Blo November 12 Unresolved work

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BLOG November 2012

I had this wonderful picture of light, light as it has been used in architecture, I did not want to copy it but I wanted to get something from it. I started painting on a deep MDF frame, without planning -how it would work. I got so frustrated, the angles, the colours, the way the paint was applied.... and the board got sanded down, and painted over and sanded down and painted over each time slightly different but the problems were not being solved.

This image was from H Plummer, The architecture of Natural Light-The Refraction of light in a Diaphanous film

My images:

I think at this point I recognised that what I want to do was to make something that responded to the work of Toby Paterson, the way that I saw his work (as reproduced in his book-Consensus and Collapse). With clean, accurate lines, angles and bold colours.

I thought about how I could do this quickly sketching out ideas but just left it alone after this, I think because I recognised that I just had not the skill at present to develop this very neat clean lined work.

Is it right to stop working at something once the buzz has gone?

Blog  30 May2013

Toby Paterson


Since being introduced to the work of Toby Paterson I have been really interested in what he does, but I have yet to travel and see some of his work.  But over the last two years a great deal more of his work is being displayed via the internet and I find it most inspiring. It seems so clean, with clear colours, there is nothing that's not defined, his methods of presentation are interesting. I googled 'Toby Paterson -more images' to get a good selection to look at, I hope you will too because they are inspirational.

Blog: 30thMay 2013

Toby Paterson
http://www.themoderninstitute.com/artists/1/selected-solo-exhibitions
"An Experiment for Total Environment"
Durham Art Gallery Durham 2012



I would like you to visit this site, it will maybe
give you an understanding of what I wanted to do, with my vinyl on acrylic work of the Falmer Site Building last December.
 Inspired by Patersons' work, I made that image so that it could be viewed from the back or is it the front? anyway from both sides. This a great way to look at images and I regret not just getting on and doing it.

I consider Paterson has a very interesting way of looking at his subjects and an exciting way of presenting these to his audience.


If you look closely at the image on the right you will see a shadow of a lightening struck tree behind the building.

 

Photographing my work

Tom Gates from City College Brighton took photographs of my work as I was unable to produce good images myself. I learnt so much from watching Tom working, about my work.  The way he was using lighting showed up things about my application of paint that I was not always aware of.  Things that I must be careful about in the future when painting. Sometimes I use a wash right at the end to even colour, but I need to make sure that the coverage is even.

 Lighting can reflect off work making it difficult to read and I need to think about that when working. The lights also show up every mark made that you don't want to be seen.  I was suprised when I put a coat of varnish over my work to help protect it, that house hold dust managed to rush at the surface and the fluff off my warm black wool jumper even more so!

Any other things you think I need to take more care over?

The night before the exhibition 21 May 2013

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Blog The Exhibition 21 May 2012

This is how it is on Tuesday 21 May 2012. The final preparations are being made to the Summer 2013 show for FdA Fine Art and FdA Photography

The lower gallery is ready, the upper gallery approached by the staircase visible in the picture is still awaiting completion, will show many of the FdA Photography images, some of the work will be displayed upstairs along with Christine Thornton's and Sammy Hutton's work and some in this gallery space.

Elizabeth Smith 'There and not there' 1-8 and 9-16 Series 3

My 16 images describing mass in space and light, all unique experiences, revealing forms that belong somewhere, my starting point for this work was my reading around Le Corbusier work for my Contextual Studies.

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Also in this Gallery space is PeterTierney's portrait “from Newhaven to Seaford' This lovely portrait is presented to show comparisons of different media; digital, colour and monochrome film available to the contemporary photographer. 
Siting well, with Alex's portraits of 'Ruairy'. For Alex the female nude and portraiture is a prominent theme. Major influences are of German expressionism.       

PeterTierney's portrait                                   

“from Newhaven to Seaford

                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                'Ruairi'   
                                                                                                                 Alexandra Burrows McGill                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                         

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  “Female Nudes and Portrait”

Alexandra Burrows McGill

                                                                                                                     

 Sophie Ellistons Image sits outside the slightly larger studio space that I now understand was known as “Church”. In this area, 

 Emma O Neils' 'Whose woods these are?”  are displayed, 172 , 10cmx10cm images surround you as you enter. Emma seeks to describe the continuous change and temporality, alongside the permanence and stability that we encounter in nature.

                                                        Emma O Neils' 'Whose woods these are?”

So far so good, only a few more hours and we will know how our work has been received. There are more rooms to describe eg. 'A room of books' to accompany the show and in the top gallery further work,- this from Christine and Sammy along with more photography This will be in a later blog.

References: Many of the descriptions were available as part of the The Student Book 2013

BLOG Exhibition Evening 25May 2013

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Blog 25 May 2012

The exhibition, what a fabulous evening, the studios looked amazing, and as the gallery filled up and people were interested enough to asked about the work -it got even better. I was pleased that I used aspects of my essay as my inspiration and even more pleased that I had documented the relationship of each image in my book because I was able to speak confidently ( if not coherently) about each image and its relationship to the other images.

If I had planned them all more carefully in terms of what would be hung next to what, and the relationship of the images next to each other I would have paid more attention to the colour/tone of each image so that not only did they visually sit well together but they had a strong relationship to the next work. Something to think more about for the future.

It was a pity that the print room did not get the maps and postcards printed. I always like to go away with a keepsake or reminder of what I have seen at an exhibition. The cards we had printed last year were really great and I have sent them to people since, in fact I sent one on the 2^nd of May this year.

Maybe something to think about is sign posting an event. “Reception” in the main tower block building told some people I know, that they were not even aware of the exhibition and had difficulties directing people to the event. I put directions to Trafalgar Court in with both my post and emailed invitations, we have to remember people forget to take these things with them, or possibly, like me and getting old and forget what we've read.

A big thank you to you all for covering for me in show building, I was very pleased to be in when I could but I know you guys really did all the graft!

BLOG December 2012 I saw a thunder storm in the making

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BLOG December 2012

I saw a thunder storm in the making

Just another one of those very slow bus journeys towards home, the sky darkening as we get into December and I see this wonderful angry purple sky as I look across the A23 and Falmer Railway Station towards the University, the sky lighting one of the Falmer buildings as something 'of the moment'.

For some nights after I twist and turn and stare as I past the same spot on the bus, and I looked for a number of nights following but could not match the image image in my head.

This amazing silver building, with clearly defined trees standing proud in front of the building?

I decided that I could work this image through, by using clear perspex sheets, and printed /cut vinyl images. I took photographs at the site and noway were the trees in front of the building but from the images I was able to identify the image I was carrying and the why the trees were where they were and it was down to the light on that night, that one moment in time.

“There and not there”

Should I do more of this work? I like the clarity of the materials.

I have been hard pushed to manage this in time for the very long crit today and the seminar I had to present with Alex in the afternoon.