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Close up Details of My Final Panels.

Networks that are connected, lines from water and paint traveling through folds, leaving behind an imprint of imperfection.

Each of these panels has no plain space as it is consumed by reminants that seem to give life - there is something living about the lines. Reminding me of wrinkles of ageing and of time - each holding there own unique configurations of an network.

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Book - Picturing Mind

I'm starting to read specific chapter's, finding areas that relate to my project and theme for my review.

The first half talks about art in relation to knowledge.

During the middle it starts to talk about ideas around consciousness : stream of consciousness.

Perception, memory, and thinking.

It's interesting how it mentions our relationship with the world. We look for meaning through our different experiences utilising our senses, reminding me of networks that we are part of in this world, along with the plants and mycelium...ect

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5th panel

This pannel has faded out blues with intreasting Imprints of red.

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Balancing them together, to see how the look together.

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Stretched 4th panel

You can see the faint glimpses of where the fabric was folded, triangular faded areas, there an area that may have contained pools of water before evaporating, leaving its marks behind.

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Updates: by the end of this project I will have 5 panels/painting:

4 panels - are made in the unintentional method of painting canvas with paint and water then folding until dry, unwrapped them, ironed then stretched. Creating harmonious paintings with faded paint, creating networks through the folds.

1 panel- from a similar process then it was painted over, a painting incorporating layers, fading and remnants of its own network.

Displaying finals : I think the 4 panels will make the cube, leaning against each other as they have similarity's in process and work well together as a piece. Three of them are prominently blue with remnants of other colours and one is brown, I wanted to continue to incorporate naturalistic tones to balance out the blue, hinting to nature.

The 1 painted one is bolder that the others ones as I painted it, so If I have extra space I might display it on the walls with my cube? I am still unsure on how I will display this one. if I will include it or not?

I think when I get access to the space where it will be displayed, I can work on the configuration and placement, it will be easier to visualise how I want it to be.

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Acrylic and oil on canvas.

This one explores layers of paint through, overlapping lines, some faded into the background, others very prominent- I wanted to create an aspect of depth through the peice.

In a way the middle unintentionally looks like a heart.

Close up details.

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Fractals in Jackson Pollock's Paintings

'Convergence' 1952 - Jackson Pollock

Fractals are seen in the complexities of nature's patterns. People exposure to natures fractals can be less - stressing and calming compared to the harsh shapes found in man made city's.

Scientists have notices similarities to fractals in Jackson Pollock's paintings. His technique was motion painting, "speaks of complexity – a tangled web of intricate paint splatters." reflecting an natural organic composition especially when zoomed close in towards the overlapping connections of paint.

This relates to the work I'm creating as I'm experimenting how I can make organic shapes through my process, similarly to Jackson pollock. I move the canvas around as the paint and water collides and attaches and connects.

there was also a important balance between international and intentional in Jackson pollocks paintings, as you see him leaning forward, as he decides were to place the paint.

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I'm starting to paint this panel, its slightly bleeding into the other side. First layer - purple

At this stage, I had to put another layer of gesso so It doesn't leak, though. I'm going to treat this as an underlayer as I start to paint over it.

I don't like the progress of this painting, but I'm continuing to see where it leads, as I lay more paint...

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Adding clear gesso because I'm hoping to paint over this panel, it slightly dulls the colour, I want remnants of the green to be seen through as I paint over it and the gesso gives a layer between the paint and the canvas, as I will be covering a large surface area, I don't want it feeding through to the back of the painting which will also be on display .

I want to continue with my risk taking and layering methods from before but the more time I put off painting them the more nervous i become, as they are panels to be displayed - making me feel conflicted in whether they work out or not after painting? Or whether I should take risks or not

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Image via Wikimedia Commons | Underglaze-painted tiles from Iznik, Turkey.

I found the imagery of this tile to be fascinating, by how its continuously interconnected as the line start to create a sort of puzzle that leads into the flowers.

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Testing out oil paint on these scraps of fabric.

Primed: white gesso vs clear gesso

I am thinking of doing a mix of acrylic painting with oil over top on my panels, for the acrylic creates nice texture which I want to layer over with oil to create a smoother layer that I can wipe away and smudge, over the acrylic. I don't have much experience with oils but I might take the risk. I have prepared an extra panel as well incase of it not working out. I did some quick experiments to get a feel of the oil, above with a scrape of canvas.

The colours in experimenting with oil turned out quite dark, because im still un confident with them, I might start out with my first layer of acrylics and work from there and Gage if i want to use the oils or not?

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Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe

Early Evening. Oil on Linen. 46"x46

Jeremy combined the use of geometric shapes with the process of painting. This painting has a history in its layers with the reminiscence of other shapes behind the burgundies background, whilst he also chooses to highlight specific part, that stand out in triangles. It relates to the approach I'm trying to use to tackle my paintings, from layering, removing paint.

JGR studio November 10, 2014: (Five Times During the Day)

I also really like how he balances areas of shapes with blank spaces or areas of more expressive brushstrokes, breaking the pattern up, creating different sections within of each of the paintings.

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3 done - 2 more to go.

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3rd Panel Stretched

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Leaning them against each other, to get a visual image of how all four of them will look against each other in its final cube like form. As you can see I am hoping for the insides to peak through, when looking in the middle of the cube.

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2nd panel stretched