responses to looking through to the shadow forms

From drawings I then decided to respond to the shad forms using spray paints, next i am considering ripping the paintings to reveal another layer of looking through. First I intend to experiment some more with my sprays.

When I mixed plaster to experiment with parts of ranches and needles dipped into my mix after several disasters i thinned the mix to keep the from visible, then I noticed the sunlight through the yellow bucket the residual form with the light behind was very interesting to me. Although I continued my plaster experiment I didn't feel it worked for me. I tried to sink the branch further into plaster and then paint it.

I decided to see what would happen when i shone light through part of my installation, and focused on the shadows of the needles and the forms they created

Installation painting project

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Our new project is based on this installation, and see where it takes me. First i looked around it and took some photos that interested me.

Finally minus the Wind and Rain

It was a sunny day so I decided to rethink, and paint on location, before the weather turned against me. While painting the landscape, I thought about the appropriation of the brief, so I took a photo of myself, in a pose that was reminiscent of Anselm Kieffer's Winter Landscape. By the time I had added the straw and sprayed it to achieve a positive and negative result, I felt the addition of some of the straw should stay. As it lends to the texture and process of the work.

Top is preliminary layer, then I tried to paint outside, started off ok, then the wind started getting up, so i had to add extra stones to hold down linen, but the wind kept gusting, no matter how determined I was, lesson to be learned, stop, as it doesn't work against the elements, gusting wind then rain to add to the mush, and then unsuccessful work. Painted over this one.

Top work was done on location, freezing , eaten by red ants, but still I found that I rather like working outside, but draw the line at getting soaked.