an artist called Gavin Wood came to give us a talk on his work. he started on the same BETEC course as us but is now studying at Edinburgh college of art. his first work was inspired by horror films his work would show the moment of suspense just before something was about to happen. Gavin spoke about a few peaces he was inspired by one being Andy Warhol's Lazy making him think how lazy our brains are with processing what we think we see and what we actually see. He started creating work just using colours on canvases primed differently, some raw. i really liked how his work was about if your looking for a reason for it, your not going to find it, but if you spend time with the peace for what it is the more you will see and connect with his art. i am looking forward to seeing his work progress as he said he is always looking to change and move forward with his art.
When i was a kid, i got asked to produce a drawing that expressed Autumn, the winner got the work in a calendar for the school. I worked and i worked on this drawing, expressing my feelings of Autumn. I won. I told my Mum and Dad that they could buy the calendar with my work in it, i was so proud. I showed my parents my work, and although they were happy for me told me they that although it was good, my sister's new drawing of a bird was better... more realistic. Through out all of my childhood and teenage years, i was told i was not as good as my sister and to this day i still do. I would constantly compare my work to hers, and eventually i gave up art completely. I had a pang of jealousy when i would see other peoples art work, and suppress the jealous feeling towards my sister and the anger i felt towards my parents. I felt even more guilt and as i grew i built up this wall around myself, i put on a mask of a confident girl, who did not feel jealousy, sadness or frustrat...
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