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| Acrylic paint on acrylic paper, A3. |
I’m not sure what happened here, but it did and I apologise.
After a tutorial with Alison, everything literally came to a stop and
creative block hit me. I had no ideas what so ever, not a single one and
I hated feeling like that. I got told my work was not contemporary
enough and I had to decide if I wanted to work with a personal icon or a
public one. Being told this did not help me at all. So then this
painting came about.
I did not want to ditch everything I had previously created. I did not care what the tutor said anymore, I was going to do what I wanted and hope for the best. The whole point of my work had be been, well I thought, about the viewer making their own meaning from it. Although I understand it would be hard to show that unless I was being extremely obvious, which I then planned to do. I had decided to create a triptych and have written on it something along the lines of ‘make your own meaning’. I was all set to go, but had second thoughts and chose to do a practise version because I was unsure about the look I wanted to go for. This in turn became the final piece and the 3 part work was never made. I wasn't sure what to fill in the background with and used inspiration from Van Gogh and his work ‘Starry Night’ as you can probably tell. It has to be one of my favourite paintings and one day I will see it in the flesh. However, I think I may have offended anyone who likes his painting. If so, I meant no harm and am truely sorry. I know my version isn't the greatest, but I am still learning.
Below are photos of stages to get to the final piece:
I did not want to ditch everything I had previously created. I did not care what the tutor said anymore, I was going to do what I wanted and hope for the best. The whole point of my work had be been, well I thought, about the viewer making their own meaning from it. Although I understand it would be hard to show that unless I was being extremely obvious, which I then planned to do. I had decided to create a triptych and have written on it something along the lines of ‘make your own meaning’. I was all set to go, but had second thoughts and chose to do a practise version because I was unsure about the look I wanted to go for. This in turn became the final piece and the 3 part work was never made. I wasn't sure what to fill in the background with and used inspiration from Van Gogh and his work ‘Starry Night’ as you can probably tell. It has to be one of my favourite paintings and one day I will see it in the flesh. However, I think I may have offended anyone who likes his painting. If so, I meant no harm and am truely sorry. I know my version isn't the greatest, but I am still learning.
Below are photos of stages to get to the final piece:
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