Merlin James

I have been reaserching about Merlin James. I can't remember if I've come across any of his work before. I have a lack of understanding for abstact art, it is important to be open minded and get inspiration from all kind of expressions in art. I try to find something that can inspire and help me in my own practise.

Merlin James

His work is abstract, illusionistic and quite melancholic. It's interesting how dreamlike his paintings are, his seascape series I actually like. He is experimental in his painting, using palettknife to get a interesting suface. He also uses mixed medias to make a 3D impression to the paintings.

I Wrote this before the Merlin James lecture. I feel quite bad as I've had it as a draft for so long.

coming back to you about my thoughts about the lecture.

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Practice discourse 1

Hi.

I find this course very exciting, I'm looking forward to the lectures. Most of all I'm looking forward to the David Shrigley lecture. I'm working with sculpture in mixed media this year and I find Shrigleys sculptures really interesting.

Verkligheter har återvänt.

Nu är sommarn slut. Efter 4 månaders kaotiskt fleng och sparsam ledighet har skolan börjat. Jag har ägnat de senaste veckorna åt att krångla med csn. Nu är allt klart och betalt. Jag räknar med tillfällig rikedom från och med måndag. Det här verkar bli ett kul fast hektiskt år, jag ser fram emot det.

Igår var jag pa vernissage på Ceri hand gallery med Anthony. Installation och performance av Bedwyr Williams, utställning Nimrod.

Utslällningns hallen var

förvanlad till en bizarr flygplats, med landningsbanor målade på golvet och fulländat med terminal och garage för planen. I taket svävade flygplan tillvärkade av skateboards och promenadkäppar i olika nivåer.

En installation som beskrev en av hans mardrömmar. Fantastiskt tyckte jag det var, med rokmaskiner, gratis öl & vin och roligt folk.

Ikväll ska vi gå och titta pa Antos band på en ny club. Det ska nog bli trevligt även fast jag inte känner mig sarskilt party.

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Notebook:

DRAWING AND MEDIA LSAFA 1010

FORM AND PURPOSE IN FINE ART PRACTICE LSAFA 1001

My notebook for both modules semester 2.

Assesment.

Today is the last day. I am ill and need to go to a doctor later today to get some medicine. not the right timing...
Any who it was a while a go I wrote here... everything has gone as planned and im packing it all up now to take to the studio in a bit. Nervous to make errors... hope I've gotten everything right... I know how I can be. Hope for the best. Victory.

Kirsty Whiten

HI. Assesment soon. A bit stressed now, waking up far to early every morning panicing about doing more work.
Yesterday I fixed my rodent, thats good. Today they gonna get sprayed and maybe get all done woopwoop.

Here are some narre art.

Hej,

Ye, I have all my skulptures at home with me. Disaster, the sad rodent's head explodet into three peices in the kiln. :(
But I can fix him with karlssons klister and some spackel.

here are some pics of the process.





























So yeah, I just need to figure out if I want to put a layer of clear lac on it or if I want it likte that.
then the bed and all that. Gonna make it tomorrow.

Bye bye.