Summer Project Artist research and our personal response (2012 Abstraction)

For my summer project this year I was given the title 'Abstraction'. I researched different abstract artists and used them as inspiration to create my own abstract work.

 

These are my personal responses to the artist Jackson Pollock. I loved how colourful and free the colours and lines appear in Pollock's work. I did some sample tests to experiment with paint to see which paint would work best. I chose to work with acrylic paint and then using random movements, I overlapped the paint forming swirls. Sometimes I blended the paint other times I moved it around the page using tools such as straws, paper and my hands.

The next artist I looked at was Carolyn Genders. I chose her as inspiration because she took a landscape and abstracted it, by looking at the lines and depth then she created a pot or vessel based on that landscape. I felt this was a very clever way to create an abstraction art work.

 

 The third artist I researched was Bridget Riley. Her abstract pieces was also optical illusion.I really like how a repeat of one simple shape with a simple colour can tease your mind and make the 2D work look 3D and show movement.

 The last and best artist I chose was Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky is one of my favourite artists. I love the use of watercolour. Kandinsky makes them appear subtle but striking.