with my own work aside I have two major projects this year, the first related to Jackson Pollock lost year and the second linked to the Royal British Legion and the draping of the Town Castle with poppies, there is no guarantee that the latter will happen this year as the amount of red tape, permissions, research and funding could take much longer, the installation that will come about in the event that my bid is successful however will be quite a marvelous and thought provoking spectacle.
Links for information related to the kendal castle
1. Images of Kendal Castle Images for Kendal Castle
2. Facebook project page Kendal Castle Remembrance Poppy Bid
The second project is a personal one related to Jackson Pollock and his final year during which he did not paint anything.
I start this project believing that the man was at the very start of an exciting future during which he would have brought much, I have much in common with Jackson Pollock notwithstanding his addictive and volatile personality, a personality I was fortunate to tear myself from though nonetheless remember vividly, his loss in 1956, the year of my conception, was a tragic loss to all both personal and professional.
Over the course of this new year I intend to make an objective study, not so much of his works as I believe he had started to tire of the style for which he became known as 'Jack the Dripper', to but of the man himself, to try and work as best I can within his mindset and to move forward in an informed manner; I am sure that, in avoidance of alcohol and the continued support and understanding of his partner, Lee (Lenore) Krasner, his artistic brothers and close associates combined of course with his own individuality, would have continued to grow and move forward both as an artist and as a person.
No one can ever be sure in which direction he might have gone in relation to his art however I do believe that an informed and in-depth knowledge of the man within will allow for a natural flow forward.
With regard to his work, my primary task is to understand the properties of paints, although the actual paints that he worked with have been modified through chemistry and time and no longer available I have to imagine that the materials that he used would have changed and taken his choice of paint away, forced by the evolution of artistic materials and therefore am fortunate to be able to use materials that for him simply would not have been available at the time, nonetheless I am obliged to become as familiar with the available paint as he was himself.
While working on this project I have found that I am able to accept Jacksons statement that the 'accident can be denied', that one can control the flow of paint with experience, to this end I have produced several drip and splash paintings that have been finished with pre-conceived expectations both validated and apparent.
For this piece (1.3 m x 1.9m) I set out to create a canvas that gave an overall hue, much in the way that the pointilists mixed points of different colours that would view as a single colour, the final piece is viewed by some as a red painting, some as a blue painting, surprising in the fact that the predominant colour is black, it works.
Links for information related to the kendal castle
1. Images of Kendal Castle Images for Kendal Castle
2. Facebook project page Kendal Castle Remembrance Poppy Bid
The second project is a personal one related to Jackson Pollock and his final year during which he did not paint anything.
I start this project believing that the man was at the very start of an exciting future during which he would have brought much, I have much in common with Jackson Pollock notwithstanding his addictive and volatile personality, a personality I was fortunate to tear myself from though nonetheless remember vividly, his loss in 1956, the year of my conception, was a tragic loss to all both personal and professional.
Over the course of this new year I intend to make an objective study, not so much of his works as I believe he had started to tire of the style for which he became known as 'Jack the Dripper', to but of the man himself, to try and work as best I can within his mindset and to move forward in an informed manner; I am sure that, in avoidance of alcohol and the continued support and understanding of his partner, Lee (Lenore) Krasner, his artistic brothers and close associates combined of course with his own individuality, would have continued to grow and move forward both as an artist and as a person.
No one can ever be sure in which direction he might have gone in relation to his art however I do believe that an informed and in-depth knowledge of the man within will allow for a natural flow forward.
With regard to his work, my primary task is to understand the properties of paints, although the actual paints that he worked with have been modified through chemistry and time and no longer available I have to imagine that the materials that he used would have changed and taken his choice of paint away, forced by the evolution of artistic materials and therefore am fortunate to be able to use materials that for him simply would not have been available at the time, nonetheless I am obliged to become as familiar with the available paint as he was himself.
While working on this project I have found that I am able to accept Jacksons statement that the 'accident can be denied', that one can control the flow of paint with experience, to this end I have produced several drip and splash paintings that have been finished with pre-conceived expectations both validated and apparent.
Detail from above
Whereas I have dedicated an information page on facebook for the Poppy Project in the search for public support work related to the Pollock project will continue to be published on this BLOG.
