Clothing detail work on “Last Fancy Dress” and a promising start on “They Had It Coming”. Keep it raw - how do you describe that?
11/04/24
Submission 1.
16/04/24
Submission 2. Ran out of time for drawing work.
17/04/24
Sketchbook work.
S.A.W.E.D.
18/04/24
Submission 3 - an open call.
21/04/24
Studio - pre paint notes:
Headscarf - maroon?
Background - a sickly yellow / green (not unlike “Amy Study”.
Now that the canvas is covered (no more blankness) - it’s show time.
24/04/24
Dublin bound. Really bad that I have gotten out of the way writing in this. [slaps wrist].
S.V. confirmed! Class!
Popped into the LAB Gallery to see “Emergency Knowledge: The Missing Archives - Vagabond Reviews”. Great to see Save Our Sperrins highlighted among other important causes.
25/04/24
OK, so I’ve been putting this off for a while and now, it seems that bus time is usually RD time these days.
Project idea I had maybe ten years ago: record a sitter - up close in portrait whilst asking questions - mix of mundane and psychological. Between each question - leave around 20 - 30 seconds. The sitter remains silent throughout - more of an introspective process. The idea was to then take still of video and convert to painting.
What if…
test demo screenshot from 2014
instead of a static camera on tripod (that I tried back in 2014) - the footage moved in, out and around the sitter?
And…
instead of working off individual stills on separate works - merging onto one surface. Showing a variation in composition, scale and method of painting depending on the image taken throughout the test?
So, let’s take stock…
Four submissions done in past 6 weeks plus an SV!
Sketchbook work tonight - since brain is firing on a few more cylinders than usual.
27/04/24
Four years. Surreal.
28/04/24
Studio time.
Well, after nearly losing it on the skin tones - “THIC” turned out better than I could have hoped. A strange feeling.
30/04/24
“mother tongue” in the MAC - GREAT!
Dorothy Hunter’s work took breath away! Bloody brilliant.
