During the second term of my final year I continued with my exploration of painting, this was with no specific input other than my personal experiences. This piece in particular shows the playful approach I tried to adopt as well as the unexpected and unintended outcomes that arise from trying to suspend control and move on impulse/instinct.
The paintings below were autonomous in their creation, one made with automatic drawing, the other with masking and bold colour, another explored objects abstracted from their surroundings and the last one was simply experimenting with leftovers from the other paintings on a textured background from waste blue-roll.
I feel the outcomes of all could be developed further especially if some stylistic or process based norms can be found, at this point they are all so different it is difficult to decipher them individually let alone together. This was echoed by my Supervisory tutors stating that they seemed lost or confused and they approached and raised questions around a wide variety, potentially too wide.
This feedback was incredibly helpful since at times I can become too spread out, exploring multiple ideas or areas simultaneously. While I enjoy this it is counter productive to resolving ideas and can sometimes leave me in a disconnected state of constant questioning. This state makes it harder to develop and realise ideas fully into practical works, while it may be advantageous form lateral thinking.
