It feels great to be back in a busy studio now that my incredibly long summer break is officially over! I thought it would be a great idea to show you my latest completed painting and to tell you all about the exciting new directions I'm moving in.
As you all know, I am a very big fan of all things ceramic - especially the ugly stuff - and I am also partial to a cluttered interior. So in my latest painting I decided to combine some different pieces of imagery in a bid to fuel an unclear idea.
Here is the finished piece...
Untitled
Oil on canvas 4ft x 4ft
As you can see it's pretty different from the work I was making at the end of my first year. I think this is because I have been influenced by the reading on the eighteenth century I have been doing and my search to find a platform for the development of my fascination with these objects. I didn't find this painting satisfying once I completed it, although it's the most time and detail I've put into a single work (4 Days), I think the interior is the wrong setting for what I'm trying to portray through the ceramic objects.
My 'touch' when I paint the objects has been likened to the glazes used in making ceramics and for the past week I've felt that I need to take a more tactile approach and actually make some of my own 'objects d'art'. Of course they won't be anywhere near as skillfully crafted as the real deals, I simply do not possess the know-how, but I think my ignorance to the skill of the craft could work in my favour to produce some interesting outcomes.
The biggest challenge I'm facing is what to put on the things I make! I'm a fan of the decorative and take influence from the aesthetic movement - William Morris' wallpapers playing a main role. I still feel paint will be my medium of choice when it comes to putting something on the objects, partly because it's something I am familiar with and partly because I'm worried about the work being seen as a Grayson Perry rip off.
I'm currently reading some of Edgar Allen Poe's works and am a fan of how he uses description to create tension, and I'd love for that literary influence to come through into my work, but I'm not quite sure how that will surface as yet.
It's all very exciting and I have no idea how I am going to house all my little creations, I'll probably have to make a slapdash shelving unit. The next step for me is to get a load of clay and make make make! I'm also looking for a reasonably priced pottery course that's preferably local to me so let me know if you can suggest somewhere!
Thanks for reading! xx
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