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Month: May 2023

Process: Daily Affirmations

Posted on 2023-05-112023-06-13

Here, my guiding prompts were ‘Struggle’ and ‘Recovery’. As in the others, I was holding events in my career in mind, as I worked through my ideas here. At the…

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Research: Action Painting / Tachism / Art Informel

Posted on 2023-05-112023-05-11

The Tate refers to Tachism as the European response to the American Abstract Expressionism2. Also the Tate links it to Art Informel. So scanned through a variety of artists linked…

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Research: Application of Paint

Posted on 2023-05-112023-05-11

There is a lot of take in from my less than exhaustive foray into exploring how paint is applied. I attended the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Artist Project, and…

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Process: The Things We Hold Onto

Posted on 2023-05-052023-05-10

Prompt My guiding prompt for this image was “Grief and Recovery.” As with the others, this doesn’t mean the end painting needs to be strictly glaringly about these words, but…

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Process: Acts of Binding

Posted on 2023-05-012023-06-12

Small Test Thoughts Relevant Sketches Full Size

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