Autumn 2010
I guess you can call my most recent piece 'white work' rather than 'black work' I wanted to try using areas of white more dominantly...I think I prefer the heavier use of black with white as negative space though. There is something I like in the blocky bold areas of black which white areas dont seem to achieve. Also the white areas dont seem as imposing as I would like.
Not to say I dont like the 'white work' its just I feel more connected as an artist to the darker pieces. They seem more fitting to my style.
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The next couple of pieces I plan to work on are currently revolving around themes of leaving somewhere, moving forward with life, taking flight and following your dreams / your heart. In this series I aim to illustrate what I feel in my life at the time....
So I'm experimenting with the meaning of gestures with hands and iconography. Simplifying thoughts and feelings into minimal visual components. I try to get what I want to say to the veiwer by using one or two visual aids, for example: Lost Transmission only uses 5 visual aids to get the meaning across. Hands (x2) to represent individuals, untied ribbon (x2) to represent a broken link and a circle (1) to represent the earth and distance....
I feel if there are too many visual aids the meaning of the piece becomes very lost so therefore by sticking to no more than 5 or 6 this makes the piece much stronger.
I've been trying to use this method of thinking in all of the work I have created so far and it seems to be working well for me.
I'm not too far off finishing another piece so watch this space....
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