Monday, November 21, 2011
More figure drawings and a portrait
Here is more stuff as the last post! I have yet to decipher how to prevent the pictures on blogspot from being tiny and having assy quality. I apologize for the quality, for sure.
Figure drawings from recently
Here are figure drawings done on Saturdays at the Hartford Art School. Exciting project coming up. I mean, hopefully. Those sorts of things are best as anticipation, but anyways. I'll post stuff for that later.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Acerbic Commeuppance
This is a new series I'm working on. The pieces are done with ink, and so far the ones I've made have been made 'on-the-spot,' meaning that I don't plan with sketches or thumbnails before I create them. I've also become really interested with the use of words to recontextualize the piece, and create layers of meaning. I've become very interested in poetry in literature this last year.
The words are meant to carry 3 values: first, a conceptual one. Each word has a denotation and a connotation, like in poetry, and that gives a meaning, like a story. Second, each word has a sound, and I look to create nice sounds with the words-- rhymes, consonances, assonances, euphonic combinations. The word spoken out loud gives each one a rythm and emphasis that transcends simply the drawn word on the paper. Finally, each word has a visual style, which is expressed in different font types, capitalizations, and symbols.
I try as much as I can to keep the intention of the painting fairly ambiguous, and the idea is that any sort of analysis is encouraged- ideally, any interpretation is taken to be valid, and so the meaning of the drawing extends beyond the surface of the drawing itself, and becomes a unique experience each time and for each person. 
I have my own interpretations, and my own placed symbolism, including a purely visual and formalistic aspect that really is as deep as the paper-- in other words, the drawing has meaning, but it also 'looks nice' and sometimes choices are made to place visual considerations ahead of conceptual ones. I hope that as I continue the series, I solidify an exigence or purpose to serve as a guiding thread for the series.
The words are meant to carry 3 values: first, a conceptual one. Each word has a denotation and a connotation, like in poetry, and that gives a meaning, like a story. Second, each word has a sound, and I look to create nice sounds with the words-- rhymes, consonances, assonances, euphonic combinations. The word spoken out loud gives each one a rythm and emphasis that transcends simply the drawn word on the paper. Finally, each word has a visual style, which is expressed in different font types, capitalizations, and symbols.I try as much as I can to keep the intention of the painting fairly ambiguous, and the idea is that any sort of analysis is encouraged- ideally, any interpretation is taken to be valid, and so the meaning of the drawing extends beyond the surface of the drawing itself, and becomes a unique experience each time and for each person. I have my own interpretations, and my own placed symbolism, including a purely visual and formalistic aspect that really is as deep as the paper-- in other words, the drawing has meaning, but it also 'looks nice' and sometimes choices are made to place visual considerations ahead of conceptual ones. I hope that as I continue the series, I solidify an exigence or purpose to serve as a guiding thread for the series.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Here are figure drawings I've been doing in ink. More to come
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