I thought, at first, that my time at Reside would be a process of slow starts with ideas meandering around, simmering for possibilities that lay hidden, for the time being anyhow. What I did not expect was an immediate vision for my work.
The last few years have seen me working within the constraints of the house and as a consequence of this I have been tied within this 'loop' of emotionally squeezed space. Whilst this has had a positive impact on my work, it has been very difficult to keep reminding myself that a world exists outside of this space. My work, up till now, has demonstrated this interiority but has also, underneath, hinted at potentials elsewhere. The 'marker' that I placed in the image on my previous post became the catalyst for those potentials.
It is wonderful how sometimes the everyday gives us time to think and dream in a way that informs the mind so as to make changes in the work. What I had lost sight of over recent times is the fact of the openness of the mind to take me out of this space whilst remaining in it, to use my dreams, memories, knowledge as well as the home to open up the space in my work.
The last few years have seen me working within the constraints of the house and as a consequence of this I have been tied within this 'loop' of emotionally squeezed space. Whilst this has had a positive impact on my work, it has been very difficult to keep reminding myself that a world exists outside of this space. My work, up till now, has demonstrated this interiority but has also, underneath, hinted at potentials elsewhere. The 'marker' that I placed in the image on my previous post became the catalyst for those potentials.
It is wonderful how sometimes the everyday gives us time to think and dream in a way that informs the mind so as to make changes in the work. What I had lost sight of over recent times is the fact of the openness of the mind to take me out of this space whilst remaining in it, to use my dreams, memories, knowledge as well as the home to open up the space in my work.
Photograph: Anthony Boswell
I have begun to understand that even sunlight; in the clouds, or casting reflections upon the windowsill, need not only be a reference to inside, but also to a world behind and beyond them, if I was able to pass through them and to the other side. That I can do within the mind.
Photograph: Anthony Boswell.
I have always been making my way towards abstraction and finally I have arrived at that place. I have consciously taken the time to wait for that process to fit with the image floating in my mind of what the work may be like. I have been concentrating upon the space of the doors and further on have made a construction that may confirm other ideas as well as hold potentials itself as a process. You can see my new paintings on my website here: Anthony Boswell. I have simply been playing with the space played out on the flat surface, which is why photographing the construction gives a totally different experience to that seeing it in three dimensions.
'Doors/Space'. Anthony Boswell. 2012
'Mixed Media Construction'. Anthony Boswell. 2012. Click to enlarge.
What lies in front for Reside now is open, I am finding it will take me into a long awaited journey with the paintings and a fresh outlook for extensions of that medium.
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