Academic mentor meeting

 Met with Ian and spoke about how the course was going. My focus is going to be on writing as deadlines are around the corner, but I'm confident about pulling from my blog. However, I feel there is so much to explore practically,,,Yesterday we talked about how I liked how the painting 'samples' operate but I'd been concerned about the scale of them and felt that the industry recognises artists that do large scale works; it's almost an expectation that I should test and then make a large piece.. IB had said that it wasn't necessary and the small paintings operate as they are.

Today we picked up on the conversation, I felt really positive about doing more of these, picking what I feel is relevant to my line of enquiry from the different rabbit holes that I've looked into, and pulling things together in a kind of visual patchwork.

Kite mentioned an artist in the DUST rising exhibition that had curated using tiny metal clips, I like the idea of curating the small works on a line

IB spoke about how the work creates assumptions, that they are tests but there's a tension in how significant they are as many are resolved.   I like the masked edges and raw cotton, and I like the size and how they operate. I've tried scaling up but automatically default to smaller brushes, and then remind myself to go larger but as soon as I approach a larger painting, I default to how I assume I should consider composing them, what's include and how they'd be hung (need a wooden support) 

IB suggested that I draw on the tension - people may initially be dismissive of a small "sample" as I refer to them, but then that is often my intention in may work, what I do is draw attention to details that may seem insignificant. The audience recognises that there is something quick and provisional in the work but that its also resolved and engaging.

How much do I need here to register what's happening. Think about form, medium and (the stopping point) ,.. my work is about deconstructing and constructing. 

How I've approached the larger abstract test is part of my mythological successes.. what am I learning?