The first part of this week I spent at my parent’s house in Texas. It was nice to see them and it also gave me the opportunity to go through lots of old photographs. Anything in our countless albums that reminded me of home or just sparked some sort of emotion was scanned. Looking at the earlier happy photos made me think that maybe just because I am dealing with the idea of dislocation doesn’t mean that all of my images need to be negative or sad. I do have positive memories of home as well as negative and that maybe through happy memories works with a “lacking” of a true sense of home will be given something to be compared to to enhance their feelings of loss.
I also began sketching based of some of my findings, in hopes of finding how I want to ultimately visually represent these ideas. I worked with sharpie markers again, but not quite as abstractly as before. Although I felt like I was working looser, this week I want to push the boundary of abstraction. I also worked with layering photos on the computer. (The last of the four images) I struggled with this some and came up with many ideas that were just not working but I did come out with one image that I want to explore further. This week I want to continue these sorts of sketches and add paint to the material I explore in. Also I got the book Color Image Scale from the library and I want to start reading what different color combinations make people feel.
Finding and Scanning photographs—8 hours
Sketching both by hand and on the computer—10 hours
Lauren, I really like these marker drawings!! They seem more expressive than the stipled paintings you have been working on, especially the top 2. Do you like working in this way? They have such a nice sense of color and movement. They also have people in them, giving a face, however abstracted, to the sense of home. That harkens to the idea that your home can actually be anywhere as long as you are in the company of people you love. I'm so glad you were able to visit your family and look through old photos. I'm excited to see what the next composition will look like. I'm glad you were able to find that book from the library; hopefully it's helpful!
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