Final Assessment.

These are the selection of paintings I chose to show for my second year final assessment. I was lucky enough to be given a large space away from my studio area. I think getting it out of the place it was created has definitely benefited my work and I am grateful for having been given the opportunity.

In my studio space though, I have shown this small series: Elesym VI - XI. They are still all works in progress and I felt they would be better seperated from finished pieces. I suppose they did not need to be shown, but they will help as back up work.

I think I have done better this semester, I definitely felt better about it and was relaxed. I even managed to not have to do any work on the day of hand-in. I think that is a first! Instead, I spent the day helping others with their work. Many good deeds were achieved that day!

Elesym XIII.

The last couple of days before the Easter Holidays, I was given the chance to use to a large space in the studio area to show my work for the upcoming assessment. I was really surprised...

Last semester I had a bad time and hardly any work was created. It was all bits and bobs which didn't relate to each other. I had no idea what I was doing. And I wasn't enjoying myself.

But this was a great opportunity and of course, I said yes to it! I thought maybe the tutors had seen that I have come a long way and grown with my art since the last dreaded assessment. I wanted to do well and use the space to its fullest. That's when I decided I needed to achieve another painting before this final assessment for second year. I chose to come back to uni early which allowed me enough time to create a fourth piece.

I wanted to change the way I used circles, developing my work once again, whilst keeping the abstract version of the elephant skull again. I decided to use acrylic for its bright colour and ability to dry reasonably quick. This is what I ended up with. Not too shabby, hey? People seem to like it... Well, they say they do haha!

Elesym XII.

I must admit, this is probably the piece that I am most proud of this semester. It has had a lot more thought put into it than the others and I guess, I never thought I would ever create something like it. For me, it's very abstract. It must mean that I've made some progress. Yay me!

Elesym VI - XI.

These are kind of a series within a series. They are clearly unfinished and all still works in progress. God forbid if I called them finished, I would be told what is wrong with them straight away! I am still working with using shapes from the elephant skull and transforming them into even more so unknown forms.

I hope to finish them over the summer; I should be able to. With the lack of space I have back home for working, nothing usually is achieved, but these are only little. Maybe you will see them again sometime, keep an eye out.

I also learnt that hanging things up is quite helpful...