AUT MVA BLOG
I will never stop being amused at the absolute rollercoaster of emotions that is being an artist. It's completely irrational, makes no sense, and is based completely off of my perceived accomplishments. Today I put a hot pink square on a light green background and I felt IMMORTAL. I have no right to feel that… Continue reading Paint? Restocked. God Complex? Renewed. Hotel? Trivago.
Oils update. Yesterday while painting i was whining about how long oils take to dry and how annoying it was, and I cant remember who (probably Amy) walked past and just said "why don't you work wet on wet?" and so I did and then this painting happened (its not finished but its a start)… Continue reading progress is progress is progress
Words and Phrases that are essential to my practice, defined by me. “Commute conscious” To be “Commute Conscious” you must be actively engaging in and being aware of the daily practice of commuting. To passively interact with the commute is how it was designed to be engaged with, so to consciously, actively, mindfully partake in… Continue reading The Becctionary
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i am so impatient. I painted a thin thin thin layer of yellow THIS MORNING and its still not dry by 4pm. What a cry. This is gonna get frustrating very quickly. To distract myself from being constantly reminded that i cant do anything and to prevent myself from roaming round the studio being… Continue reading Oils… oils… oils.
move the works to a new place to see how people respond to them (away with the fuzzy bleeding edge on the wall from the painting process) tony said it feels like a womb (The pink one) emergence? the pieces are big but retain small delicate movements - tensions between big/small (gesture) and warm/cool colours… Continue reading Typed Crit Notes 19/5/21
I've been doing more research around liminal spaces and Marc Augé's non places. Here are some quotes and concepts I particularly liked from a video called "The Architecture of Liminal Space" by Stewart Hicks (published to Youtube on 5/3/21, Accessed 17/5/21) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL3bqQRLvsQ liminal spaces are "anonymous places where everyone feels lonely" no matter how many… Continue reading Liminal space and non-place
I would like to preface this post by quickly providing some context for my headspace when I was in this chat. The day before my younger sister Amy had put herself in hospital and I had rushed home to go see her where she was admitted to a 24 hour care facility that she was… Continue reading My First Talk with Jeena in a While
Today my morning commute had a few oddities in it. I call them oddities because whilst every commute is different there are certain things that are for certain. It is certain that some people get on the 7am 814 every day be cause they need to for their job, or that no matter what bus… Continue reading Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me™
Last year when Amber told me that painting small is one language and painting big is another and that I can't expect to translate the small skills into big ones easily. I rolled my eyes and didn't really believe her. Once again my ego has deceived me into complacency. Painting big IS a different language,… Continue reading Learning Big again
Untitled 106, 2019 – 2020. Coffee, gouache, acrylic and plaster on aluminum shelf. 760 mm x 560 mm. IMG source: https://brendonleung.com/2020-2/#jp-carousel-1088 Wowowowowow ! I want to die in this painting !!! It's milky and waxy and so soft but solid. I love the composition and I love the colours and i love the range of… Continue reading BRENDON LEUNG WOW
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