 Well ..... Here it is.
The results of my first attempt to engage with, what I shall refer to as, 'the art world'. An attempt that started in June 2009. After almost 50 years of doing all kinds of things to earn a crust - and still being skint - even gaining qualifications (MA, BSc, BA) that are effectively worthless, it was time for a new direction. What that direction was to be was not clear at the time.
My realising three things helped me set about on this current venture. Firstly it had to be a way of making some kind of living. Secondly, start up costs had to be, at best, minimal - if not gratis. Thirdly (after not really feeling that I had "fulfilled my potential" vis-à-vis gainful employment) it had to be something that I enjoyed doing. It was at that point that I was struck by the realisation that the powers of the silicon chip would offer me my best chance of success. My first thought was to try to create music on my PC (having seen myself as a long time rock 'n' roller), but found that learning how to effectively use the free software without training would take me too long. I also felt that my writing skills were up to creating a work of great literature, but a starting point never really materialised. The issue was finally settled for me when my brother (bless him) introduced me to Artrage2. I then looked to replicating the principles of putting paint on canvas and producing 'art' (or cultural artefacts).
This package, and others such as Photoshop, DAP and Picasa 3, allowed me to circumvent two things. Firstly, I could ignore the fact that I had had no formal training in any of the arts. But, most importantly, it also allowed me the luxury of making as many mistakes as I would/could without it costing me anything more than time and effort. This was ideal to me, as trying to paint on canvas would see me discarding hundreds of unfinished projects simply because I felt each one was not good enough (that's the Virgo in me apparently). I would be unhappy with them or I had made too many 'mistakes'. A very costly exercise indeed. My last problem was how to deal with creating original art (images) at the heart of an era when postmodernism meant that just about everything had already been done. What I decided to do then was to just go over old ground - as it were - and try to replicate what real artists had already created. So I dabbled in a range of genres in a range of styles. Each influenced by different cultural values and from different times and places.
Here are the results of the past 12 or so months. Added to that I have been offered two exhibitions and - providing I can get the funding or help for framing and printing these images etc. - I will be an exhibited artist come January 2011.
I hope you enjoy
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Size: 12.00" x 18.00"
Price: £29.99
