Although its late. Happy new year and all that jazz.
Hope you had a great Christmas and rocked off your NYE celebrations to bring in zero seven.
What did I do?
The painting in my previous blog entry is one of the things I did. I called It Reflectrospect because the boy is looking back and reflecting on life and ideas he had.
What else did I do?
Well sometime before Christmas I thought I might buy one of those new gaming consoles - the Nintendo Wii. Little did I know that stocks were running out all over Australia at about the same time I was thinking of getting one. I hunted all around Brisbane in search of one only to hear the same response from every shop assistant whether it be EB Games, Myer, Games R Us, Target, Big W, Game Traders etc etc. "Sorry we are out of stock, you'll have to wait till February next year before we get more stock"
What impact did this have?
Well... of course I wanted one even more now. Up for the challenge I searched high and low just incase some store had the last Wii for me.
Eventually through a friend who knows someone, I got one! I unboxed it on 03 Jan. WOO!
What else was happening around this time?
Around this time a friend I didn't know well asked me to go to Melbourne with her for the weekend. I wasn't sure and said I have project work todo when the new year kicks in and probably can't go. But she said please come, I'll pay for your flight, 2 dinners and maybe one lunch. It sounded like she really wanted me to come so I said I'll talk to my boss and see if I can get friday off. So when work started, I checked and it was cool so that Thursday night I was set to go to Melb. So I just got my Wii and couldnt really play it 'cause I was leaving on a jet plane.
How was the trip?
I might edit this entry to tell the story better but lunch is waiting and getting cold so I'll give you the key points.
Turns out my 'friend' is having a lesbian relationship with a girl she went down there to meet. I had met this girl before she is quite good looking. The weekend got more and more random and strange.
When I got back, the friend didnt wanna speak to me anymore 'cause she reckoned I hit on her girlfriend.
Oh and for more randomness I went to Ramsay Street (where they film Australian soapie Neighbours).
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Reflectrospect
Reflectrospect
Titled 'Reflectrospect' - Acrylic on canvas.
I painted this piece on 3 canvasses such that the end (far right) canvas can moved to the front (far left). This ability can be done over and over, changing the situation of the subjects in the painting and thus changing the mood of the entire work in 3 different arrangements.
Arrangement 1: The boy looks up at the moon thinking about his life ideals. His reflection on life is symbolised by the pond, which also shows his ideals. His life or reality is the tree. Note the boy, the pond, the moon and the tree are all blue, because they are all a part of him. His reality casts a shadow. The girl cannot help but notice this shadow and is about to turn away from his life.
Arrangement 2: In this arrangement, the girl is not turning away from his life. Maybe she turns away from her own. Or maybe the boy has changed. In either case, the girl is coming towards the boy. The boy still looks for ideals but this time he is not alone. They can look at life together.
Arrangement 3: The tree is in its most complete form in this arrangement. But idealogy has split. The fact that the boy has his back turned away from the girl in this version seems more apparent. Is he shunning her now? Or are they both abandoning a past life?
This is my first painting on canvas and I haven't really done many other paintings ever in my lifetime. Maybe a couple in grade 8 art class but thats about it. I enjoyed working on something tangible as opposed to I.T. or digital media.
Now I just have to buy more canvas and tubes of paint. I think my next piece will also incorporate the dynamic canvas concept. This first work was experimental and I just wanted to test my idea of the tile-able painting. While taking these photos to upload the different arrangements I realised that the dynamics of the painting was further enhanced by lighting. The natural light the photos were took under, was generally brighter on the left and slightly darker on the right. As a result, in each photo, the natural light had illuminated the 3 paintings in basically 3 different ways, enhancing the shift in moods for each arrangement.
Titled 'Reflectrospect' - Acrylic on canvas.
I painted this piece on 3 canvasses such that the end (far right) canvas can moved to the front (far left). This ability can be done over and over, changing the situation of the subjects in the painting and thus changing the mood of the entire work in 3 different arrangements.
Arrangement 1: The boy looks up at the moon thinking about his life ideals. His reflection on life is symbolised by the pond, which also shows his ideals. His life or reality is the tree. Note the boy, the pond, the moon and the tree are all blue, because they are all a part of him. His reality casts a shadow. The girl cannot help but notice this shadow and is about to turn away from his life.
Arrangement 2: In this arrangement, the girl is not turning away from his life. Maybe she turns away from her own. Or maybe the boy has changed. In either case, the girl is coming towards the boy. The boy still looks for ideals but this time he is not alone. They can look at life together.
Arrangement 3: The tree is in its most complete form in this arrangement. But idealogy has split. The fact that the boy has his back turned away from the girl in this version seems more apparent. Is he shunning her now? Or are they both abandoning a past life?
This is my first painting on canvas and I haven't really done many other paintings ever in my lifetime. Maybe a couple in grade 8 art class but thats about it. I enjoyed working on something tangible as opposed to I.T. or digital media.
Now I just have to buy more canvas and tubes of paint. I think my next piece will also incorporate the dynamic canvas concept. This first work was experimental and I just wanted to test my idea of the tile-able painting. While taking these photos to upload the different arrangements I realised that the dynamics of the painting was further enhanced by lighting. The natural light the photos were took under, was generally brighter on the left and slightly darker on the right. As a result, in each photo, the natural light had illuminated the 3 paintings in basically 3 different ways, enhancing the shift in moods for each arrangement.
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