Inspired by the buildings of Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd
Wright, I wondered what makes a good building and a living space comfortable for
different individuals. I researched the insides and outsides of buildings and
the artist Michael Wolf who photographs cities and the people who dwell within
them. I believe the outside of a building is a shell, and the inside, or the
part we live in, is private space, and it reflects our personalities.
My practical focus was initially about producing well
composed paintings. As I love working out a balanced composition through
theory. I investigated the Impressionists after seeing the paintings of Henri
de Tolouse Lautrec, Claude Monet and Pierre Bonnard in Paris. Many of their paintings tend to portray space
and moments of everyday life and this related back to my fascination with inner
spaces and the people who inhabit them. Often the Impressionists and Post
Impressionists employed elements of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints by using Crisp
lines, flatness, simplicity, and consideration for the compositional elements
of design.
Strongly influenced by the impressionist artists concerns
for daily activities and Ukiyo-e prints, I constructed my artworks by combining
a stark simple style of representation with the idea of capturing odd peculiar
moments of everyday life inside buildings. I soon moved to ‘inappropriate’ or
taboo activities conducted in private spaces and the idea of voyeurism and the
discomfort viewers and the viewed experience when caught watching or spying. I have
used acrylics, oils, canvas, paper and board, along with other materials to
both openly show and to also demonstrate audience discomfort when they are actually
invited to look but soon realize they are spying, or looking at something
considered inappropriate.
Studying Visual Arts and turning ideas into visual works has
benefited me immensely. My understanding of the world has been greatly enhanced
through my understanding of visual language and design.
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