Some stuff i noted down whilst waiting to see my tutor ofr the last time before i left Granada. thought id add it here before i loose the bit of paper it was on.

17th June 08

It seems there’s a pattern developing in the way i work. it tends to start with making marks freely, often quite quickly (paint dripping). Fluid expressive marks, experimentation with new shapes/colours.

then i start to analyse my stuff (maybe too much?); i look for boundries, break it down to a set of rules. set parameters for myself and establish formulas for working within those boundries. I’ve even broken down the imagery into a set of symbols or units. I used to limit myself to a certain range of colours.

But then I get bored and start again. no rules, just a blank canvas and, actually, just one rule: fill the space!.

So i opened up the space – no longer flat, one colour grounds, and some of the shapes are layered.
New shapes – Moved away from patterns, not constrained by repetition. although i have already developed a set of units.
New colours – exprerimenting with colour relationships. still fond of bright primaries but pastles are creeping in too (fashion?)

the boundries are still there though. the drips still make satisfying shapes to fill. having ideas about filling in the space between shapes with more shapes.
Bigger – new shapes/units are much bigger – active part of the composition.

Well, my english is always pretty bad when i try to describe my work but this is a particularly bad example. It’s basically just thinking out loud.

I really enjoyed the course i took at Granada Uni and i think it’s been really good for me because it gave me a period to work without pressure and freedom to start almost from scratch and explore another avenue of my work.