Guaduate, BA Fine Art, UWE Bristol
I am primarily interested in the process of painting, and the interaction that occurs between differing mediums as they are applied to the canvas, either alternately or in combination.
The methods of production that evolve in my work are direct responses to the physical, tactile and visual feedback that I receive while the work is still wet and alive.
By mixing studio mediums with household and industrial materials I encourage chemical reactions to occur, which alter the predictable quality and behaviour of individual mediums and result in ‘abstracts by default’. My practice can be summed up as one which constitutes ‘watching paint dry’.
Many find it difficult discussing abstract art without referring to it in figurative terms. This painting is one I would class as an ‘abstract out of context’. It forms part of an ongoing question I have regarding my future artwork; namely, should I continue with my existing process, or produce paintings that others will understand; a commodity?
The conclusion I have reached is that once I have created an artwork it is no longer my own or under my control. Others will decide on its aesthetic or financial value, its eventual ‘worth’ in the canon of art.
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