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Artist statement

At the start of my project I focused on ephemeral items as portraiture. (See earlier posts) I got pictures of my friends and families bedside tables, and painting them in ink. I experimented with large scale and different types of paper.

I did bedside tables as a form of portraiture until Easter break. After we came back from Easter I wanted to move onto something new because I felt I was stuck painting still lives, which didn’t interest me as much.

I printed out pictures of my friends and painted them instead on boards of card I had primed with a mix of red paint, pva glue and magazine collage. I used my knowledge I gained from the life painting workshops to practice using minimal detail, intentional brushstrokes, limited colour pallet and use of complimentary colours. I researched artists such as Kaye Donachie to enrich my practice. I painted my friends from life relaxing in the park too.

Here are some of my favourite works from painting:

My final walk displays, one in studio 4 and one in the corridor near studio 6.

Artist Research: Mamma Anderson

Contemporary Swedish painter born in 1962

Living and working in Stockholm

Her paintings feature traditional Nordic and folk art references, using imagery drawn from early films

Her work depicts atmospheric landscapes and portraits that have a dreamy, melancholic feel.

She has exhibited in galleries all over Europe including the Douglas Hide Gallery in Dublin.

We were asked to create a powerpoint presentation about an artist, and talk about it for 5 mins on zooom.

The powerpoint with more info on Mamma Anderson:

https://studentlit-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/k00281435_student_lit_ie/EX43Qd0n-3lHm5JvzdTLyX8BArpOrZRiI6Outsq2_huDzA?e=NFKTBh

Artist Research: Kay Donachie

Contemporary Scottish painter. I enjoy her greeny yellow paintings of people outside, spending time together. Her work is dreamy and soft, so full of light.

They are dreamy, not quite reality, and feel ethereal and divine.

Artist Research: Justine Kurland

Contemporary American photographer who's work features landscapes populated by people.

Her photographs of nude people outside in nature feel pagan and post-apocolyptic.

These portraits of people spending time together outside is similar to my bonfire painting.

Life painting of my friends lying in the park

Colour pallet inspired by Kaye Donachie.

Subject reminiscent of Justine Kurland's photography.

nemfrog

Bonfire. 1914.

Portrait of my friends around a campfire

I think the life painting workshops we have been doing the past few weeks have really helped me and informed this painting. I used a limited colour pallet of three main tones for this painting, like how we do in the workshop on Mondays.

In the workshops, we are painting a figure with a big 2 inch brush, which makes detail impossible. You have to think about the placement of your tones more, and decide what is the most important information to include. I intentionally emitted as much detail as I could from this painting too. Up close, it looks like a mess of blobs but when you step back, an image is formed.

I used purple tones over a red underpainting.

The day after I painted the purple, I added a yellow to the fire and the people. Yellow is the complimentary colour of purple, so it really popped and added a warm glow.

This painting reminds me of Kaye Donachie’s paintings of people in nature spending time together.

The epiphany, 2002, oil on canvas.

Portrait of Jamie and Oliver

I primed a few boards with red paint and PVA glue. I did a rough collage of newspaper over it to make it more interesting.

I ended up painting over all of the newspaper, but it was good to have anyways

I did this painting of my friend but I liked how it looked halfway through rather than how it looked at the end

Here’s a painting of hungover Jamie. I left the collage to peek through in this one. I like painting my friends.

Life drawings

The first sketches shown are 3 mins each

I like them more than the 10 min version of the same pose:

I think the sketches (first photo) look more instinctual and free

Life painting with a spotlight on the model

I really enjoyed this workshop because the spotlight made dramatic lights and darks

The shadow cast on the wall is like an alter ego

Where there is bright light there is also dark shadow

I also did a quick 10 min painting afterwards

IMMA : Patricia Hurl

I went to the IMMA yesterday and saw Patrica Hurl’s ‘Irish Gothic’ exhibition.

‘Forensic self portrait’ 1993, oil on board

I like the bold red panels on the chest and feet paintings. It seems she has scanned her whole body, painting it piece by piece. The first painting on the left of her face reminds me of the texture impasto self portraits we did in a workshop.

Painting from today

Unrecognisable objects generated by ai

Name one thing is this photo:

the harder you try to figure out what you’re seeing, the more confused you get, what a weird image

I think it’s really interesting, maybe could play with this idea through paint

RAE KLEIN

I’ve been following this artist for awhile now and I noticed she has a series of paintings of still life arrangements of candlesticks and cutlery floating in a cloudy void

They feel nostalgic and dreamy and I like the idea of taking seemingly mundane insignificant objects out of their setting to make us see them in a different way

This is an interesting portrait incorporating an ephemeral item

She also plays with perspective, flattening and sowing it, framed by this vibrant red it looks very striking

Here are some some strange portraits that capture the essence of a person more than how they actually look:

my favourite painter <3

#rae klein #painting #portrait

Primary research:

I photographed myself and my family’s bedside tables and other places that I felt represented a person, eg: my mothers sewing table, or the place everyone leaves their wellies and boots along the wall.

I set up still life compositions and played around with lighting.

Me:

Mother:

Father:

Sister:

Brother:

Family portrait:

I started thinking about the family portraits I used to draw when I was little

I’ve never spent this much time away from home and my family, so when I go back things feel more special. I notice my fathers boots by the door, Mother’s Day daffodils wilting on her bedside side table, the dog-eared book on my sisters desk, put face down to be picked up again soon.

Even though these things are only material objects, they represent something more than that, they represent a person, and the sight of them can bring a feeling of fondness, endearment and nostalgia.

I am interested in recording this personal clutter through painting.

self Portrait with a mirror and a palette knife

I like how it looks like an abstract swirling glob of paint close up and you see the figure when you stand back

Satisfying to paint so thickly

Side profile of the blobby mess:

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