I really wanted to use paint as a medium, and I thought this would be a good piece to do so. Since I’m so uncomfortable with oils/ acrylics/ watercolors, I thought I’d try to approach this work with some leftover acrylic spray paint I had. The intention was to use the frame from my “Shape” project as a means of leading the paint into a pattern it wouldn’t otherwise achieve. Additionally, I decided to “lead” with a different color for each portion of the piece. First a black background with yellow/orange on top, then an orange background with yellow/black on top. I liked how the project turned out, but as I expressed in class, it didn’t have quite the profound affect on the respective portions that I was hoping it would. That’s when I added the gridded mesh.
I also tend to agree with those who said my hand wasn’t really evident in the work. Anyone else could have achieved the same result with the same tools. I guess that’s been one of my greatest struggles, mostly because I’m not entirely sure what my identity as an artist is yet, which makes it hard to stick to.
One way to "find" your identity is to let the materials do what thewy want, you follow. Being true to that. Giacometti would be good example (compare his earlier work, where technique was quite traditional, if not image) and his later sculpture--where EVERYTHING was re-invented.
ReplyDeletePut another way, let more come from sense of touch... The tactile (a visual quality, too) as well as the cogitated...