London exhibiton (exploding thoughts)

Into the dark

'Into the dark' poster

For our London exhibition, into the dark i decided to look at my thoughts and how I think now and the difference on how I thought the past. 

I got this idea by the heading 'into the dark' because I think everyone can have really dark thoughts that they may not share with anyone. My artwork changed from what I originally thought it would look like at the beginning.

Thoughts in a brain

I started off with writing my thoughts down in an image of a brain, the left half being thoughts in the past that were very dark and the right being thoughts now, in the present that are a lot brighter and possitive. Even though I found this helpful to the way I think, I didn't like how obvious and out there my thoughts were, the audience would just read it and not think much about it because they would already know the idea behind it. After deciding this i done a few experiments in my sketchbook to try and get some ideas for my final piece. 

3D experiment

Experimenting with blowing paint

Practice with dabbing paint

After creating these experiments I couldn't decide what i was going to do for my final piece. I decided to ask peers what they liked better and that made me come to the decision that i should combine the outline of a person and the thoughts exploding out of the brain, naming my piece 'Exploding thoughts'. I created this painting using acrylic paint, again because it is a medium I am so used to using. Getting the background idea from print screening I scraped paint from the top of the canvas to the bottom with some cardboard creating the pattern making it look unfinished. Using black acrylic I painted the outline of the person, making it not too thick but not too thin, giving the impression the person in the painting is fragile and have a lot going through their minds. I then decided to try something that would make my head feel something. I put drops of watered down acrylic paint and blew them until my head felt lightheaded, I repeared this with different colours.

'Exploding thoughts'

This photo was taken on the day of the exhibition private view night that I found was a very successful night, I enjoyed talking to people about my work, finding out more about other peoples work and getting feedback on my own piece. One main point that a lot of people would talk about was when they first looked at the painting they couldn't see the outline figure of the person and then it made them realise why the painting was called Exploding thoughts.