Own Practice: Continuation of Expressive Squeegee Pieces.
I've been continuing with my use of a window squeegee as a way to apply acrylic paint and to make marks with. With the piece pictured above I wanted to refer back to the idea I used previously when creating the piece resembling raindrops, but this time I wanted to leave more negative space.
Therefore I paid close attention to how much white space I was leaving between each of the marks and subsequently the negative space became just as important as the marks I was making on the paper. After I got to the point that I was happy with the overall composition and combination of marks, I stepped back and looked at it and instantly thought it was missing something. I couldn't initially think of what it was so I sat down at my desk and looked at it for a while until I had decided what direction to take it in. After contemplating what to do I came up with the idea to outline all the marks (including where they overlapped each other) with a marker-pen.
Just like most of my other studio techniques this process was repetitive in its action and I can remember thinking to myself half way through outlining all the marks 'why did I decide to do this' (because it was a long, controlled process). However after continuing on and stepping away from it I found out why I decided to do it. The process of outlining all the dragged paint marks had given the overall piece a look that resembled a cartoon, pop art style and the expressive marks now look more stylized and graphic. I have also noticed that it has emphasised the negative space more, and as each of the marks have been outlined they look more prominent and each layer of paint is more visible.
When I look closely at this piece (both from a distance and close-up) I see and get the idea of rocks or cliffs crumbling, this wasn't an idea I had intended to communicate but I feel it just adds to its abstract quality. This ability to see new things and new connections within a piece of my own is something I find interesting, because if I'm finding new things within one of my pieces then what will its viewers see and connect it to.