Week 7- Inspirations and Influences on My Work
Reflective Journal
What are discoveries, challenges, and insights at this point in the research?
I am good with research but I am still struggling with what medium(s) to use to communicate this process. It feel like there is this sense of before, during and after effects on my work and my son's journey with his health. I am not sure which one fits the time frame noted. I am not sure how many to create. Also, I had to do a LOT of centering, self criticism, and self reflection through this journey which led me to meditation and mindfulness.
What methods are you using consciously?
Narrative and Autoethnography are my chosen methods. I have some journals as well as paintings I created during this journey. But I feel more connected with the photographs. Like a documentation.
How are you developing your ideas?
I am experimenting and trying to figure out if there are 2 styles I want to do or if I am just going to do the long exposures and long exposures with stitching OR if they painting really has a place in this project.
How are you testing them?
I took a stitching on photos online class and have tried some experimenting with that process. Some distorted and played with will others are just long exposures with a seemingly geometric shape (it is not- it is a graph of symptoms for adolescents with Crohn's). I am taking a landscape painting class online next week.
Inspirations and Influences on My Work
Her work is abstracted landscapes in which geometric shapes are made within her landscapes, and she folds or embroiders her images to show dimensionality. I saw her work in person; you will see her influence in my new pieces.
”Despite our awareness of the mutability of photographic images, we approach them thinking we know what to expect: something that-has-been, a fixed subject inside a frame. I am drawn to photography because of its ubiquitous presence in our culture and because of the tension between the truth-value photographs infer and their inherent manipulation of reality. I develop my work out of my desire to scratch off the surface of the image and expose its construction.”
George, D. (2018, August 15). Photographers on Photographers: Daniel George on Millee TIbbs - LENSCRATCH. LENSCRATCH. Retrieved February 12, 2024, https://lenscratch.com/2018/08/photographers-on-photographers-daniel-george-on-millee-tibbs/
Emily Jeffords
Jeffords, Emily. (May/June/July 2021). The Beauty of Transformation. In Her Studio: Spaces and Stories of Creative Women, 3(4), 13-19.
In Jeffords’ article, The Beauty of Transformation, she explains how she primarily paints landscapes. She even mixes her watercolor paint from minerals to get the perfect color. I find them intimidating. I love taking pictures of landscapes, but painting them would take time I do not have. I love that Jeffords’, despite having three kids, finds time to create in her dedicated studio space as well as at home. She also invites her children to help and collaborate. I agree that you do not have to be in a specific space to create; I tend to do it everywhere and anywhere I can. Jeffords also feels the process of having a creative practice is essential for growth and believes “progress over perfection” (p. 13) and “inward” (p. 19) creativity is vital to stay true to her artist way. My favorite quote:
Creativity and inspiration are two of the most generous friends you or I will ever know. They don’t need much to get going. They fill your heart and mind with the best, truest parts of yourself. They filter the world around you through a specific lens. They heal the wounds we are not aware of, fixing things that feel out of alignment or a little dusty and stale. (p. 19)
My thought after researching other artists is that many follow a practice in which they capture a personalized view of the landscape based on an emotional response to it rather than to achieve a naturalistic representation. I find this encouraging. I'm still struggling with how many paintings or images to do and the aesthetics of the style. I am unsure about the still photos, but I like the long exposures the best.
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