I have been painting
I haven’t really painted that much since school, which is
kind of embarrassing, but I’m going to excuse myself this time and blame that
on foolishly specialising in 3D instead of Fine Art during my Foundation at
Leeds College of Art. While fun it sidetracked me a little so that I was on a
Film and TV Design course for 6 months until I had a massive freak out and
realised I was definitely on THE WRONG COURSE.
But now, right course, just a
little inexperienced, but hey, you’ve gotta start somewhere.
Having only briefly
had a go at working with oils when I was collaging onto wood, I realised that I
really loved it and I knew I wanted to develop it further.
So here are a few initial experiments, using oil paint,
white spirit and glaze.
I was painting from these photos of my mother that my father
too back in the 70’s; really beautiful photographs of her, rich in colour and
emotion. I wanted to take elements from these photographs, focusing on rich
vibrant colour and using the techniques of washing with colour and glaze to
give shine. These are quick experimental pieces, i made to remind myself of
that way of working, plus after watching people paint around me, I had this overwhelming
desire to put down the scalpel and whip out a brush, so i did..
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