as having […]
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A Bad Day to Draw I chose three interesting female faces to tackle with grey toned marker pens. I began well motivated, keen and positive. Sadly I didn’t finish well motivated keen and positive. The first two went wrong from […]
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We all have those painting days! Not every completed painting has to be shown. I’ve recently finished a painting of a girl with a very attractive and interesting face, however it may not fit with the overall tone of the […]
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Stay on the case. I have been lucky enough with this project to find plenty of bang on context, with many major contemporary artists dealing with the same issues or working in a similar way. British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare addressed […]
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What happened to the Agencies? Having ran into difficulties finding suitable models to paint from life I was glad that I had not put all my eggs in one basket. From the outset I intended to paint also from found […]
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10 years Titles can be a very important part of the identity and meaning of a work. The best ones can add more layers for a viewer to explore or, if the artist wishes to direct them to where they […]
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Untitled blog post from "University Campus Suffolk"
“Gotta stay on the scene”. James Brown It would be easy to drift off course and to bend my project to suit the work I’m making, so to stay on the case, I do need to restate some of the […]