4th December- Watercolour reflections
4th December (ongoing)-
Watercolour painting reflections
Over the course of the late section of last year/early this year I have been using watercolour to produce 'visual studies'. I have used watercolour as it is the most environmentally friendly of all paints and is easily transported. I use this terminology 'visual studies' as I am not sure what else to label them as. They are not a study in terms of visual composition yet hold an investigatory quality. As I have been producing other work, my clay, writing pieces, poetry and research (all of which I consider my practice) I was thinking visually and interpreting things through these smaller paintings. This is what I was aiming to do with the tactile quality of the clay, however, I once painted and was educated in painting at lower levels. I have been trying to drive away from the practice as it is not experimental enough for me and doesn't hold enough participant interaction. Also, I was becoming very tired of the reactions to painting. The presumption by so many that if I was an artist then I paint. I no longer wished to fulfil this stereotype and was sure that visuality had more meaning than offering visual pleasure. The demands of the art world are for social improvement. I have been working to this brief, this sketchbook however is a type of archive. Of visual thought processes and engagement with material. Most of the work was produced when I have not had access to my studio to produce other work or even write enough about the work. Over the vacation period I was away from norwich for a short amount of time and working a lot more as well, in the tireless job that offers little restoration in my faith for society. The sketchbook watercolours and writing snippets grew from a lack of outlet, then a void.
I then found that the 'subject' of these works tended to muse over 'reality'. The reality I was finding myself in and also to be forced into. Then to muse of not only the everyday but the interaction that inevitably surrounds this also. The rhythm of this was like incarceration. My broad and deep research spans across neoliberal patterns, the avant-garde, capitalism, ethics, responsibility and commodification. All of this combined offered little enrichment or inspiration for change and progression. I produced these works as a personal saviour and visual map of how I was taking the world around me in. I over-hear so many conversations and engage with so many differing opinions. However, today I feel that we are in void, opinions remain as that and conversations are merely a parallel running of comments. I noticed that conversation was less a give and take with gaps, pauses, understanding and more a competitive streak of 'one upping' Then, from this, grows little more than self actualisation. However, this actualisation only exists through the market. The economic branch of society. Monetary value must placed on things to in some way return the human interactions one needs to tick the boxes of sanity. This existence, boosting self confidence and disallowing meaningful return means that the individual is lulled into a system of 'felt free thought' but still acting as they are desired in line with the commodified cultural system and economic power structures. Witnessing this and interpreting this also provided many answers to me. I always question why humans, knowing the facts, choose to act as they do. Non-collectively in a destructive pattern. I feel that the answer lies in a few parts, A) the desire for 'ease' B) social conditioning C) natural ( yet outdated) competitiveness. These aspects were conclusions of mine over these few weeks and my paintings have progressed to focus upon these factors. The most enriching aspect of producing these works was that I was not putting as much pressure upon them, as I have other work. To hold and exemplify and idea or concept. They have allowed my own progression and thought to flourish in a way invaluable. I have been more efficient in my research as a result. I have been more connective with my thinking also, linking the 'utopian material to the everyday. The reading material I engage with is not very accessible. Interpreting the writing and applying it to a situation I have no choice to be in, has been useful in understanding how others also become disenchanted with the system. Opt out of change or progression, choose not to concern himself with the nw abstract concept of future or corruption. The everyday is now sold to humans, in every aspect.
These thoughts, in conjunction with my research was a powerful visual tool. Many of the painted works also contain quotes and sections from things I have been reading. This musing over reality has allowed my to come to a realisation of research as an extension of my practice. The choice of non compliance constantly acting against society. The will to non market dependence is a type of modern day art in itself. There is a beauty in the determination to act against a very powerful system in place to allow full profit benefit.
I feel the paintings have also allowed my practice to re align with comfort of the past. The time when I was painting was a world away from my life now. Therefore, as my practice becomes more innate, my research can occupy more of my mind. This has guaranteed more understanding and offered an extension of non compliance as I am visually researching the world. I am not existing in the confines of what has been said before, research is a written practice, academic advancement.
Watercolour painting reflections
Over the course of the late section of last year/early this year I have been using watercolour to produce 'visual studies'. I have used watercolour as it is the most environmentally friendly of all paints and is easily transported. I use this terminology 'visual studies' as I am not sure what else to label them as. They are not a study in terms of visual composition yet hold an investigatory quality. As I have been producing other work, my clay, writing pieces, poetry and research (all of which I consider my practice) I was thinking visually and interpreting things through these smaller paintings. This is what I was aiming to do with the tactile quality of the clay, however, I once painted and was educated in painting at lower levels. I have been trying to drive away from the practice as it is not experimental enough for me and doesn't hold enough participant interaction. Also, I was becoming very tired of the reactions to painting. The presumption by so many that if I was an artist then I paint. I no longer wished to fulfil this stereotype and was sure that visuality had more meaning than offering visual pleasure. The demands of the art world are for social improvement. I have been working to this brief, this sketchbook however is a type of archive. Of visual thought processes and engagement with material. Most of the work was produced when I have not had access to my studio to produce other work or even write enough about the work. Over the vacation period I was away from norwich for a short amount of time and working a lot more as well, in the tireless job that offers little restoration in my faith for society. The sketchbook watercolours and writing snippets grew from a lack of outlet, then a void.
I then found that the 'subject' of these works tended to muse over 'reality'. The reality I was finding myself in and also to be forced into. Then to muse of not only the everyday but the interaction that inevitably surrounds this also. The rhythm of this was like incarceration. My broad and deep research spans across neoliberal patterns, the avant-garde, capitalism, ethics, responsibility and commodification. All of this combined offered little enrichment or inspiration for change and progression. I produced these works as a personal saviour and visual map of how I was taking the world around me in. I over-hear so many conversations and engage with so many differing opinions. However, today I feel that we are in void, opinions remain as that and conversations are merely a parallel running of comments. I noticed that conversation was less a give and take with gaps, pauses, understanding and more a competitive streak of 'one upping' Then, from this, grows little more than self actualisation. However, this actualisation only exists through the market. The economic branch of society. Monetary value must placed on things to in some way return the human interactions one needs to tick the boxes of sanity. This existence, boosting self confidence and disallowing meaningful return means that the individual is lulled into a system of 'felt free thought' but still acting as they are desired in line with the commodified cultural system and economic power structures. Witnessing this and interpreting this also provided many answers to me. I always question why humans, knowing the facts, choose to act as they do. Non-collectively in a destructive pattern. I feel that the answer lies in a few parts, A) the desire for 'ease' B) social conditioning C) natural ( yet outdated) competitiveness. These aspects were conclusions of mine over these few weeks and my paintings have progressed to focus upon these factors. The most enriching aspect of producing these works was that I was not putting as much pressure upon them, as I have other work. To hold and exemplify and idea or concept. They have allowed my own progression and thought to flourish in a way invaluable. I have been more efficient in my research as a result. I have been more connective with my thinking also, linking the 'utopian material to the everyday. The reading material I engage with is not very accessible. Interpreting the writing and applying it to a situation I have no choice to be in, has been useful in understanding how others also become disenchanted with the system. Opt out of change or progression, choose not to concern himself with the nw abstract concept of future or corruption. The everyday is now sold to humans, in every aspect.
These thoughts, in conjunction with my research was a powerful visual tool. Many of the painted works also contain quotes and sections from things I have been reading. This musing over reality has allowed my to come to a realisation of research as an extension of my practice. The choice of non compliance constantly acting against society. The will to non market dependence is a type of modern day art in itself. There is a beauty in the determination to act against a very powerful system in place to allow full profit benefit.
I feel the paintings have also allowed my practice to re align with comfort of the past. The time when I was painting was a world away from my life now. Therefore, as my practice becomes more innate, my research can occupy more of my mind. This has guaranteed more understanding and offered an extension of non compliance as I am visually researching the world. I am not existing in the confines of what has been said before, research is a written practice, academic advancement.
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