My leaky pea brain: January 2011

Thursday, 27 January 2011

So, I have found myself a little book of surrealist games. And I have intentions of playing with each and every single one. Its going to be fun.

I'm not sure how well this will go down with the art school folk though, as the only time I mention I liked surrealism it was to the head of foundation who's response was "oh, just like every other 16 year old". Yes, those were his exact words, and yes I'm pretty sure that was meant as an insult given that I was a 24 year old at the time. But its okay, I forgive him, its not his fault that he's a middle classed snob who lacks passion for creativity. He probably only has one testicle. Poor sod.

Unexpected Art

Isn't cool when you make a little masterpiece and find that while making that masterpiece, the mess you created making it turns into a little masterpiece itself? 2 for the price of 1.

Tallulah

You don't know love till until you meet Tallulah.

She thinks she's a teddy bear.

Blood Memories

Its not often that I quote poetry/writings but I really like the idea of using life experiences to make art work, the more emotions, passions and personnal history behind the work, the stronger the work seems to become. I think Rainer Maria Rilke's 'blood memories' sums it up best:

"Its till they have turned to blood within us, to glance and to gesture, nameless and no longer to be distinguished from ourselfs- not till then can it happen that in the most rare hour the first word of a verse arises in their midst and goes forth from them." -Rainer Maria Rilkes

Monday, 17 January 2011

Droplets

Ink/Patterns

Shrooms

Oils and Photoshop

I wanted to know what my painting would look like if I photoshopped it to death with the i-phone ps app, answear: not so hot.

Hollie and the Lost Phone

This is Hollie, sometimes she's a little bit dippy and likes to lose things such as I-phones. So I thought i would recored the frustrations in a sequence like manner.