studio stuff

thoughts on "totem" piece:

mentioned earlier (in post about mentor crit), i had push-pinned 7 of the paintings (over digital on paper) to the wall with the intent of creating a collage.

after 6 days of viewing them i have found that i liked some more than before. on 2 i feel they would be awesome on a large scale. the rest are good, yet do not represent anywhere i want to go in the future>i learned/explore & that was enough.

now:

i want to take 4 of the images to use for the totem. rather than jump in & cut/collage, i am scanning them in to brainstorm digitally. i have an idea that involves horz strips systematically mixed in a vertical composition. all paintings are the same size. thinking having them like flaps & may paint the backsides in a manner that adds dimension to the work. think i may want the flaps not to lay flat to expose the backside/underbelly.

the other 3 paintings are dif size, yet relate to each other. may collage or use them as underpaintings to build up with a lot of transparent glazes. the hope being that the underpainting will be apparent upon close examination>>>part of the "payoffs at various viewing distances" i favor in art.

other:

cking out the cost of printing out multiple color kinko banners to mount to fabric & paint on. they would all be horz & form a single work. reason for this: sound interesting, is reletivly economical & would be easier to ship. i had soooo much damage last time that i want to stay away from anything rigid this session. + this is all new to me & i get to expand my material experience on this. they would form a single mural or scroll of sorts?

reading:

shalain's sex, time & power: How women's sexuality shape human evolution:

extremely interesting >>> as is all his books. so far, it has me focused on how we perceive/filter info & the diversity in the results based on biological factors.

wjt mitchell's picture theory:

this book has me thinking of art as an iconic language, which i did before, yet mitchell is bringing more to it than i have encountered before.

how will i use this? more awareness=more able to actively choose my message through image (or at least prevent miscommunication or convolute more effectively).

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