Blue wall 7, November 2014.
Outside in the corridor the autumnal late afternoon sun, has given a shifting light grid to work alongside and against. Starting this week with three vertical ruled lines; the rest freehand.
Blue Wall 7 from Marion Piper on Vimeo.
Inside the studio I ‘m working on canvas, drawn lines softening into the weave. Less paint on the surface than usual, drawing, painting, drawing painting; increasingly, wanting to meld these activities. The pieces are either very light or very dark, these seem to be two emerging positions, which I’m finding intriguing.
on canvas, acrylic and pencil (detail)
pencil on canvas, on board.
pencil on canvas, on board.
acrylic and pencil on canvas (detail)
During the residency my aim is not to analyse what is happening in the work, but observe, and wait. As I paint and unexpected things occur, I find that a word seems to present itself, in the space between me and the surface. A single word that approaches, up through the activity. Clearly the word is coming from my mind but, yet feels, directionally, as if I am reading it?
I am noting these for later.
I am noting these for later.
acrylic and pencil on canvas
acrylic and pencil on canvas (detail)
The Modernist Coin Wash has been in session this week, This is an ongoing collaboration between artist Lindall Pearce* and myself. Our seventh session, ‘Format’, included 6 artists who responded to five envelopes that we posted daily to them for one week, each containing an item, to use to spark ideas for a piece of work to be brought to a studio discussion a week later. We met last Saturday at the studio. The piece I made, freehand painted lines on vinyl and canvas, pinned to the wall, is another note.
acrylic paint on vinyl and canvas, work in progress made for 'Format' session of the Modernist Coin Wash, November 2014
acrylic on vinyl on canvas
acrylic on vinyl on canvas
acrylic on vinyl on canvas
I have picked up The Infinite Line * again, and have a new waiting in the car book, Truth*.
December approaches, I intend to make a further set of papers in December, with different rules and perhaps a new wall.
December approaches, I intend to make a further set of papers in December, with different rules and perhaps a new wall.
A shop unit in High Wycombe awaits.
*http://lindallpearce.co.uk
*The Infinite Line, Briony Fer, Yale University Press, 2004.
* Truth, Philosphy in Transit. John D Caputo, Penguin, 2013
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Deadline for applications is 6pm on 24th January 2015
Deadline for applications is 6pm on 24th January 2015
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