Out Loud Exhibition: Held.

I'd started this painting at home after submitting for an open call for an exhibition around addiction in Tunstall. 

I'd seen an artist talking about her practice, explaining that she wanted people to feel joy from her work. The tin belonged to my dad but the text relates to both the tin and him. I have complicated feelings about the work so decided to make it quickly and easily, drawing from the approach that this artist had - of sinking into the painting and enjoying it and pulling a little from David Shrigley.

I'm aware that I'm a serious painter.. i.e. I make it harder than it needs to be sometimes. So I've allowed myself to make a bad painting- I nearly started again (hate the paper) but have just cracked on and have some nice marks now that I'm happy with.

 

This is a few layers in - I've just started adding oily mediums after starting with this charcoal sketch, sealed and based with white spirits and sansodor. (below)  I'm really trying to keep any developing areas of texture . I'm not precious about losing sketch marks and I'm aiming to keep lines that come into being by leaving gaps.