Walls, Halls and Pains in the Ass . . . .

I have continued with the monochromatic rooms creating a total of five over the course of the semester. With the help and guidance of my great mentor David Humphrey I feel as though I have created my most consistent series of work thus far which ties in directly to what, to this point I believe my thesis will entail. These paintings are incomplete but I have brought incomplete work to the residency before and feel comfortable doing so. I believe these paintings to be the main attractions in an installation I hope will be the studio portion of my thesis project.

Of course after working on these paintings for extended periods of time (and since I am not usually a painter) I have decided to create a new mini series using the same ideas as the paintings (architectural spaces as well as fragmented cartoon imagery) in a way more closely related to my work last semester with layers of mylar and drawings. I am exited about this new little series entitled "what a pain in the ass she is . . . "

New Series: 

what a pain in the ass she is . . . 

The Monochromatic Rooms

In the last month since I've posted I have been continuing with monochromatic paintings. The green painting came after the pink, the blue followed from there and the yellow is the newest. My mentor felt that the blue and green were well underway but needed some more love and work before I could call them finished, which I certainly agree with. I am planing to complete or come close to completing the newly begun yellow painting as well as a purple painting before my final mentor meeting next Wednesday.

The white is currently a place holder for a different color to be added. 

In the very beginning stages of this one. 

Back In The Pink . . .

Newest Painting 

Staying with Painting!

"Your a Painter!?" 

Paintings continued . . .

The Progression of Toilet Paintings . . .

Back in the world of painting, or drawing in a painting world. . . .

A few new paintings very much in progress.

Toilet Painting in progress,
letting it "marinate" for a few days to see what it needs next . . .

The Invaders are here again,
this time they are under a pattern of wall paper, I intend to flush this out a great deal more. 

A new take on the previous chandler
this time fleshier and floppier, something I intended for the original.
This again is in progress. 

Todays Progress . . . .

Todays two new paintings in progress . . . .

Ghost Images

Some new images I have been working on using tracing paper. Keeping with the idea of interior space, layering and abstract forms. Today I will chose one image and attempt a painting for the first time in a few years. My mentor suggested I give painting a mother shot. Although I like the ghost like images created by the layering of the frosted tracing paper. More Images to follow.

Playing with some color 

A Lost Week and a New Paper

It has been a week since I have been able to get any time in the studio, mainly because I had to move the studio. Thinks are packed away in boxes all over the house and things are still looking cramped in the "new" space but I am exited about diving in again! I have missed working so much over the past week but now the move is be hind me, well surrounding me, but still!
Anyways I have posted my most recent paper and am anxiously awaiting feed back from Lynne, I feel as if I am on the track towards my thesis an exiting and unnerving position.

More new work to follow this week!

Thoughts on the Unheimliche

I am continuing with the ideas of distorted interior space based in part on Freud's essay The Uncanny where he discusses the German word Unheimliche, the opposite of heimlich which means familiar, native or belonging to the home. By including familiar images such as book shelves, walls, floor and cabinets I am including the familiar. But by rendering these in a rough, cartoon like and generally non realistic fashion I am beginning to flirt with ideas of fiction and the uncanny as well as the distortion of the familiar. At least that is where my thoughts lie at the moment. 

In this newest piece (still in progress) I have enlisted previous imagery which now serves as odd some what active wall paper. I am now calling these amorphous shapes "invaders", they were once friendly cartoon shapes to my understanding but after several semesters of work I realize they are not friendly, but rather signify disease and distortion. 

I feel like many ideas from the previous semesters of school are beginning to converge, and much of this has to do with Freud's The Uncanny the focus of my second research paper. I am exited by these new works but at the same time I realize there is more to be considered. 

This latest piece, I created on the floor of my living room, only to hang it on the wall and realize it is too large to fit on the wall of my studio! Where the books are at the bottom is where the floor should begin. Luckily I will be moving into a new studio with in the next week or so which, if I remember correctly has one wall large enough for me to work on this piece on the wall! 

Created on the floor 

fleshy pink color added to the "wall" of the piece

The books should be where the floor begins if hung correctly 

The Invaders
I think another coat of pink is necessary 

Tiny Rooms and Pink Walls . . . .

Moving from small back to BIG! 

I had a great intro conversation with my new mentor who suggested it was time to really dig into the work. He was interested in the idea of the room/interior space I have been working with so far this semester and suggested paintings or even to think about them in terms of real space. As the work I came into the program was installation based I feel this may be an opportunity to come back to where I started with a more in-depth understanding of my work and what my main concerns are.

I am currently continuing with creating small collages that may become large installation pieces. My newest work in progress is created on a 15ftx4ft tarp. This first piece is experiment and exploration. I feel in the next piece I need to add several more layers of gesso to create a richer less dry texture to work on, I am also considering more vibrant colors. I will also play with different types of flooring!

This feels like an exiting next step! I am looking forward to creating more in this vein. 

 

Size Small

Along with delving deeper into research this semester the other major comment I received at the last residency was to find a way to make my lines more unique and less uniform. I created many simple sketches using ink droppers rather than an pen or brush, I am now adding collage elements into them.

I am also continuing with the idea of the double or in this case multiple interior spaces.

These drawings are all 8x10in - once again the first part of my semester is dominated a small scale.