Reflection

The exhibtion wasn't really as fun a we thought it might be, some of he art woks were really great and fascintating but some were a bit dull and more towards the abstract side that i find a little bit boring, not that they weren't amazing. Some of them were simply amazing though because of the size of them, huge canvases that covered the walls, they would have taken so long to paint, and the whole entire place was fitted out with these great artworks. The funnest thing in the whole museum was definately worth going to see, a room full of strings that you could run around in, it was definatley the hhiglight of the experience, and the amount of time it must of taken to put that up! It would have actually been pretty fun though, to make it and then be the first to run around and test it out. I'm not sure really though what sort of meanings there could have been to that piece of 'art', it almost made you feel like being underwater, you could hardly see anthing in front of you, it was dark and unexpected, the biggest differences of course were that you could walk and breathe.

Angel

Art Excursion

Angel -
b)The picture was outlined in a thick, dark pencil on a dark, shiny carboard material. Newspapers, magazines and differents texts were cut up and added all around the edges of the picture. Lastly all the stickers were added one by one, very tightly packed in the center of the outlined figure in the center of the image. They add a great contaversy through the use of bright and dull colours and space and shape. It helps explain how tightly these things are tied in with the rest of the image.
c)This image uses great contrast and space to relay its message. The stickers in the middle are vright and tightly packed, right in the center of the image, they stand out and really make you focus on them because they seem at first glance to be very important. Outside of the center however, theere are no colours aside from black, grey and white. All the images and texts are spread out widely over blank paper, this helps offer an image of the artists state of mind and the apparent unimoportance of these seperate images.
d)The figure in the middle represents a god of sorts, and of course that means it relates to a particuler religion. The god is made up however of stickers that are completely modern and unrelated, they almost seem to sybolise corruption. If the artist meant it like this then maybe he believes that the religious worshippers are not remaining true to thier culture, they have lost sight of the true meaning of things and only focus on the materialistic matters at hand, things that earn things in return. This is fueled by the images around it, the colours are dull and seem to represent unimportance yet the the images and texts are those og high importance and views of beliefs, "no-smoking" for example. The artist may be trying to convey that he feels that the religion has lost sight of its true meaning and by caring so much about these materialistic symbols it's leaving out the really important beliefs that it stuck up for for so long. Thought the whole image could be seen in an entirely different, more positive manner of, 'just as you love and cherish and keep these things with you all the time so you should do with your cherished religion.'
e)It seems that the artist has through rather a lot in his youth in the terms of dislocation and religious uncertainty. When he finally got settled in this time of turmoil it seems he lived in a world full of life and colour, a world where everybody was in a hurry to get all these things, know everything new, have as much as they could mentally and phsically. By living in this environment and experienceing it so often the artsit would of course develop a particular frame of mind and an interestin view on the impacts of new society and changes on the old religious and social expectations. Maybe he wanted to somehow communicate some of his feelings about this new world and relate to the old one, this image could even be a representation of how much the religion has accepted the changes and how it still lives on but in new ways.

Sally Harrison Works

Things I Learned During The Sally Harrison Experience:
To be truthful at first i found this way of painting really frustrating, the brush woludn't let me addd the lines i wanted, it was so thick i couldn't see what i was putting on the paper so i constantly made mistakes. But i learned that not worrying about what i was painting and just looking at very basic shapes, though it made my pictures look bad, it definately helped me get a lot more done and made it easier for me to have fun because i accepted the difference from my normal work styles.
The adding of water to the acrylic paints was really fun, it made it a lot easier to spread the paints and experiment with different colours, as well as helping get the colours blended well before they dried out at least.
It's not a bad thing to step out of your comfort zone every now and then, you can always learn something new and interestin and it isn't hard to get back.

Tips!

Sally Harrison came into our classes to show her how she does her particular style of painting. While we watched her and attempted to do our own simular versions there were many helpful tips and observations made:
Looking at the basic shapes of the pictures is helpful for just getting the background in, even squinting at it and going as simple as possible.
Working back over the picture again and again is the best way to make the finalised image as realistic as possible.
Attenion to detail always comes at the end of the painting when it's almost finished.
Start with the dark layers of colour then add the lighter colours over the top, it's good to wait for the image to dry if you don't want the colours to blend together.

Landscapes

This is a landscape that i feel not neccisarily perfectly comfortable in but i find looking at it very calming and relaxing. The whole beach is smooth and flowing, the colours are soft and warm, even the colour of the water. The lack of signs of humans in this shot is also an extremely nice change, it hints at somewhere secret, untouched and changed which is one of the rarest and best things in this world.