Studio studio studio. During this week, I started working with yarn, screws, water color, and oil on gessoed canvas. At First, my process came from letting water color pool and run on the surface of the canvas and then responding to the marks made with yarn shapes and oil paint. The yarn 'webs' are something I came across while knitting, and felt the need to see what these webs could accomplish when hovering above the canvas surface. Attempt #1:
Attempt #2:
After this piece, I realized it was much easier to respond to the divisions of the plane made by the webs rather than to make webs on top of pre-existing water color. It seemed apparent that the shapes painted in response to the lines of the yarn were far more interesting than the interaction of the water color and yarn. Therefore in my next painting, the yarn shape was put down first, and then the oil paint was applied in response to the form. Attempt #3:
In my first critique of these paintings, we discussed the odd choice of metal screws to hold the yarn in place. This choice I did not put a lot of thought into, mostly they were chosen because of the materials at hand, they were able to withstand the tension of the yarn and not slip out of place. I think these screws will look far less out of place if I start working on different materials, such as plaster, cardboard, or wood. Also we came to a unanimous decision that the last painting comes across as the most successful. I agree. I think this is because it is simplified and reminiscent to postminimalism. There is something very playful about the bizarre form sitting on top of the canvas, slightly resembling something three dimensional and battling to stay afloat on top of the painted surface. Also, by continuing off the canvas, it seems to live beyond the container. I pictured my first works this semester being figure paintings, but for now this seems far more interesting to me. My next piece is going to be larger and on plaster... I think. Also I want to find a source to work off of, possibly some portraits and still lifes, and see what shapes I can create based on those photographs.
Some of the artists Hanneline suggested:
Gary Hume
Lynda Benglis
Joanne Greenbaum
Nicola Tyson
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