I recently read an essay by Sur in the Ways of Drawing book published by the Royal Drawing School and immediately needed to make some sort of a note of this artist, whose ideas I strongly identified with! This has then led me on to reading a bit more about him and having […]
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“His paintings appear abstract but they are based on drawings of erotic and violent scenes. In the two side panels of this triptych the imagery has a mechanistic, science fiction quality. But in the centre the forms are organic, suggesting references to sexual parts. Matta was concerned with capturing the inner world of the mind. […]
Searching through the shelves of the university library art books I once stumbled upon a section on Henry Moore; it appeared that some of them seemed to cover the topic of memory that was associated with his sculptures, and what I did not know at the time, his drawings. After an open office hour coversation […]
As recommended by Chris Cook I decided to look into Susan Derges’ work for more inspiration with regards to my work. The similarity he found between mine and her works was the cyanotype technique as well as the need for fluidity in our works; he mentioned that she created these cyanotypes which she made in […]
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BARBARA HEPWORTH
“I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.” I remember first encountering Hepworth’s work on an Instagram post (quoted above) made by the National Portrait Gallery to commemorate her birthday. Then it followed by a post by Tate: “All my early memories are forms and shapes and textures. Moving […]
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Research: EMMA HUNTER
ARTIST’S WEBSITE: http://www.emmahunter.com/ As mentioned in the previous blog post, the conversation I had with Emma Hunter has helped me to see my work in a fresher and more refined way. Narrowing down the expanse objectives I had for my work last term; speaking to her helped me see that like the body, the mind […]
Recently I have attended a conference titled “Drawing Conversations 3: Drawing Talking to the Sciences” at The Ruskin Library, Lancaster University. It was a wonderful experience and a space to meet professional researchers and creatives, and to get an insight into what is currently being researched in the field of drawing, and how the tools […]
[Henry Jabbour. (2019). Henry Jabbour. [online] Available at: http://www.henryjabbour.com/ [Accessed 12 Nov. 2019].] I have known and loved the artist’s paintings for a few years now, but only now that I have decided to look at his practice in more detail, have I found his drawings which I connect to as equally. What draws me […]
FRANK AUERBACH AT THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY: I found this painting right outside The Long Look exhibition which I visited at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. It is a painting of Auerbach’s wife – his longest serving sitter. I was drawn to the similar attention to the sitter’s presence that Audrey Grant also focused […]
I discovered Eileen Hogan’s work very recently in a book I’ve been reading called “Ways of Drawing: Artists’ Perspectives and Practices” and was automatically drawn to this work by her (which automatically makes me want to get up and draw!): what seems to be the process here: basic marks and lines indicating general shapes and […]
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