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2009 art coursework on parents living vicariously through their children. Polymer clay, chalk pastel, readymades.
The title of the piece in the images is PG: Playing God.
Artist Statement: Encased in a closely monitored environment, children lead a life padded with the safe assurances of parental choices. However, such care has the danger of morphing into an overbearing compulsiveness in ensuring a stable future for the child; what parents see as the profession of success could also be an embodiment of their own faded dreams, and hence they live vicariously through their children. Yet, the meticulous efforts in paving their youngsters' livelihood may not go as planned; the gulf of understanding between adult practicality and childish ignorance is indissoluble, and children, being immersed in innocence, fail to appreciate those preparations for the purposes they harbour.
The images on the boxes are in chalk pastel, and are based on modified flickr photographs. photo by Fiona Cher.
In groups we were asked to create an installation in our given space about different themes. our group chose Waste and The Environment. So we looked at different things that are wasted and we don't even think about most of the time. money, electricity, paper, glass, recycling. All these different aspects combined together.
.coursework level 1 .april/may 2007
.effects were achieved from the raku firing process
.tutor: martim santa rita
This drawing is from a photo from the American party website "The Cobrasnake" which i loved. I enjoyed drawing all the different textures in this piece and it made me aware that I would like to paint and draw more textures later on.
Made from newspaper and old quality street wrappers, and the bow is made from a shopping bag. This dress was based on 'Recycling'
Chester's experiments with print plate making on the beach. As part of his A Level Art & Design course work that deals with 'process and materials'.
His coursework task is to design and create a set of stamps. The brief for the project is 'Natural Forms', Chester has decided to use a 'rockpool' theme for his stamps.
Using my photos I created the pattern that I have then repeated it three times. I Printed two of my images onto material, which is in the style of Philip Taaffe. I then used the strings for the outline of one of them and got the idea from Jan Beaneys work. To create the background I trapped buttons in the fabric and also crumpled up the fabric together and held it with elastic bands.
Chester's experiments with print plate making on the beach. As part of his A Level Art & Design course work that deals with 'process and materials'.
Brief: create a digital portfolio.
This digital version of a pointillist portrait was created from a tutorial in digital artist magazine. The entire image is created solely from dots and circles of varying sizes, colours and opacities. It's very detailed, particularly in the face so it was quite time consuming but the attention to detail there has certainly paid off. The tutorial used an excessive amount of dots which I thought was too much so I held it back a bit and I think it looks just as good.
Created with Illustrator CS5.
This was my final piece for coursework in A2 in the project. I looked at the power of the eyes and how its the only way you can express your self if your wearing a burka or a mask.
Chester has also made imprints in the sand and cast them to make print plates. Here the plaster has set and he's washing a print plate in the sea.
Illustration is my main chosen expression and style in fine art. During my first year of AS Level art my work was greatly influenced by photorealism; the main artist which I drew inspiration from being Alex Ross and Chuck Close. Ross known for bringing a realistic approach to the world of fictional superheroes. In the research section I used photographs of people to create a smaller practise caricatures of the images whilst trying to keep the image photorealistic. I then moved on to various other styles such as collagraph prints and cubist paintings/illustrations to broaden the breadth of my technique pallet. This all came in useful when in came to creating my final piece which went back to my original photorealism approach by creating a portrait of myself with caricature elements of swapped out parts such as hair and lips.
During my second year in A Level Art, my style was now even more focused on photorealism and illustration however I had practised incorporating other styles into my work. By developing this my work leaned towards the influence of Sam Greens tonal shapes incorporated into his portraits. I then added a twist by filling this shapes in the style of Jamie Shovlin's old tainted paper. I feel the combined practises and research I have taken over the course of A Level Art has given my work originality and flair making me an ideal candidate for your course in university fine art.