Blog post four
For the show I am going to be presenting a painting that I have been working on over the summer. This painting explores ideas of aesthetics, and presents a critique on societal expectations of women in terms of beauty and emotion. A further critique on Pop Art- specifically Roy Lichtenstein’s, Pop Art girls who always seem to be in a state of affect from implied or visually shown men around them. These girls are often shown with tears, in an emotional state.
To create this piece I constructed my own stretcher bars and hand stretched a primed canvas over the bars. I enjoy this self-made aspect for my works. From there I got to work by applying a tinted wash of paint to the canvas and then sketching out the details of the piece via a grid-method. After the sketch was complete, I started mixing colors and painting. The piece is currently in my 280 studio, covered in paint and in a state of “almost completion”. I would like to fully complete the work within the next couple of weeks.
Photograph of face for planning of painting. Digitally added text box and grid system.
Piece in beginning stages with graphite sketch and applied wash.
More complete stage of production.
