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
Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me™
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™
Learning Big again
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
BRENDON LEUNG WOW
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
Transience and Echoes
This morning I came across Danae Ripley's work. It captures glimpses of modern life in its transient moments. This work especially stood out to me. Danae Ripley 505 x 410mm oil on canvas 2021 IMG source: https://danaeripley.wordpress.com/#jp-carousel-756 Her ghostly figures and gloomy palettes draw me in but the colours and atmosphere that they have keep… Continue reading Transience and Echoes
…and I’m learning new words to describe it
This evening I was in a research rabbit hole trying to find more artists like Tira Walsh, and I was reading her piece in Art Collector about her show at Two Rooms in Jan of 2020. At the bottom of the page in the recommended next articles, there was one about Jonny Niesche, and in… Continue reading …and I’m learning new words to describe it
Bus stations at night feel a certain way…
After some soul searching, I have realised that what interests me most deeply about the commute isn't the shapes and the repetition of it, but the emotions of it. Repetition touched on the painfulness of the commute for some and alternatively a comfort for others. The shapes and observation touched on the anxieties of the… Continue reading Bus stations at night feel a certain way…
Ethos/ RD Notes
My work doesn't need ethics approval because I make paintings that no one cares about therefore there are no stakeholders. What does it mean, how does it matter, and who is affected by the research? keep it 1000-1500 words What do you hope to discover or communicate through your practice, and how does this draw… Continue reading Ethos/ RD Notes
Yesterday sucked until it didn’t
Following my meeting with Ingrid at 9.30 in the morning, I realised that I indeed had let my theory overtake my practice, and in the excitement of anti-capitalist literature, and as a consequence, I had left my practice in the dust, and through the haze had forgotten entirely what it looked like and what type… Continue reading Yesterday sucked until it didn’t
March-April commutes
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