Tuesday 31 March 2020

In 24-Hours Online Exhibition curated by Ayshia Taskin

Tropicla Abstacts,2020,digital,yforster
In 24 - Hours' is an online Exhibition of 101 artists........

April 1st - June 1st 2020

Curated by AyshiaTaskin follow - ( ashia.co.uk) and The Wall Space non profit Gallery - also (SHIFT:ibpcpa) livestreamed from these sites there are various theme related streams from April1st -June 1st 3 times weekly, Projects - Enviroment /Ecology on 22/4/20

https://www.instagram.com/ayshiataskin/
https://www.instagram.com/shift  ibpcpa/


As part of this online collaboration of artists..A series shown will be Tropical Abstracts..seen below. Similar works will be presented, IN 24 hours, on The Wall Space. This online community artevent was initiated by Ayshia in response to the Global Covid -19 crisis
Thanks for taking time to visit...keep safe in these uncertain times...Namaste   : )


Tropical Abstracts,2017 digital, yforster
Tropical Abstracts, 2018 digital,y.forster







 The series of digitaly eco-themed images are informed by research articles and motivated by reading around subject's, on conservation and ecology. author's such as - Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson and George Monbiot, Inspire me. Artist Polish FranzKrajcberg; whose dedication to protect the natural world,over a number of decades, opened up a new way of seeing and understanding human impact upon our planet.

The works are from primary sourced photo images, digitally manipulated to create a sense of solitary Butterfly alienated from its natural environment in to an abstracted space.


Tuesday 28 January 2020

Experimenting with techniques for larger scale works : Altered Perceptions



Continuing work ...
                   
photo documenting part of images yf 20
 I find it helpful to photo document the ongoing progress of the work, it helps  me to filter through... learn to either stop, change, or keep working on the image... Most of the time it's down to being flexible and not to hasty not too impatient...cultivate curiosity...what if...just experimenting and intuitively responding to the evolving image....Acrylic paint medium is very versatile and works well a variety of other mediums ...In these works I decided to use thickening agents, mixing it into the paint ... hoping that the texture would then add depth and interest as the image evolved. Using vibrant colours that clash, then a further dynamism is worked into the whole process.  Being experimental generates a sense of anticipation, about the next move...from the chaos forms start to emerge out of an abstracted space. 
Close up detail shows texture
clash of colours yf  2020






Use of  heavy textured paint creates depth yf 2020




Energetic brush strokes creating a sense of movement yf 2020 



Work unfinished in  the process of development  part of the  Altered Perceptions yf 2020



Work unfinished overall image emerging yf 2020

Tuesday 14 January 2020

Environmental Art Project- Altered Perceptions



Environmental art work ... 

We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been travelling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road - the one less travelled by - offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth. Rachel Carson Silent Spring . 1960 (ref below)





Altered Perceptions yf  2017
This series is part of an ongoing environmental project. Titled, " Altered Perceptions", the work consists of themed mixed media painting's. I work on paper and various size square canvases.The square shape suits the imagery in the series. Each piece is inscribed with the  phrase, " Human kind we are but one thread...all things connect.". The images portray a solitary bird or butterfly. A collaged photo embedded into a vibrant abstracted space. By juxtapositioning of natural v unnatural emphasises the predicament, precarity and alienation of a creature from the origins of its former natural habitat. In this era of the anthropecene we are begining to realise the consequence and are experiencing increasingly the impact of unrestrained human activity on fragile eco-systems. 

My recent project specialises in the effects of pesticide use on wildlife habitats and the consequential impact this has on eco-systems we depend on. By highlighting the unforseen and often detrimental knock on effect these pollutants have on humans,I hope to convey the precarious realities we face and to consider how we can proactivley discover new ways of reconnecting to the web of life in sustainable ways. Having a  keen interest in this subject leads me to pay particular attention to how human activity impacts our planetary systems. These aspects influence the themes I explore.


New works larger scale.


The images were inspired by Rachel Carson's seminal conservation book titled,  "Silent Spring". Her in depth research in the 1960's, revealed the detrimental effects of industrial farming and pesticide use, had upon bird populations. Fifty years on however, we are still experiencing the ongoing consequences of industrial chemicals and pesticide pollution has on land, in rivers and ecosystems- resulting in the unsustainable effects on wildlife and their habitats.

Most recently I have been working on 2 larger scale images this has been an interesting experience as I often work medium size scale 
Inadvertently ordering wrong size canvas- expecting 90cm x 90cm, I                                                                felt out of my depth -  canvases are not cheap!
                                                          

 The images show the progress of the larger scale. Smaller images                                                                    show the scale comparisons ( :
2 new works above in process..part of
Altered Perceptions series,scale
 142x142cm Mixed media , yf 2020 














I start working by dripping melted wax on to the canvas....so  certain areas of the ground will eventually add a textured effect within the images. I intuitively work applying acrylic washes responding to colours and textures as forms in the work start to emerge. I gradually manipulate certain areas whilst allowing  other sections to naturally blend and fuse with other colours. After drying more layers are energetically added to the composition. I use oil pastels and ink on various areas, it is a very organic, spontaneous, action lead process...The imagery at the side and below show the process of each works development, so far...I am aiming to show a body of these works in a gallery space this coming year. And hope to finish another 8 various sized images. Bringing the total body of work to approximately 20.


Close up detail of new work yf 2020
  Close up detail of new work yf 2020
The close up detail of the work will continue over the next few weeks finally the works will be varnished to protect the paint.






Image shows the different scale. The latest
works are 142x142cm. part of Altered
 perception series 20
Image showing the different scale. The
Latest works are 142x142cm. 2020














Ref Rachel Carson Silent Spring .https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1056668?ref=silent-spring.