The last year has been a hard one! It is very hard to sustain an artistic practice alongside full-time work and this is coupled with the loss of the University resources that previously sustained my work.
Now, however, I want to begin afresh and experiment with ideas and concepts that may or may not be connected to my previous bodies of work. I think I need to let go of the idea that I definitely need to concentrate in the area I was practising in before- I want to explore a range of media and new ideas. I am going to begin with some prints using found materials around the Central Library in Birmingham. At the moment I'm not sure where this will take me but I hope it will throw up some ideas and inspiration; I am convinced that my practice feeds off experimentation and action rather than theory- I now need to take that leap!
I also want to take my collage practice in another direction- to make collages and explore using these as the basis for paintings and drawings rather than taking them immediately to printmaking.
So here goes...!
Now, however, I want to begin afresh and experiment with ideas and concepts that may or may not be connected to my previous bodies of work. I think I need to let go of the idea that I definitely need to concentrate in the area I was practising in before- I want to explore a range of media and new ideas. I am going to begin with some prints using found materials around the Central Library in Birmingham. At the moment I'm not sure where this will take me but I hope it will throw up some ideas and inspiration; I am convinced that my practice feeds off experimentation and action rather than theory- I now need to take that leap!
I also want to take my collage practice in another direction- to make collages and explore using these as the basis for paintings and drawings rather than taking them immediately to printmaking.
So here goes...!
