Trace Dance Series
I have always worked in series for a variety of reasons (drying time, being prolific, collecting imagery) and now this becomes even more important with the ‘pages’ in my practice. […]
Category Archives: Research
Acrylic v Oil
I have started to experiment with acrylic. I have always hated acrylic since I discovered oil paint. I also have a perception that I paint badly in acrylic and see […]
Unit Task 5: Artist Statements
Statement July 2013 – I have included this as I found it difficult to articulate the changes in my work and feel that it is useful to make a comparison. […]
Drawing, Spontaneous Environment and Capturing Gesture
Drawing I got to the stage when I started to develop my ideas further in this final stage of the project, when I realised that I didn’t have the right […]
Obscuring the Figure
I have been thinking about using sections or partial bodies to describe the figure. My research into Marina Warner’s fantastic metamorphoses really set me thinking about the way that the […]
Florence Inspiration
I went to Florence in the Easter holiday and was inspired by the sculptural work, specific in the Uffizi Gallery. I was particularly enthral led by the Niobe Room…uffizi room […]
Writing Workshop
As I am the only person who has chosen the 50/50 option I thought I would be alone in this seminar, but it turned out that there were 4 of […]
The Vile Victorians
http://ostrobogulation.com/2011/05/11/memento-mori-victorian-era-postmortem-photography/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/circus-arts/10-female-sideshow-freaks. Through my investigation of Victorian medical journeys I found Victorian postmortem photography – I’m not sure that this is relevant but I was quite fascinated with the artificiality of […]
Notes on Namesakes
Caroline suggested that I look at Joshua Sofaer’s Namesake performance. http://www.joshuasofaer.com/2011/09/namesake-the-story-of-a-name/‘Namesake is a live performance combined with a rich multi-layered audio track. The narrative follows the journey of an artist […]
Vitamin P/P2 Artists
I have just gone through Vitamin P & P2 to look for painters who use drawingness or bring gestural and tighter painting together to focus the viewer on particular parts […]
Alexa Cox Studio 