Made series of paintings about objects around me. Have been looking at works by Sickert and Bernard Dunstan. Am fascinated by the way both apply colour to the canvas and force a breaking up of the surface, with subtle tones. So I have made tonal charts. In our group seminar on Tuesday I talked about two works: painting of Santa Marie della Salute by Sickert and Poppies and Marigolds by Ivon Hitchens.
Looking into renting a studio in London after September next year with Acava and Acme.
Had a really dynamic tutorial with Reece Jones on Friday. Talked about Theory, Context and Making, then went to Rokeby in Store St to see paintings by Sam Dargan. All the works were painted on board, small, political with a hint of humour.
We are all off to Cologne on the 3rd November for the week.