I just heard put into words the thought that always comes to mind when I’m painting which is that the aim is not to copy the photo but to interpret it. This is my first series of interpretations of the … Continue reading Painting the photos
A catalogue of movement towards a final body of work. It began with gulls. All the above are made in acrylics, watercolour pencils and, in some cases, soft pastels or charcoal. The last one is massive; I’m not happy with … Continue reading The interstitial spaces between 3.1 and 3.2
Drawing on literature’s long-held practice of looking closely at the structure and nuance of text, art repurposes this to mean close looking, seeing (echoes of John Berger here), and analysis of “what the work is, means, and does in the … Continue reading 3.2 Part Four – close reading (legacy materials)
Most of my interview experience is clinical or forensic, so this will be different. Nevertheless, there are some well-established skills and practices that are transferrable. My practice is usually to take a semi-structured approach based on an understanding of the … Continue reading 3.2 Legacy Part Four – Artist Interviews
I chose the Dissertation option last year and began writing early in 3.1 as this was an easier option than practical artwork at the time. Then, due to some confusions over what had to be submitted and when, the Dissertation vanished briefly and an unexpected essay appeared. After quite a lot of work behind the scenes, the Dissertation returned, albeit not to the 3.2 materials. The essay though remained as there had to be a written component for assessment at 3.1. Mine acts as a prelude to the Dissertation and so is attached. I’m not able to publish the Dissertation … Continue reading Legacy 3.2 – Part Four: artists and writing; 2023 materials
For this project, I would approach a service for adults with intellectual disabilities that I know from my previous job and from which I recruited participants to an NIHR Invention for Innovation funded research project involving the virtual world platform, … Continue reading Legacy 3.2 Part Three: collaboration, audience, and social media
Sites I have been thinking about the degree show increasingly as, despite advice that an exhibition isn’t obligatory, this seems to be the route most people take and, from particular experience, to make gains towards their eventual grade. The possibility … Continue reading Legacy 3.2 – Part Two: how your work meets the world
The first paragraph of this section warns against the ‘narrow focus’ and ‘head down’ approach to the final units of the degree and challenges us to be more daring, to make leaps and fresh decisions about what our painting could … Continue reading Legacy 3.2 – Part One Consolidate and Experiment
1st November. For two years now, I’ve made paintings for the porch or the front window in contribution to our lane’s Advent window collaboration. Twenty six displays, one being unveiled each night at 6.30pm until Christmas Eve. I made a … Continue reading Christmas 2023
This is a village and when the village says it’s doing Halloween, it’s doing Halloween no matter the rain hammering down over it! My contribution, meant to be a remote affair, was an A1 painting of a pumpkin with orange … Continue reading Halloween
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