Art and more Art……………
Been gone for a minute but I’m back at the jump off! Well It’s been a while since I have updated this blog, but I’m planning to exhibit my work in 2015 so I’ll be hinting as to what my collection will look like. I have been an admirer of this lady for a while. She was the OG dark skin model to really make it in mainstream society BL (before Lupita). I have been reconnected to my love of portraiture and I have been meaning to make more use of my Wacom Intuos5
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So second semester was a crazy experience. Who knew art was so… yeah confusing; just when I think I’m on to something, something else pings up and I find myself doing other projects. So this was my entry for the Turner’s page turner competition, didn’t win (OH the pain would have done with another bridge camera :P) but I think I got something way better. As part of the exhibition the art shortlisted in this competition got the chance to have their work in the Turner contemporary. SO YAY! It was equally great to hear that a friend got in too, due to competition rules I couldn’t put this up but hey it’s all over so this was my entry. As you can tell from my end of semester project, this was part my final piece ideas I don’t know way this even got chosen but hey, like I said art is confusing the pieces I dismiss tend to be the stuff people like the most. So come year two I’m going completely AVANT GARDE!! Yinka better watch out 😛
I do appreciate a good quality photo 😀 this is how the final piece looks like in the daytime, Nikon you truly are from Jesus (Baptist member frantically fanning herself) PRAISE! .
For the life of me I thought I had tomorrow to finish my project but I got the feeling that I’m done. I wanted to add more to this, and yes the nature of this work is that I could allow it to expand if I felt like it. But I’m teaching myself to leave my art when I feel it’s done, I have the tendency to overwork my paintings adding too much when all I needed was already there. This is how it looks like at night I’m yet to see the final piece in the morning, and I will live up to my promise, I’m taking my bridge camera with me. 😀 SO HAPPY!!!!
So I’ve literally just got back from the studios and I’m exhausted! I wanted to get the main bit done. See I find that doing the hardest tasks first allows me to coast and enjoy the rest of the painting process. I’m so happy the worst is now behind me, now it’s just a case of putting the finishing touches. The student in me was ready to order a pizza but Dominos is shut -_- just when I needed them, and I’m the type of person that only has stuff that needs cooking for more than 30 minutes. Oh well, late night cooking, it’s not like I haven’t done it before 😛 So as you can see the base painting was actually a template for my Chitenge design, I was going to stencil the whole design but the time to find spray paint was not even worth stressing about. It looks like I have kept to some sort of rule, I’ve actually painted the whole of this part of the composition without relying on masking. Yup I went old school, ruler and a steady hand. The rest will be masked, as I really don’t see myself finishing on time if I don’t. Call it cheating? I really don’t care I’m claiming artistic license.
So today was the day I FINALLY GOT TO PAINT MY WORK! It felt great to see the first coat of paint go on the wall. Now my art is all about the layers (no reference to Shrek) I always start with the base material and work my way to the end. To see the first bit of work go up had me feeling emotional. For the first time I’m making a personal connection with my artwork (I mean I always have but it was always HATE, as I would find myself stuck on technique) But this time I’m letting the work evolve. Of course I have an idea of the end result, but this time I don’t have to care about making the image in my head. The art should just flow (OH JESUS I’m a HIPPY) So here’s what I have done so far. I am still keeping with traditional values though, starting from dark and working to light 😀 Sorry for the bad image quality, my laziness allows me to only have my phone camera at hand.
SO the 1st part of my project is yet to begin as the space I chose to do my work was……… Let’s say it was well used. -_- So as a follow up to the previous post I decided to go and paint the walls to give me the blank canvas I need to start making whatever needs to be made in that space. The vibe I’m getting is good, I’ve got some sample collages to work from so now it’s a case of JUST DOING IT (HA nike you got nothing on me I just switched up your slogan) So my parcel from amazon was indeed an extension pole, 5m of steel that allows me to do what I want without having to use a ladder (which by the way I hate with a passion, nothing to do with a fear of falling just can’t stand having to go up and down the stupid thing) So what I thought would take a good 4 days of painting only took two! We thank you Jesus for the wonders of simple ingenuity that changes lives in dramatic ways. I couldn’t help but laugh every time I picked up the extension pole, it didn’t help that I was listening to the remix of Make it Rain (the vision of R Kelly singing about making it rain) 😀 The gallery shows some of the art I had to cover up It’s a shame too but hey. Changes. Oh and it’s all thanks to Gareth who ordered the paint 😀
2nd Semester has been a crazy experience for me. I’ve experienced more than I thought I’d need to in the space of 3 months, now of course change SUCKS with a passion but if it’s all for the best then WHY NOT? My art will no longer be the same, from now on I’m taking a massive leap into a world I have secretly (unless you really know me 😛 ) shunned. See I have never been afraid to be CONTEMPORARY I just don’t like the labels that often come with that field of work (and being of African descent ‘Afro Art’ is my new identity -_- ). I’m learning to not think too much and just create what comes to mind (only problem I have is that is takes time for me to know that a work is finished) So there’s been a lot of tongue biting. I can explain the flaws in my artwork BECAUSE THAT’S ALL I EVER SEE >:'( it’s not judgement on anyone’s style of work, it’s me criticising my work nothing more, nothing less. It is true what they say, YOU ARE YOUR WORST CRITIC! But hey life goes on I could stress about it but the last thing I need is to focus on what was, pshhhh NAh I’m good, I choose to do what I feel like doing. SO as the title for this post implies; I’m getting ready to set up my final show for the 1st year 😀 The scale of the work is the challenge, but hey I’ll never learn unless I just do it (No nike you cannot claim copyright I’m an art student the least you could do is give me a pair of Hi Tops). Of course I have to have the right tools in order to do what I want. We thank God for Amazon. 😀 😀 😀
So it’s nearing the end of my second semester, MY FIRST YEAR IN UNI!!!!! and we have a project due in May. Now you know me, my creative process involves dabbling with some crafts here and there (and not the voodoo kind though I could throw in some sugar and spice). To kick start my creative mindset, I thought it would be cool to up-cycle a bag I had from last year. It amazes me because all of a sudden there’s a mad rush for draw-string bags (THE GEIST NEVER LIES). So me and and my bargain ways got this bag DEAD CHEAP, but as usual you get what you pay for. This bag has torn in so many places, I’ve lost count the amount of times I’ve had to repair it. But I can’t leave my objects alone; so I asked my Bezzy mate Marcy D the 411 on the alREADY-MADE ways of doing things (the crowd around him laughs in confusion to try and act as if they know what he’s talking about). And here is the outcome, with love from Africa once again (so I did have to use my voodoo after all). The problem I faced was the buckles that fell off, either side of the front pockets (that I couldn’t be bothered to fix -_-) and the light shone bright towards the THUMBTACKS! Oh my mind does have it’s moments of brilliance. AND I only bled once! There is hope for me yet.
(Blonde that pretends to be dumb to hide her intelligence) LIKE OH MY GOSH I JUST COULDN’T STOP PAINTING! Wonder if Picasso had a paintbrush?………………………………………………………………………. So I have to finish all the artwork I consider not finished, I’m learning to accept defeat BUT I NEVER WILL! So I chose the less is more angle (Blondy) And I Must SAY it works REALLY well AHA!
20″ x 16″ Acrylic on canvas
(Jamaican voodoo priestess) LET MEH INTRODUCE YOU TO MYSTIC SN! Me tell ya dat me nah get no sleep so struss when me se ME TIRED!!! ALL DA TIME. But it’s ok I’m back (to my normal anyway) mum always said if life gets too stressful pshhhh sleep it out. So back to the sublime, you’ll need to do your research on this one as I said I’m tired of repeating myself. Now in a world that looks like all hell is about to break loose the mystics have a way of keeping the PEACE, according to the chemistry definition, Sublimation is when a substance skips a step and jumps straight to another phase, (from solid to gas missing the liquid phase see I spoil you). Now I love diamonds (blame Hollywood and every rapper I look up to) good examples of the sublime. Remember one possible definition of Sublime is the knowledge that man gets from the cosmos (NERD ALERT!!!!) So we artists – our bezzy mates the philosophers and who ever questions stuff a lot – can tap into the theory of the Sublime and wonder what is truly out there? It’s amazing because the Sublime is a subject already being tapped into by the musical muse O_o” the very reason why Rihanna, out of the blue, is telling everyone to SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND O_O”
20″ x 16″ Acrylic on canvas
HI! remember business Tinkhani? Just showing you what I got up to this morning. Now I’ve told you so many times that if you wanted help all you have to do is ask, well I’ll introduce you to the gospel according to the apostle Sn. SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND! KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND IT SHALL OPEN AMEN! I tried telling you the truth in it’s blunt form but like Jesus told me you prefer parables so prepare yourselves! Now like your masters before you; know that everything is done in stages. I tried explaining this to you but you didn’t want to listen. So here’s my first example of the pieces I told you IS NOT FINISHED!!!!!!! I started adding the last touches at 10:30 and finished just in time for 13:00. No joke as I promised my Lord and Savior (ghetto black voice) I shan’t tell a lie MHMMM! *snap snap* (the visual is enough I used to do this a lot but not so much this time) BUT REMEMBER Thou shall not STEAL!!! (from the living anyway)
20″ x 16″ Acrylic on canvas
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