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| 'Where My Thoughts Wander,' acrylic, ink, pen, papers and gesso on card, 30 x 20 cm |
This global project which had over 1000 artists from 42 countries ended on April 30th. You had to submit an artwork each day during April, and 5 or 6 artists were selected each day to have their works shown on the 12ocollective Instagram pages. The 12ocollective website ended up with over 18,000 artworks and I believe everyone completed this challenge for lockdown.
I had the following painting, made on DAY 21, displayed on the 12ocollective Instagram post for that day. I was really pleased to be chosen in amongst so many entries each day! This little painting was painted as a longing for street gatherings at night. My neighbourhood seems so quiet these days and the only time I become aware of any kind of community is when everyone comes out on a Thursday evening at 8pm to clap for the NHS, carers and keyworkers.
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| 'Night Gathering,' acrylic and ink on card, 30 x 20 cm |
As I mentioned in a previous post, my art materials were delayed in arriving and I was forced to use cardboard and card to make my paintings and collages. It turned out to be a positive restriction because it opened up a different way of working and seeing painting elements. I made a very large series of collages, in fact the mixed media works took over towards the end of the challenge. For this short post I'm including a few of the collages. I found working with mixed materials beneficial because limitations always force you to find new ways to assemble an image, and in particular I was thinking about edges, transitions between colours, brush strokes and patterns. This will now feed back into the large paintings on canvas.
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| 'Mountain Route,' (3) acrylic, ink, gesso, papers on card, 30 x 20 cm |
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| 'Entering a New Land,' acrylic, rice paper, ink and gesso on card, 30 x 20 cm |
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| ''Wishing to Travel Far,' acrylic, rice paper, ink and gesso on card, 30 x 20 cm |
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