So, I finally managed to finish my bears last week. In all I have 5 complete, 4 the same size which will likely be the ones to be exhibited at Modern Art Oxford. The two most recent teddies have evolved in style, even over the last 3 months, which I find quite interesting. I've been doing a lot of painting recently on a smaller scale, both for an exhibition at school and in my sketchbook (to show a clearer working process) and the result seems to be a more convincing finish in the more recent pieces. The original teddies look more rough and simplistic by comparison. I've also added menacing shadows to the more recent images, which I think adds to their sense of maturity of style. I've included examples of the old and newer versions so you can compare. The numbers the bears hold and the 'line-up' backgrounds help emphasise the criminal qualities of the identikit faces. The grey colouring helps the primary colours of the bears themselves to really spring
forward visually and evokes the plain walls which I assume to cover the walls of police interrogation areas. I've also made great progress on the 2 large scale portrait pieces I started this whole MA work with. To the point where I'm now feeling a little torn over which body of work to actually exhibit. To have started disliking the portrait work so intensely, it feels good to know that persevering with them has borne fruit of success. What began as something quite dark and depressing has changed into something bright that more accurately reflects where I am coming from and my personality. At several points during the making of it, I still felt unsure if it was going anywhere. T
he theme has moved away from fatherhood slightly to reflect more on the notion of relationship. Looking specifically at the relationships I have with others. The portrait includes these relationships in written form , using scrabble-like tiles. I liked the idea of using these tiles as the worth of each letter and consequently each word could be added up to compare the relative value of the relationships. As it turned out Husband and consumer scored highest with 38 points each. The finished piece, one of the largest scale pieces I've produced in a number of years, is pictured on the left.
So, I finally managed to finish my bears last week. In all I have 5 complete, 4 the same size which will likely be the ones to be exhibited at Modern Art Oxford. The two most recent teddies have evolved in style, even over the last 3 months, which I find quite interesting. I've been doing a lot of painting recently on a smaller scale, both for an exhibition at school and in my sketchbook (to show a clearer working process) and the result seems to be a more convincing finish in the more recent pieces. The original teddies look more rough and simplistic by comparison. I've also added menacing shadows to the more recent images, which I think adds to their sense of maturity of style. I've included examples of the old and newer versions so you can compare. The numbers the bears hold and the 'line-up' backgrounds help emphasise the criminal qualities of the identikit faces. The grey colouring helps the primary colours of the bears themselves to really spring 
forward visually and evokes the plain walls which I assume to cover the walls of police interrogation areas. I've also made great progress on the 2 large scale portrait pieces I started this whole MA work with. To the point where I'm now feeling a little torn over which body of work to actually exhibit. To have started disliking the portrait work so intensely, it feels good to know that persevering with them has borne fruit of success. What began as something quite dark and depressing has changed into something bright that more accurately reflects where I am coming from and my personality. At several points during the making of it, I still felt unsure if it was going anywhere. T
he theme has moved away from fatherhood slightly to reflect more on the notion of relationship. Looking specifically at the relationships I have with others. The portrait includes these relationships in written form , using scrabble-like tiles. I liked the idea of using these tiles as the worth of each letter and consequently each word could be added up to compare the relative value of the relationships. As it turned out Husband and consumer scored highest with 38 points each. The finished piece, one of the largest scale pieces I've produced in a number of years, is pictured on the left.
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