New Paintings : "Alleyway, 2014" , "Berwick Street, 2014" , "Deptford Market, 2014"

New Paintings : "Alleyway, 2014" , "Berwick Street, 2014" , "Deptford Market, 2014" 

This is the general view of the overall piece

I started doing this with Bricklane Market #1 and #2, and i thought it was a change and made it look very interesting. 

It can link to the streets of London as it has a similar visual appearance to a brick on a wall. 

"Alleyway, 2014" 

I was walking in london and i came across an alleyway that was kind of grim and dirty. No body gave it a second look, which i am not surprise but the artwork in the alleyway should be recognised. I used the images and text in this alleyway to create a painting that will look aesthetically pleasing, hopefully changing viewers minds and giving street art a second look whenever they see t in whatever situation. 

I am rather fond of this piece, Many things worked well in this. The paint splatter gave it this spray can feel to it and freedom of expressing on a surface. 

In the background i started painting texts that i found, then in the foreground i used this symbol. 

"Berwick Street, 2014" 

This was not a market nor an alleyway. It was a street. 

I wouldn't say this piece was very successful but it was good that i did it, to learn what went badly and what went well 

This compared to my other pieces feels less vibrant in colour use. 

"Deptford Market, 2014" 

This piece went the less successful 

Very plain, simple, empty

Feels lost in text and colour 

There is not as much depth in this painting because the background colour is similar to foreground image colours. 

 I will continually paint 

Next will be more Brick Lane market paintings. I feel that this market had a brilliant balance between text and imagery. I went to do research there twice and did a lot of research! 

Routine Canvas

In this piece I was looking at;

Routine

Schedules

Deadlines

Daily Lives

Repetition 

Subconscious Art

I remembered last year, i looked slightly into people and their daily schedules. 

How there is a slight repetition. 

For example, if you go to Starbucks every morning to get a cup of coffee, it is unlikely that tomorrow you would go to Costa and get Green tea instead. 

People being afraid of change. 

This piece, i started off with a note, stuck to my bathroom mirror so it would be a reminder every day.

I would do something, add something to my canvas everyday but the twist is that i didn't know what i was going to do. 

There is NO PLAN!

Each day i would go to the canvas (repetition) and create something subconsciously, completely automatic.

I started this piece on the 23/10/13

Day 1 - Buy blank canvas

Day 2 - Mixture of water and acrylic paint
Automated plashes and spills on canvas
3 colours; blue, white and red

Day 3 - Ink

Used brush to apply and spilling

Day 4 - Rose and Cherry flavoured soap

Day 5 - Quick cut out of a human feature

Red spray paint

Day 6 - Adhesive and Coins

1p, 2p and 5p Coins

Day 7 - Oil Pant applied with palette knife 

Day 8 - Sand with Hot glue

Day 9 - Charcoal 

Day 10 - Conditioner

Day 11- PVA Glue

Day 12 - Rope

(Now as you can see, this is not a full shot of the whole canvas because in fact, i FORGOT to take a photo that day, which happens frequently in everyday lives, where someone forgets a task or two)

Day 13 - Thick lines of Acrylic 

Day 14 - Olive Oil

Day 15 - Fire

I used a flammable liquid to get it going

Burning the ropes and canvas

This fire created a lot of smoke, it would have continued heavily which is why i blew it out before it got carried away. 

Final Look

This is what it looked like at the end of the 15 days

I think it looks rather abstract 

I was imagining how long the Artwork label would be and how that could be fairly amusing to see in a gallery. 

I had to stop after 15 days because I was going up to Scotland and didn't want to cheat, i could see this being a piece carried on for a longer duration. 

Maybe a month? 

On a much larger canvas!

I would place a piece of wood or metal block on the back so i could get civilians to walk on it on the street, leave it out somewhere, bikes riding over it, things involving human interaction.