More painting

At 9 at night on Friday, feeling abit hyper (it was only Red Bull!) I decided to paint, after looking at all sorts of artists through out the day from my tutors at college (Siobhan O'Hehir/Niall Campbell) to Tracey Emin and Liz Douglas. I decided to just go for it! All i knew was that i wanted to try using ceiling and wall paint and see how that could react with other more used media for paintings. 

"Narnia" Household paint, acrylics, tipex, ink on paper

I started to reflect during the process of painting with the household paint and how its covers the old paint underneath and the hiding of marks and dents in the wall and started to think with a battle of my own and a feeling of covering up what really goes on inside myself that people may not realise, at first i started painting the darker area first over (as its always such a raw feeling that I have 24/7) the household paint with a pallet knife using different ways to apply the paint (i like the destruction of sgraffito to the paint surface and the revealing of the colours underneath which i think is quite reflective on my reflection during painting also using emotional movements to apply the paint) then thinking along with painting this i started thinking about my cover-up and how i feel sometimes something that is supposed to help me sometimes feels like its disguising my really identity (even though it isn't) or what I've known to be me for the past few years, I've used this in a more representational image on the left hand side wanting the circle to represent the cover up and it giving off this opposite/happy feeling, but i also wanted it to be a clear division showing the happy on the outside but the more real of the inside.. the true emotion whispering quietly inside being portrayed as loud as it should be!

"F**k Euphoria" Household paint, acrylics, tipex, ink on paper

This was more in my hyper state of mind and just wanted to paint in reds and pinks and yellows and oranges. Psychology can be interpreted how you like but i felt on cloud nine really is the only way to put it. Movements were more curved,  relaxed, calm and happy. I liked the mix with the household paint as it gave the colour abit more subtlety when they blended together and bolder colour could be added on later, but the harmonising and calm colours mix was created with the household paint in the background. The black and the white circles on the side were added when the yellow and pinks were settled and dry and i just wanted to pour and flick ink at it to take away this 'euphoria' that was being portrayed, after I painted "Narnia" think this hugely influenced the blacked and the representational circles at the side. But also makes it more interesting and more a visual voice than before as it was very plain and boring i feel... so yeah there you go.

Thanks :) 

Annie x