Some photos of new work

Work in Progress, 2011. Acrylic and emulsion on MDF. 1220 x 610 mm

Close of up of work in progress, 2011, details above
This is a painting I am currently working on and playing around with quite a bit. Again, a sense of massive scale is what I'm trying to achieve. I'm also experimenting with making the paint surface more interesting by building up thin layers rather than just slapping it on! Another challenge here is that the final complete image will contain only painted surfaces; I am attempting to move away from photocollage for the time being. Below are some other smaller experiments that have fed into this piece.

Any thoughts and suggestions are, as always, greatly appreciated!

New Developments

Have finally got back on with some constructive work! After an excellent trip to London during the week with a friend from school, where I saw loads of amazing art including Miro at Tate Modern and Toulouse Lautrec at the Courtauld, I am feeling quite inspired! Photos to follow as the week progresses :)

Missing My Studio!!!

It's now the Easter vacation from Uni and I've cleared my studio in preparation for the third-years' degree show. It will be really exciting to see another degree show but I'm feeling sad about being out of the studio until October! I'm hoping to continue experimenting over the summer months while I'm at home but at the moment I'm being distracted by an up-coming presentation about my influences and contextual references. I'm going to talk about artists such as John Stezaker, Giorgio de Chirico and David Thorpe as well as architects like Le Corbusier and the Smithsons. If anyone can think of anything to add please let me know!!
In the mean time, here are some more pics of work I made for my Debut 03/11 show... let me know what you think!

Untitled (Portico), 2011. Photo-collage and paint on board.

Kite House, 2011. Photo-collage, permanent pen and paint on aluminium.

Taking Stock

Having the show has really made me think about where my work should go next- a bit annoying really, with less than a fortnight till the assessment for my Uni module! Looking at my work, I can see an increasingly Sci-Fi influence. This is quite surprising given that I have never really been interested in Sci-Fi and I don't think I'd ever watched a Sci-Fi film until I came up with this idea for developing my work!

The piece below was the one that really got me thinking about the world I am depicting in my work.

Photocollage and acrylic on copper

There's also been a lot of theory that's fed into my ideas lately. Imogen Rasz's lecture a few weeks ago about the way Modernists considered the home as needing to be separated from the domestic inspired me greatly.
Some feedback and suggestions for interesting Sci-Fi stuff would be really appreciated!!

Debut 03/11 Show views

A couple of other shots of the exhibition in general- featuring the work of Danielle Stubbs, Jennifer Andrews and Lottie Webber. Feel free to pop in if you're in the area- the show is open 10-4 until Friday 11th!

Debut 03/11

A view of the show at the Glass Box, Coventry.

We had a very stressful day on Sunday hanging the exhibition as we only had 4 hours available to do it. After some last minute finishing on Monday morning, we had the opening night last night (Monday night). The opening was a great success- lots of people came (including some people not invited and not necessarily that welcome but they added...character?!) and there was lots of positive feedback on the work! Now all I need to do is write the report...!

Exhibition Update!

Hi all!

Just thought I'd make a quick post to tell you all about the developments on my exhibition! We've now bought the wine and the (plastic- very classy!) glasses for the opening night and the accompanying booklet is almost complete. I'm saving posts of my work until after the show is up now- rest assured I'll include some show views too- so that I don't show all my work before it goes up in the Glass Box!

I had a group crit. today with two tutors and some fellow students and got some really good feedback. I think my work is becoming more Sci-fi inspired, so I mentioned this to the group and they were very positive. They were also impressed with the metal pieces- my confidence with this material has increased a lot in the past few months. They suggested working larger, which I will certainly consider, but cost is definitely an issue!!

Hope to see you at the opening night! It's on Monday 7th between 7 and 10pm at the Glass Box in Coventry. The show runs 10-4 every day until the Friday (closed Saturday).