PETER DOIG MODE!
This week Marc gave me a pretty extensive list of artists to consider for my landscape paintings. I've been looking into a few pretty specifically. I think it is time for me to really push my approach to landscape painting. I feel that I have been pretty cautious with the paintings I have been working on so far this semester. I want to become more impulsive- over the years I have realized that "just going with it" can yield rewarding results. I have taken a break from researching the concept and theme behind my thesis idea and have continued with familiarizing myself with all sorts of landscape painters. I feel it will help me realize various techniques and styles I could possibly practice myself. Lately, I have become especially intrigued by Peter Doig and his sort of washy approach to painting. I particularly appreciate his use of solids to depict surrounding plants and trees. Layering seems to be a crucial technique throughout the majority of his paintings. Doig treats the manner in which he paints flora and architecture quite separately. He paints trees and plants more freely with organic shape, and then buildings in a more geometric, hard-edged manner. I think this creates an interesting dialogue when used in the same painting. It seems Doig takes a great deal of his own personal interpretation of a certain landscape when constructing it in the form of a painting. He takes risks. Successful ones, at that.
I recently read an article about Peter Doig's landscape paintings by Beatrix Ruf. Here is the link:
In the article, Ruf states that Doig takes " His own and other people's photographs, the sum total of the media image archives, the images of art history, the cinema, music, architecture, sports, landscapes- they are all realities in his studio that call forth but do not model his paintings". This particular quote really opened my eyes. Because I paint primarily from photos, I CAN NOT let them restrict me. I am letting my photographs model and control too much of my paintings. I need to take the emotional and personal aspects related to the places I paint and let them become evident in the finished product. "In Doig's images we enter spaces that appeal to several senses at once, because they operate with the structure of our memory, because of smell, color, the accidental collision of a familiar architectural detail with a detail from a landscape can set in motion our own, individual 'films'". This quote pretty much sums up all of what painting is about (for me)! I want people become fully immersed in my paintings. I want all senses to play a role when experiencing my works of art- I think this discerns how successful a piece is overall. I need to stop being so concerned about how much my painting resembles the picture in which I am referencing. I should let my own personal experiences and feelings about the place take precedent. After all, art is about expressing THE SELF, and not necessarily all about illustrating to a "T"!
Egon Schiele,"Trieste Harbor"
Egon Schiele has always been my favorite figurative painter/drawer. I came across this boat painting by him that stylistically resembles his more figurative work. I appreciate his use of the line to depict reflection in the water. Once again, like Doig, utilizing various techniques can draw a viewer into your piece.
GOALS FOR THIS WEEK:
*Listen to Heather Darcy Bhandari: DON'T ALWAYS FOLLOW THE RULES!
*Look to different landscape artists I like and reference their techniques to make my very own
*Build up my current paintings- layering is key
*Try and start a landscape painting that has nothing to do with boats to see if I take more chances
*PAINT!
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