The textures are interesting, each unique to each figure...the red square toward the bottom right looks like a door hinge which adds that element of unknown...it reminds me of a three musicians in a way but less cubist and more abstract...I think a question you may want address is 'what is happening with this earring pin shape that keeps resurfacing?' I see it in your works and I wonder what the intention is? Seeing it repeated makes me question the meaning...I wonder what you can do with that symbolism that could tie into another aspect of the work?; or does it relate to the figure which is also repeated? I notice that when you zoom in on the figure the symbol also enlarges, I think this is a key factor in the imagery that you could keep working with... -Andrew
Thank you for your observations Andrew. I take our class critique seriously and have made changes in both my work for the class as well as the way I am practicing my art in general. You pointed something out last time that helped me fix a compositional issue.
I look forward to seeing the real thing but, just from the picture, I find the division and the repetition has a very satisfying feel. Some of the repetitions or echoes are entirely different from the "original." For instance, the paler drip shapes (lower left) look like fascinatingly monstrous or organic echoes of the legs. The figure-like shape on the right seems everything the other two are not ("she" seems clothed, limbs folded, head covered or long-haired, ancient or medieval rather than modern, closed, not open, yet calm and still, not in transition - all the opposite of the other two). The first and second figures are similar in outline yet different in texture. I find it all very absorbing. There is one bit I find distracting - the central figure's right leg's shape or color (I'm not sure which) bothers me. But that may be quite different in the original anyway. I love it.
I enjoy seeing your drawings in comparison to your stitched work. They have many of the same elements and it is interesting to see them played out with different materials. -MLMattax PS There is a figure drawing session tonight at Gallery 5.
It's funny you should mention that as I went to one at Visarts on Friday. I certainly need the practice and feel that it's great exercise for both sides of my brain. I would also like to incorporate some more human characteristics into the iconographic figures. This will certainly be a challenge.
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The textures are interesting, each unique to each figure...the red square toward the bottom right looks like a door hinge which adds that element of unknown...it reminds me of a three musicians in a way but less cubist and more abstract...I think a question you may want address is 'what is happening with this earring pin shape that keeps resurfacing?' I see it in your works and I wonder what the intention is? Seeing it repeated makes me question the meaning...I wonder what you can do with that symbolism that could tie into another aspect of the work?; or does it relate to the figure which is also repeated? I notice that when you zoom in on the figure the symbol also enlarges, I think this is a key factor in the imagery that you could keep working with...
-Andrew
Thank you for your observations Andrew. I take our class critique seriously and have made changes in both my work for the class as well as the way I am practicing my art in general. You pointed something out last time that helped me fix a compositional issue.
I look forward to seeing the real thing but, just from the picture, I find the division and the repetition has a very satisfying feel. Some of the repetitions or echoes are entirely different from the "original." For instance, the paler drip shapes (lower left) look like fascinatingly monstrous or organic echoes of the legs. The figure-like shape on the right seems everything the other two are not ("she" seems clothed, limbs folded, head covered or long-haired, ancient or medieval rather than modern, closed, not open, yet calm and still, not in transition - all the opposite of the other two). The first and second figures are similar in outline yet different in texture. I find it all very absorbing. There is one bit I find distracting - the central figure's right leg's shape or color (I'm not sure which) bothers me. But that may be quite different in the original anyway. I love it.
I am enjoying the evolution of this series and the larger scale of the figures. The seem like a team here - art action figures?
I would enjoy a figure drawing class again.
I enjoy seeing your drawings in comparison to your stitched work. They have many of the same elements and it is interesting to see them played out with different materials.
-MLMattax
PS
There is a figure drawing session tonight at Gallery 5.
It's funny you should mention that as I went to one at Visarts on Friday. I certainly need the practice and feel that it's great exercise for both sides of my brain. I would also like to incorporate some more human characteristics into the iconographic figures. This will certainly be a challenge.
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