Drip Acrylic& Multiplicity Photography

12/2013

I decided to revisit one of Pollock’s classic works called “Number 1” where he uses yellow, white and black. By using multiplicity photography I was able to re-enact the way Jackson Pollock paints as I saw him in the movie. I found that watching him painting was as interesting as the artwork itself. I thought that the incorporation of the multiplicity photography would add a modern edge to an established style of creating this type of painting.

Oil pastel, Watercolour, Acrylic& Photography   

09/2014

My general art knowledge inspired me to create the traditional fruit bowl piece and it fits in with my theme of finding beauty in the ordinary. Creating a painting within a photograph is an extension of my Jackson Pollock inspired piece “Number 1 (revisited)”. I find the incorporation of different methods into one art work fascinating and this method was self directed as I have not found it elsewhere. The fruit and the bowl are painted and drawn using a variety of medium. The apples and bowl are in oil pastel, the bananas and grapes are in watercolour and the pears are in acrylic.

Wire, paper, satin ribbon

09/2014

Here I express the role of media in communicating beauty and influencing people in a global concept of beauty. I want to illustrate the role of media in promoting the luxury brands.  To produce and portray the idea behind this piece I used Chanel advertisements cut from a magazine to shape the pearls, as a metaphor for advertising shaping our views of beauty. The off -white satin ribbon wrapped around these spherical forms recreate the pearls typically used by Chanel and the use of the numerous chain wire rings represent the numerous pearls in Chanel designs. We see that it is possible to recreate beautiful objects that have the image of luxury and it is advertising that creates the desire to possess these objects.

Pencil

12/2013

This pencil drawing was an art class task following steps given on a website. In completing this task I developed a greater understanding of pencil work.  Details such as the reflection of the eyelashes in the eye and the wet areas were elements I had to pay particular attention to. The eye connects with my theme as it is the eye that perceives light and beauty.

Watercolour

09/2014

The title suggests perhaps that the object itself is a globe made of matter. However, there is also an environmental influence in the title. This relates to the Global Matter of sustainability and the environment and the improvements made in our daily lives. This type of globe is no longer used as its filaments produce much more heat than light which results in a waste of electricity.

Acrylic

04/2014

This acrylic painting of a single apple revisits a classic. Apples have often been used as the subject of skill based art pieces. Here I worked with acrylic in detail on a small scale investigating closely all elements of the apple:  the colours, areas of shadow and the reflection.

Acrylic on Canvas

04/2014

This artwork acknowledges how a particular fragment of time, where lighting and composition fall perfectly into place can form a beautiful visual image. I found this image while I was walking in the Winter Fish Market in North Hamburg, Germany. It captures a flock of birds hovering above the sea. This painting represents a memorable moment for me and I feel that I have successfully recreated the mood and atmosphere that were present.

Compressed Charcoal

12/2013

This charcoal portrait was inspired by South Korean artist KwangHo Shin who uses curves and smudges to express human feeling with only the eyes being clearly visible.  I found it an intersting challenge to capture  emotion and personality in a portrait and  I discovered how important the eyes are in expressing this. The eyes serve not only as a focal point but also as a source of knowledge and understanding, they are the windows to the soul.

I see free movement and life that consists of “loose but purposful style which fulfilled the criteria of portrait proportions giving a pleasing result.” to quote my interviewed artist, Joseph Freidin. To me that is true artistic beauty.

I developed a mindset of adaptability to people’s obvious differences having grown up as part of two cultures. I became fascinated by how beauty and light could be found in the most unexpected and unusual ways. The course allowed me to develop new techniques through experimentation and the exploration of my theme, which continued to be the presence of light and beauty.

Light is a powerful presence in my work and during visits to the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg and the Gallery of SA in Adelaide I was particularly drawn to those artists who are masters of the use of light.  I was fascinated by Van Gogh’s “Starry night over the Rhone” in the way in which he used light as the focus of the work. M. J. Turner’s “Moonlight, a study at Millbank” impressed me by the artists’ skill in the intense recreation of light to emote feelings and drama. Jackson Pollock inspired my love of using bright, bold colours with a freedom of application that suggests movement and life.

My collection seemed to evolve as I experimented with different techniques and mediums. I anticipated to make visual impacts with mediums I felt confident in and in most cases I achieved this. I experimented with unfamiliar mediums such as slow exposure photography, Photoshop, dark room photography or a combination of one of these with conventional mediums but the outcome was less predictable.

In many of my works, life, light and movement reflect the beauty that I admire in various cultures from around the world. Whether I was portraying the slums of India on an old wooden palette or the extravagant luxury of iconic wealth, I told a story of a moment in life where beauty can appear at any time or place.