The purpose behind this project was to continue the theme of isolation and personal struggle from my previous work and create a new series of paintings that visually communicated that everyone experiences emotional distress at times but it is important to remember that we all share the human experience and in this we aren’t alone. … More Untitled (2018)
Sorcha Harm is a painter, exploring portraiture and figurative painting developed from themes of personal identity and humanity. Her methodology is both experimental and process-based. Having developed her skills in the subject area and grown a deeper understanding of the strengths of expressing through different media forms, she has experimented with multidisciplinary practices that strengthen … More Show Statement
Andy Denzler is another painter than blurs the lines between representational and abstract. He takes a classic means of oil painting and paints in such a way that reflects his own perception of the world in blurred moments. The composition of his paintings gives his and the viewer’s perspective of the subject as if they … More Andy Denzler
Stanley Spencer was a painter who became famous from his paintings depicting biblical scenes in his hometown Cookham. Spencer was skilled at compositions with multiple figures, and as he grew older his painting compositions became tighter, more compressed and his colours less vivid, but he attained his focus on detail. At the time Spencer was … More Stanley Spencer
My first and second painting received positive feedback in the critique, I was praised for how powerful the paintings appear and that they draw you in. It was commented that my painting skills are more sophisticated and more refined. It was said that my paintings are now more conceptually stronger than previous work, an area … More Critique Feedback
Pierre Bonnard was a French printmaker and painter. He was part of the group ‘Les Nabis’, a group of Symbolist painters. The group’s style of painting was to focus on flat colour rather than making their subjects three-dimensional. Though he wasn’t interested in the Symbolist mysticism, Bonnard placed a lot of value in colour and … More Pierre Bonnard
Sebastian Schrader’s work lies in an in-between state, between abstract and representational. He depicts humans at an insignificant standstill moment; the people he paints are anti-heroes, underdogs. His dark and gloomy paintings view the world under a veil of pessimism; the earthy, sludge-like colours make an endless darkness in his work. In his paintings Schrader … More Sebastian Schrader
Lucian Freud was a German artist known for his portraits. He is one of the most esteemed painters in the late 20thcentury. His grandfather was neurologist and psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, which left Lucian Freud to be compared to him for the psychologically intense portraits he painted as well as his famously long sessions with his … More Lucian Freud
To see what my final paintings might look like I took a small canvas and a photo I had from the previous project to create a quick study. I painted the background purple and just filled in the main colours with a touch of shadows and highlights. Compared to the paintings from my previous project … More Painting Test
I prepared my paintings by painting the background and priming with light purple acrylic paint. I wanted to use acrylic for the background because of its fast drying properties compared to oil paint. I find it’s easier to mix large amounts of it because it’s water-based and less dense. To sketch out my reference images … More Preparing Paintings
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