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Documenting my time as an art student trying to figure it all out
Refinement to Revelation
During the first two years of my Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT, I was heavily inspired by the Baroque era, attempting to create paintings that were both realistic and dramatic. I was drawn to the rendering of dramatic shadows and the intricate layers required to build lifelike skin tones. At the beginning of my practice, painting was a process of refinement—something to be handled meticulously and carefully controlled.
Over time, I realized that this overworked manner caused the work to lose its vitality. While the soft, Romantic Gothic aesthetic was beautiful, I eventually understood it was something I was hiding behind.
I overworked it again. I am suffocating the paint. Let it breathe. Let it drip. Let it fail.
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To-do: Call Mom. Submit assignment. Pay rent. Dig a hole in the backyard and see how long it takes for the edges to blur.
Leave it messy.
Painting with impasto
HAUNTOLOGY = Not a ghost in a sheet, but the way the smell of old rain makes me feel 6 years old
