Francis Bacon without the Cheese...

Final piece on Fabric

Portrait of Pope Innocent X

Vintage Myth - The clothes will never fit perfectly.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. - Winston Churchill

Guys it has felt like a lifetime since my last blog post but has only been 5 days! Wow how time has stood still, what felt like 5 years was only 5 days! The merriment's or what will be misery begin... My personal Statement for University is finally complete and ready to be sent off once I have finalised my choices and paid the money they want for being the middle man. What a past few days it has been! Finalising the previous project off and have now began the painting project which I am enjoying as it involves analysing a piece of work by an artist. Another event is happening this week which is that all the work up to now has to be handed in which am nervous about but will let you know the occurrences that come from that next week.

This post I will keep it brief! Finalising off a project is a relief as a lot of you will know, so when I finished annotating the 50 experimental posters I dropped my pen and awoke from the trance that I had become trapped in and began looking at my work and how far I had come. The final piece on fabric is representative of a lot of hard work and would have photographs of a babies and fathers head in the hands of the skeleton. I really enjoyed that topic as it allowed me to explore current politics rather than having to look back in time at previous movements and concentrates on current affairs. I finally moved onto the painting project this afternoon and began analysing a 'Portrait of Pope Innocent X' which was based on a photograph before being glorified and taken to a new level of rotten disgust. This piece intrigues me and gets my blood pumping as I fall for anything that is of this nature with the use of bright garish colours that are lifted from the page with the blackened background! Huge fan of his work and what his work represents!!
I hope to continue looking at his work and exploring the dynamics into what his work tells us as the audience and how I can be influenced by his work.

Personal life...
CHRISTMAS!!! Oh how I love Christmas!! It is the 2nd December and Advent has started!! The calendar has been opened and I am looking forward to buying presents and enjoying the festivities!!
Glenn is doing fine and looking forward to seeing him over the Xmas period, take him to the Christmas market and let the good times role on!! Family is coming home for Christmas and the tree is up and ready to be decorated with presents. Oooooo I am excited!! Brother and Sister are coming home so will have to get some presents in before they return.  More festive posts will follow in time!