Unit 3

Brian storming, Ideas & Concepts

Driving along listening to my inspired music by Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen. I've just been the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool to look at the Pre- Raphaelite work and discuss work on the 'The Stonebraker' By John Brett. While I was in the Walker gallery I was inspired by their wok and the attention to detail with so much narrative in one painting.

I then went to have a look at the work of Rankin - ALIVE in the face of death. http://alivexrankin.co.uk/ Large wall mounted images of people who had near death experiences of thoughts of death after being diagnosed with cancer. I am so scared of death I send myself into a panic attack when I think of it and I have to take tablets for the anxiety attacks that I have. I looked at the images and then read the stories behind the image an the person in them. I was unable to relate to their story as I have never been in any of those circumstances however I have been through a traumatic experience that I had no control over and this scares me!

Rakin took the images of the people while they where covered in a mask of body/face paint in some of the images. Close up shots on their faces and upper bodies. The use of body paint in some of the images where in their hair, on their faces and their upper body. The images are portraits face on but large scale images.

After looking at both the Pre - Raphaelite & Rakin I started Brain storming when I got home and also carried on working with my mood board.

Originally I had drawn a ballet dance - a lamp & a box as my 3 images. I had stuck these to a mood board and started to get ideas from looking at old mags and then cutting out images and colours for my mood board. I choose words too and place them on the boards.

The main colours where PINK - BLACK & WHITE. Females in the images. I have then done a mind map and came up with a idea from it for my 3 images.

Image 1, Mood Board - Julie Morrison