New developments

The results of some more studio time today:
It still looks too effeminate, which is something I'll be working on changing. I also still need to resolve the bottom/lower right, and activate that expanse on the left, but I have tentative plans for all of that.


yet the Fates said No.
Charcoal on canvas
32" x 42"

Image © J. Timlin 2010

"Allegory of Home" series

These are the early phases of my Allegory of Home series translated into paint:


Allegory of Home: Long Island
Oil on paper
16.5" x 14.5"

Image © J. Timlin 2010

Allegory of Home: Florence
Oil on paper
14" x 18"

Image © J. Timlin 2010

Today's progress

The product of today's studio time, it took about 5 hours of drawing to get this far:
Self-portrait as Proserpine. Reinterpreted from Rossetti's.
Charcoal (and soon to be oil) on canvas
32" x 42"

Image © J. Timlin 2010

Proserpine

 Proserpine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874

Copy in graphite.

 

 Sketchbook page,  Image © J. Timlin 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist statement

This is the latest draft of my artist statement, after some revisions for my senior thesis class.

In a certain sense, all art is about its maker. My art is about its maker in more than one sense. Through art media I investigate my level of cognizance regarding my experiences. Sometimes the work is searching and sometimes it is explaining, but it is always an attempt to apprehend the significance of my personal history to my amalgamation as this individual. I have begun searching out my personal visual vocabulary, which I utilize as a tool to revisit, reflect on, and reinterpret my life in visual terms. I address past and present occurrences, acquaintances, impressions, remembrances, affinities, and what they all mean to me in the moments of creation. At times, the pieces may coincidentally pertain to the more general questions of the human condition. Humbler are my pursuits, however, typically seeking answers more selfish and specific. While in a certain sense all art is about its maker, my art is about its maker in every sense.

 Just a few minor but significant adjustments. I think I resolved alternatives for certain ambiguous or vague terms which make my intentions a bit clearer.