Tripod Tree
The whole month has been a bit of a let down for me as it has been broken up by time away and illness. I read an interview with Nicola Tyson who talks of a practice defined through drawing and escaping the line. There is definitely something in the fact that Tyson was born in 1960 so she had the same kind of art education as I did. The desire to draw was instilled in people of this generation and it’s difficult not to start there. It also often becomes an entirely separate discipline to the painting or sculpture.
Dancing Partner 29 04 24
At the start of the month I solidified the ‘dancing partner’ structure by adding paper to the sides to turn it into a tall tent.
Dancing Partner 29 04 24
Dancing Partners 01 05 24
After this I painted it to lean against the original ‘dancing tree’. I’m not sure whether I’m going to match the surface finish yet.
Red Garden Six
I added the dancing tree to ‘red garden six’ but decided that it didn’t fit the space as well as I’d like. It seems too deliberate. Possibly not big enough.
Red Garden Six
On the 16th May, after a week away, I started to change the drawing.
Red Garden Six
Red Garden Six 16 05 24
Eventually simplifying the structures and darkening the trees.
Red Garden Seven
I also started a new drawing, ‘red garden seven’ using the paper I prepared with gesso.
Tripod Tree 22 05 24
After another few days off because I was ill I started to use the insulation foam c-view have given me to build another large tree sculpture. Tripod Tree.