#474 Flax leaves
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One more Circle
#473 One More!
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Circle
#472 Circle
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How many of these will I do? I was just playing with colour & this emerged, and I liked it. But enough is enough!
Working hard, movie, Flax & Marcel Duchamp
Working on the new website for http://www.lyfordtreks.co.nz – it is almost done & will look a lot fresher & be up to date & hosted on a cheaper server. But in the midst of overdoing that my eyes have got very sore – strain? Infection? New drops. Does not stop me from looking though.
Saw the movie As it is in Heaven feel good type movie but with an edge, I liked it a lot, and the music too. I thought how I would like to make images like that music!
Then to keep going with my flax sketches I took some photos, flax photos & some from a video -> -> ->
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Golden Ending
Harekeke, New Zealand Flax. I feel connected with it and just took a swag of photos on our recent walks. More coming up.
#471 Golden Ending
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This one like the earlier Circle was one where I found the final image by deleting layers, and also by changing the original colour from a heavy black to this golden colour, which really suits this particular subject, this particular flax that is, the variety of the remnants after seeding is enormous. Some are very black. The exploring was satisfying!
This one is printed to suit a 10 x 8 frame and has collage of (treated) dried flax material.
Monday, 18 August, 2008
This image is availalable printed in a limited edition. It is available exclusively on Felt, a New Zealand Art & Craft website.
Trust Resources
This is one in the incantation series. One, but there are two images. I have taken to doing these in digital pencil, and then making a negative. It echoes the idea of an in breath and an out breath.
#470 Resources
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#470 Resources Negative
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Everyone is an artist – Joseph Beuys
I am thinking about art a lot. My art & where it is going. Some key words that stick: iconic – see the Buildings category for example. I want more of the iconic stuff. I need the Christchurch Cathederal. And people, I like to do portraits of people I am reading about or watching on video. Hand is another word, and Line. I like to see my hand in the lines, & I like strong lines, I try to return to more painterly stuff but keep adding lines.
Iconis is one of a list of words I have all pointing in the same direction, Kahn might say Monumental, Jung, archetypal, Moreno psychodramatic. In fact Moreno described the Psychodrama method as: “Exploring truth by dramatic means.” Here I explore truth by the means of lines by my hand. I don’t care if that sounds grandiose! I make no claims though for how successful I am, or that I am there.
Here is another I have just done, I have done about six, not sure which one to post:
#469 Joseph Beuys
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This one best caught a look in his face that speaks to me.
I like the boldness & the social engagement. He had wacky ideas, everything is creative, everything is art. There is some truth in that, everything arises from a mysterious source. He seems to consciously make himself the work of art, by creating a persona. Now that is something I quite like, but it is not me. No pseudonyms, no new roles. I am tempted sometimes… I wonder if I could create an artist and do the art from that new role. But no, I just am who I am & that is OK. There are a couple of pictures here by Prince Charles though.
He was in the Fluxus movement as was Yoko Ono. I listened to her son Sean on a podcast the other day, and he spoke of how he was inspired by his mother – you don’t need to be an expert to do art, you can just go for it. He made a movie of his separation with his girlfriend, with her in it! I can see the links!
Bunker 2
#468 Bunker 2
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Bunker 1
#467 Bunker 1
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Kate & I have been on some great walks in the Port Hills of Christchurch lately. Above Lyttelton are some old concrete structures, I’ll call them bunkers. The were part of the defences against the Japanese who almost invaded New Zealand in WWII. They are quite beautiful sitting there on the hillside. The remind me of Lois Khan buildings (though I have only seen pix) – and I want to draw more of these buildings with minimalist strong lines. Basic stuff. One Khan image done a while back – Salk Interior.
The sketches are from the photos I took, and here are some more pix, to contextualise the sketches.
Trade Me
I have just put a few on Trade me again.
Those images will only be available from Trade Me for a while. I’ll add more soon.