Underwater Painting

This painting is a collage print, I layered images, text and then painting, stamped, printing patterns on top. This painting is a scene of a women underwater, with lyrics from a song which represents this movement and story, or how I see it. 

I then made the floating womenout of clay so it gave the painting abit of depth. I just wanted the shape of her on the painting I didnt want a detailed painting, otherwise it would look to busy. 

Testers!

I want to create a animation using actual water, for this I need to make a puppet, I needed to test materials that would float or sink under water, which materials work well and which will need be moved by hand. I learnt that dolls plastic hair works great underwater and gives me the movement I was looking for, however the silk material and dolls do not, i will need to make a handmade puppet do I can move the puppet how I would like it too when filming.

 

Making my Own Connections

Underwater photography

My underwater work when I was younger, relating to the project, based on that freedom feeling underwater and taking all your emotions away.

 

Underwater Hotel, is a good idea of hiding away from the world

Kelly Rae Roberts a artist I came across and found at work, I love her work so much, her work is unique and colourful. I love her work because she puts quotes and meaning into her paintings which can relate to a outsider. I think her work has a different style and its the type of work I love to create. I think since ive found her, I have gone back into the painting area more aswell as my 3D, just to try new things out. I think my collage paintings are adapting with the inspiration of kelly rae roberts.

Research

For my research I wanted to use all underwater aspects for my theme, we was given a task called the outsiders stories, I decided to base mine on 'Fitting In' as a Authorstrator. The idea was to have a girl who got bullied growing her and her way of dealing with it or blocking it out and to find peace, to imagine somewhere she felt safe which was underwater, her way of dealing with the stress was to imagine she was underwater, still, floating, losing control of her body and the water washing her problems and emotions away. This is how I felt when it happened to me and thats what I think about as my safe place, this is why I can make these connections and alot of this work has come from my younger years when i use to draw these figures, which I am bringing to my work now.

Seashell Doll

Seahorses

Seashell furniture

Mermaid wedding dresses

Mermaids

 

 Swans

 Underwater photography that inspires my work and gave me the idea of being underwater

 

 

A figure stands in underwater sculpture installation “The Silent Evolution” by British artist Jason de Caires Taylor, on the sea floor between Cancun and Isla Mujeres on December 11, 2010


An artist i found, he creates scenes of general dayly life but he places them in the ocean and then photograhs them. The images are unique and amazing, each sculpture tells its own story.