WHAT have I been during the summer innit?

Without the motivation of other fellow artists around , I must say, not a lot of art was dabbled in during my summer:( However I did do a few bits and bobs and have a few pieces,some on commission ,others not, hanging up in a shop in Adare"Draiocht" which I'm mighty chuffed about:)

Naturally I'm looking forward to college again,getting shtuck in and surrounded by you beautiful people!2nd year painting here I come:)

After Ranking

So its been a wee while since ive done this blog!Im in painting woo!altough alot of my motivation is gone and im finding it tough to continue with coming up with decent concepts!!aarrghh!!Basically now Im focusing on people and conversation,doing something like movie stills where i take a video ,pause a section,paint it and so on,so i end up having a series of images telling a story allowing otheres to interpret it in their own way

electives!no.1=viscom!

Well im well into my second week of viscom and i must say i do quite like the yoke!:)
The first week we did typography and yes i admit that was a struggle trying to stay with tpue all the time and not introduce images as thats what I love the most.This type project however helped me do alot of problem solving.I realised that I tended to cast asside the obvious ideas and dive straight into the complicated,this of coarse was not a good game plan.I know to stretch the obvious first and LEAD into the complicated.
Ill upload some photos soon

some artists that i love

These first two pieces are by James Jean an Asian artist which Emily introduced me to,thanks Emily:)I feel that the first piece is relatable to my project as I'm investigating tattoo artists.The second piece is titled "the crayon eater"I love his work because his subjects are depicted in such an unusual way.His use of colour in ho first piece is set in blocks and looks almost like computer characters.

This piece is by Paul Wright an English artist.i took interest in his work because i think my painting style isn't too different from his.Splashes of colour rather than blended tones.This piece is called emerging head.The mediums used is oil on wood panel

These last two pieces are by Raymond Pettibon an American artist which I feel is somewhat evident in his work,the language used in his dialogue.I like this artist in particular because of his somewhat menacing subjects and use of dialogue which only add to his work allowing a story or scenario to be presented!

nearing to Christmas!eeek

So I have my contextual book really left to do and i just have to finish my 3d work.Im planning on doing loads of work over the holidays.Project is remaining interesting which is a surprise as I thought that I would have lost interest by now as the start was, oh so pulled out and frustrating,but now it seems Ive finally gotten into it.I wish however I had more time to exacute new ideas.I find alot of people have symbolisim behind there work when i was specifically told to try and not have any "meanings"mine,its all very contradicting but I have decided to do my own thing and ONLY seek advice when i really need it.It is my project after all.

After Assessments

Assessments went well so I'm fairly happy with how my projest is going,just need to add pictures to this blog!Next step,get permission from tattoo artists in the area to photograph them and their surroundings

urban people

I've just made a mold of a barbie doll with wax from the casting workshop as part of my project on people in an urban environment!I have a few ideas for her but nothing in particular yet!I basically just wanted to try out the casting and now that i have its opened up new ideas on what i can do with this project.
Its coming together!":)