artist practice reflections – Page 4

Despite what you may think I am actually doing ‘stuff’. But nearly 6 years of dabbling has ended.

Here begins 1000 days to a ‘substantive’ body of work.

This is day 1, or day 1000, depending whether you are counting up or counting down.

Yes, it’s an arbitrary milestone and no, an artist’s practice doesn’t work like a business model. What I like about choosing this particular time frame is another chance to focus on documenting my practice and July 22 2020 looked like a meaningful destination.

The ‘body’ of the work may be painting, photography, fibre/sculpture or ‘new media’. Or all of the above. Or something different and yet unplanned and untested. But I expect that it will be substantive or else why bother to commit to a date?

July 22 2020 is looming ever nearer …

Yesterday’s ‘iris with fish’ capture

My work at the moment is a series of ‘studies’—studies of domestic pursuits and paraphernalia, and studies that are experiments with colour and texture and technique.

Wikipedia has a good definition of an artist’s study. A study is a preliminary ‘sketch’ for a finished piece. Perhaps more importantly a study assists the artist’s journey of discovery, leading to resolution of technique or image in finished pieces. This phase of ‘study’ for me is really a merry manipulation of materials. It’s a great way to entertain myself!

The materials I am using include: