These are photographs I took when we visited Honfleur in Normandy. The reflections in the port will be a starting point for many large drawings I think. I am feeling rather impatient to get on with these but soon I will have a couple of weeks whilst Steve is away doing an Emergency locum in Emerald. I miss him dreadfully when he is away, but really enjoy having my own head space during the day.
I find that I really need that isolation when I start any large body of work or even singular large works. With painting too I found I had to isolate myself in order to achieve any good results. Not that I paint much any more - I much prefer my drawings which I like to refer to as painting drawings. I may even add splashes of colour with these new works - not sure yet.
For this reason I think I took to etching and book making so readily while the children were still at school - I could manage it in smaller time spans. I guess it stayed with me and both those practices have become my favourites. I have been missing my large work though - not that I have posted on that, but I will. If I have success with them!
So, I am thinking that the Richard Serra Guggenheim installation and these reflections, may be a good starting point. Sometimes that is all you need, and most often you end up in an entirely different place. Which is grand.
These images look so much more interesting larger ......
fine photographs here, the first one is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteThanks Velma. Yes - I like the actual imagery in that first one too but I am drawn to negative spaces and find those spaces in some of the other photographs more engaging. Will be fun too see what happens just using them as a spring board.
DeleteSB - what beautiful lines and contrasts - I can already see you turning these into plates and marks. B
ReplyDeleteHi Barry. Yes - they look like they would make interesting etchings but I think I will use these as a spring board to large drawings and see where they take me.
Deletereally wonderful photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks Connie - was good translating these photos into the black and white versions.
DeleteExquisite reflections...there is much to inspire here.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo. Nice to come home with a few things to inspire. sometimes you come home with too many and get stuck. Or I do!
Deletedelightful reflections! looking forward to see what the inspiration leads to!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anca, I am clearing a wall in the studio where I will soon be able to pin up large sheet of paper and work away. I see these photos as a starting point for large work. x
DeleteI love photographing reflections and these are very special. I;m sure you will derive great inspiration from them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Carol - I think artists are captivated by reflections. And light. And Texture. And. And. And! I am so thankful that I walk through this world with artist's eyes. I think we all see so much more than others.
DeleteI too love photographing reflections; in fact, I seem to be drawn to them more and more often.
ReplyDeleteI think it's something to do with the distorted almost-abstract nature of them, and yet the hint of the original objects that seem to prompt speculation and then the ability to go off at a tangent.
mmm I agree. Reflections can take the mundane or ordinary, and make an image or an idea extraordinary. I hope that is the case with me when I start using them for my inspiration! Sometimes it transpires that the extraordinary is only managed in one's mind and doesn't transfer to the paper ...... we will see.
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