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Development sketches drawing from rocky horror picture show

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Here is a smaller version of my research file pdf

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Here is a smaller version of my research file pdf

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Copy of Cassi Latham ‘Working for a Context’ (1)

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after all the development of this painting i’m very happy with it, as it shows a faded flash back and i wanted it to tell a story of the past and show a strong yet feminine woman up front it’s based loosely on my friend and i think that helped me be more connected to the painting as although with the amount of changes from the original image and sketch it’s a part of me with her and i feel like there are many interpretations from this.

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figuring out what to add in my painting i went through many ideas and it got to a point where i had too many it become overwhelming however i went back to my original idea in the end. here you are able to see a scene in the back from the 2006 film Marie Antoinette.

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this is a painting on wood made by layering images as the background is based loosely on the ‘i know what you did last summer’ movie poster as i love how theres so many faces in it and on top i layer my vampires which is quite ironic as they’re both horrors but different types. i tend to look at the horror genre a lot and i have looked at many aspects in the past in first year i done a series on the different ways Dracula has been presented and the stereotypes among vampires in art and film. layering images is something i enjoy this is still a work in progress i wouldn’t say it’s finished however it’s a start as what i did was painted on wood in acrylic and then over the top with a mix of yellows and purple oil paint i layered thin so your still able to see as much as i allow.

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here’s a sketchbook page i worked on i drew myself then completely covered with ink and watercolour and creating a dark male figure something i noticed recently was that women are always the focus of my paintings and it’s something i’ve been exploring as i also talk about femininity and the female gaze and how i view that looking through my own individual lens  

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past piece i looked at for this project 

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past piece i looked at for this project 

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looking at my work from last year and how i can integrate that into my work this term has been interesting i struggled a lot at first in trying to figure out what i wanted to do coming to the realisation that i should paint what i like but try and think more about why i do it and look at the context

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research images and editing

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researching vampires

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looking at femininity and how it reflects on my work 

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looking at femininity and how it reflects on my work 

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past work and how it’s effected my recent work

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past work and how it’s effected my recent work

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using the same technique as i did in this painting i look at that also this year and how i can change and create a new feeling and atmosphere in the use of layering in my images

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my tutor Helen Robertson suggested i look at Štrba’s work as she works with video and photography and centres a lot of it around women and girls, i really liked her work as although slightly distorted with unusual colours the way it looks really appeals to me and i’m going to try and take inspiration to make something similar. she does a lot of domestic settings alongside her natural theme landscapes which she makes look otherworldly and i just love it.

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this one in particular i really love i find it fascinating that all her work is able to tell me a story it’s left ambiguous therefore it’s up for viewer interpretation and i really like that about art especially with hers.

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i previously looked at Antonia Showering and how she explores the use of her personal memories in her painting through the use of layering like how Showering does Edefalk also does this. ‘Cecilia Edefalk’s intuitive and deeply personal practice often draws from things that she encounters in her everyday life’ this painting is one of my favourites from hers as the movement of the brushstrokes just shout out to me there’s so much movement in this that i just love i feel like it’s captured a pure moment in time and the memory feels distant yet simultaneously vivid because there’s aspects that seem so recognisable.

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titled ‘orlock’ i often go back to this painting i found it last year however i really enjoy Welteroth’s use of colour within his work even though this is monochrome the way i’m able to see the depth through the way he’s painting ed it and the way the light shines on the figures face and there’s this rich darkness in the back it’s something i try to achieve in my work as well.

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After my tutorial with Helen Robertson i started really thinking about what i wanted my art to represent as a woman i often found myself painting other woman and looking at them as the focal of a painting. throughout my research i looked at femininity and studied that in films and even in the horror genre i found it really refreshing to look at and it’s something i enjoy. i go through life everyday as a woman and i feel the way i am able to paint them feels sensual and intimate i feel i add a part of myself into my paintings. my paintings often have layered images as i work from a range of things but most of all i want to capture the female experience. it may look like i’ve painted female victims however one may call her a victim but there’s always more to my characters. i gather information from my own personal life and integrate it into my work as i work from my friends and family, even responding to Antonia Showering i was able to relate a painting to one i already had from my childhood. i find when including my personal life in my painting and things i like it feels more intimate to me i’m applying a piece of me onto my canvas and allowing that to expose me everyone figure i paint is me in its own way. i feel like as artists we can’t help but have a piece of us in our work no matter what the the image or context it shows a representation of our character. As i said earlier i have been more in touch with femininity as it’s been something i used to repress i hated the idea of being called girly and didn’t know why i had to be labelled and put in a box and my art is to power into that i enjoy painting all types of women and often romanticise my paintings but it’s a part of my escapism the way i do with film. i think in the future to extend my practice i’m going to possible make some of my own videos and paint from them maybe layer up my own images and get even more personal and i think i will be working on a self portrait one with makeup which is one of my favourite forms of art as well and one without.