I've talked of my belief that I have been engaging with the 4th-Dimension and the 6th-Sense as part of my perceptual processes in my life-drawing. I have also suggested that I am finding the idea of 'The Impossible Drawing' to have some relevance.
Below I include an item from my note-book. It is an amazing image which at first glance may appear fairly straightforward. But one soon becomes aware, as the eye moves from one part to another, that something very strange is taking place. Ultimately, one concludes that the 3-dimensional structure is, in fact, an impossibility. Continued concentrated examination fails to come to a conclusion as to the form being presented.
Throughout the past years my drawings have moved in this direction. Re-juxtaposing anatomical parts and utilising superimposition and transparency, have resulted in somewhat complex compositions which demand examination over time to discover what is actually happening. Often images emerge to the beholder which were not apparent when the drawing is first looked at (this phenomena happens to me also, and this with my own drawings, and I love it when this happens).
Now, this may be a pretentious starting point (the work of Daniel Raymond Chadwick) to introduce my next set of life-drawings, but it is an inspirational one! So my key words to help place what I have been doing in some sort of context are: ……..AMBIGUITY....ILLUSION....PARADOX...…..SURREAL...…..
The 20 or more drawings represent my output from the two 2-day workshops ( December 11/12 and 18/19) run by Paul Fowler at Pegasus Art in Stroud, England. His title is 'Circus to Stage' (a two day work shop exploring movement and costume with two models) with a nude model and a circus performer in a leotard twirling in her hoop. The model assumed various poses in the usual suspended ropes and on plinths but each in a 'spatial' relationship with the lady in the hoop.
[www.paulfowlerartcourses.co.uk]. In general each pose was held for about 30 minutes with some variation in timing due to the degree of difficulty.
Below I include an item from my note-book. It is an amazing image which at first glance may appear fairly straightforward. But one soon becomes aware, as the eye moves from one part to another, that something very strange is taking place. Ultimately, one concludes that the 3-dimensional structure is, in fact, an impossibility. Continued concentrated examination fails to come to a conclusion as to the form being presented.
Throughout the past years my drawings have moved in this direction. Re-juxtaposing anatomical parts and utilising superimposition and transparency, have resulted in somewhat complex compositions which demand examination over time to discover what is actually happening. Often images emerge to the beholder which were not apparent when the drawing is first looked at (this phenomena happens to me also, and this with my own drawings, and I love it when this happens).
Now, this may be a pretentious starting point (the work of Daniel Raymond Chadwick) to introduce my next set of life-drawings, but it is an inspirational one! So my key words to help place what I have been doing in some sort of context are: ……..AMBIGUITY....ILLUSION....PARADOX...…..SURREAL...…..
The 20 or more drawings represent my output from the two 2-day workshops ( December 11/12 and 18/19) run by Paul Fowler at Pegasus Art in Stroud, England. His title is 'Circus to Stage' (a two day work shop exploring movement and costume with two models) with a nude model and a circus performer in a leotard twirling in her hoop. The model assumed various poses in the usual suspended ropes and on plinths but each in a 'spatial' relationship with the lady in the hoop.
[www.paulfowlerartcourses.co.uk]. In general each pose was held for about 30 minutes with some variation in timing due to the degree of difficulty.
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