Works on paper inspired by my time at PADA Studios Barreiro, Lisbon, Portugal.
Unconscious Place 1_oil & pigments on paper-30x80cm
Unconscious Place 3_oil & pigments on paper_16x20cm
Turps/PADA Residency 2019
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Turps/PADA Residency 2019
Works on paper inspired by my time at PADA Studios Barreiro, Lisbon, Portugal.
Place_charcoal on paper_50x120cm
Unconscious Place (study)_charcoal on paper_25x80cm_2019
Unconscious Place (study)_charcoal on paper_25x45cm
Drawings
These charcoal & chalk drawings on paper,
are from my new series ‘Studies for Caves & Rockfalls’.
In the studio
I have been busy working in my studio at Bath Spa University, creating a felt response to my location, on a variety of surfaces. My use of materials needs to be specific for the same reason as my need to be very specific about colour.
On location
Pen & ink on prepared paper.
In the studio
Today I have been making progress with a drawing oil pastel & graphite on paper. This is to inform my colour experiments I am making with oil paint to find the exact colour I am experiencing in my place.
In the studio
It is really good to be back in my studio this week at Bath Spa University. I have been preparing my space for my studio module assessment, making sure decisions about what is and isn’t working.
I am considering what the work is saying by using the wall as my canvas to arrange works that connect in a way that alludes to my subject, the transience of place. This is where I have arrived at.
At the moment these are hung as two separate assemblages.
Exhibition visit.
I recommend a visit to the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2014 The Wilson Gallery at Cheltenham Museum & Art Gallery. This is the first time The Wilson Gallery has shown the Jerwood Drawing Prize, it travelled from Jerwood Visual Arts Centre in London. I found it interesting seeing the exhibition shown in a different venue. I think the venue changes how the exhibition is viewed, the space, building, layout and location give a different feel and meaning to the work.
I think the exhibition raises questions about drawing. What is drawing? This is the first time a sound piece has been a winner. I was interested to see a paper cut was selected for the show representing another form of drawing. I noticed there is an element of the unfinished and space in many of the works, part drawing, part painting in oils or watercolour, minimal and the composition often going off the page. The works are ambiguous, alternative even the representational drawings offer something different. The perspective of a pencil drawing looking up a tree and the pencil drawing of an interior turned upside down.
In the studio
Look what happened when the sun shone on my work today.
The aluminium is so reflective. I could play around with the idea of shinning lights on the work for an exhibition.
Thoughts
Today I recognised how the reflections from the windows were making shadows on my work. I documented them to think about and maybe use later in my work.
Clare Thatcher 