Studio Work: (My drawing has now merged with my studio work and I am continuing to develop on from the final drawing installation)

Over the last week I have discussed the next possible steps for the direction my studio practice practice with both Simon and Mon J.

Mon J has encouraged me to reaearch futher into Abstract Expressionism and develop an understanding of my on attitude towards abstraction.
She has also helped me realise that there are currently a number of different aesthetic conversations/ moods occuring in my work - childish, playful and almost messy works, and then there are others which are cartooney and others more elegant and meticuously made.

I feel that for my final drawing installation this almost confusion mood and aesthetic attitude of my works fueled the playful conversation I wanted to create.
Now that I feel I have portrayed that idea successfully I am intersted in trialling different routes and focusing more on creating eligant works or going towards the playful, cartooney images.


Eligant works:

In order to find which individual works from my current drawing installation are successful in their crudness Mon J suggested I transfer some images I felt would work on their own onto a flat surface (cartidge paper). I have found inky blue and red pens to try and immitate the nylon on paper and I plan to use thick chalk, oil sticks and tubes of paint to work beside these fine lines and over the top to portray the denser lines made from wool.
I am interested to see if the images will look successful given more space around the gestural marks and the careful and gentle attention I give to them will give them a delicate, eligant feel.

I have also started making some PVA glue and nylon works, with lighter more eligant patterns - mostly grids. I am keen to try and stretch the PVA glue around a frame as a more elegant, conventional approach to using these materials.

Possible artists: (thinking about some for Curate and Critique)

 18th Street Arts Center presents “Kaleidoscopic Gaze,” a painting and sculptural installation by L.A.-based artists Christine Morla and Eric J. Smail

 

L.A. Flippers", Installation View, Christine Morla
Woven found paper on painted gallery wall
Rimjaus Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2006
http://www.christinemorla.com/Art_Drawings12/Drawings12_02.html. - for more drawings

Judy Pfaff:

Elizabeth Murray:














Mary Heilmann:

Sean Scully's wood cuts ( inspired my framed PVA and nylon works - more elegant and simple)