Over the past two days av been considering changing my project for the drawing and media. initially i was going to do portraits, but after Monday, it sort of changed my view on making art. i dont how to describe it but i wanted my art to mean something, to be more personal to me and my life. After lengthy consideration, (bout 10 mins, ha) i decided to base my project on my mum.
mum suffered from a quiet bad stroke last year, affecting her life and daily routines. one of the outcomes of this stroke was her emotions. for no reason at all she will burst out laughing. At first this was a bit weird as you would say something bad has happened and she would burst out laughing. anyways back to the point, i want to try and capture this quality about her through my chosen media (traditional) and also a lot of sketches from life of her (which will be hard as she never sits still) i shall keep yas up to date with this.
oh before i forget, totally pissed off today, second years nearly killing me with their spray painting lockers, wasn't happy at all. PEACE x
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Hey Stephen--
ReplyDeleteIt's Jackie from Critical Context. I'm really interested in your post here about your mom and her emotional reactions after the stroke. There are some really beautiful pieces by Liverpool-based artist Imogen Stidworthy which deal with people who've suffered speech difficulties after stroke. Here's one link-
http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIrPM_rWggd4
She is based at Static, I'll ask her more about this.
Best,
Jack