1st bits of painting

As I have not started this blog as soon as I probably should have I am adding it in stages started from the beginning of the semester by just posting what work I have done.

I began this project incredibly confused about what I was doing but since last Thursday I am really clear on the direction I heading or the materials I wanted to use. So I began with an exercise before the semester began painting a portrait from a photograph using acrylics.

I have left the painting incomplete because I started the project looking at Port Sunlight and it contained society, this portrait became irrelevant as I began my research.

I have also explored the use of oil paints. The subject here being apples which I viewed with religious connotations referring to the Garden of Eden also the isolation the apples have received in my home. They are home grown apples from a tree planted fifteen years ago; though the produce is ever increasing in quantity and taste, many of the apples remain isolated from sight in a cold cupboard where they are forgotten and so decay slowly until they are thrown away or salvaged for a curry. I thought this significant in the development of ideas for my project due to the narrative behind it and the rejection of the new which is mirrored in Port Sunlight.

I have also completed a smaller painting of a singular apple in a deep set frame in which pieces of apple are cut up and allowed to rot. I will add this to the blog along with all it's stages of decay once the process is complete.