I have come across some old slides of my paintings from a student years 10 years back (10 years..... like it was last month) and it was all for the final year assessment. The famous 'Degree Show'. Looking back at it, I can say that I'm proud of myself because of the amout of persistence and preparation in the making of these works are absurd. I can't even believe I could be that patience now. It was 'image-making' process that makes my sanity intact. I always interested in how images are made. The 'close'st relevant reference that i can get to is of course the great Chuck Close, a photo-realist portrait painter. So basically my final year project was about his technique and how it can be applied to images other than portraits. I'm relieved that I didn't go over the formalistic compound when I presented it as opposed to explaining the meaning behind the paintings that will end up screwing my main intention. For academic requirement, students should be able came out with an artist statement. So I came out with simply ...'we need certain distance to be able to see something'... and name all of my paintings 'Imaging-#' which is how this blog name came about.
Among these works are the earlier phase of my final year which focused on image of an animals, gridded and determine the collective colour on each boxes. A sort of reverse-engineer process of computerized pixelation. A great help to learn about how things work. This work end up missing.
Among these works are the earlier phase of my final year which focused on image of an animals, gridded and determine the collective colour on each boxes. A sort of reverse-engineer process of computerized pixelation. A great help to learn about how things work. This work end up missing.
Imaging-5Oil on canvas
2000
The later phase of the year, I tried to eliminate the single object dominance of an image that would've been a 'give away' to the spectator. So I chose to paint an image of a landscape. The first one I did was a smaller piece, probably less than 2'x3', but it took me a month to finished it and the one that amazed me. Sadly this work end up being stolen right after the exhibition is over. If anybody seen it somewhere, please get in touch.
Imaging-3Oil on canvas
2001
Imaging-4Oil on canvas
2001
The rest of it are rather large 5'x5' paintings. One goes to the obligatory collection of UiTM's Art & Design Faculty Gallery. All of these original paintings are not with me now. All I have left is their images...... if you can call that ironic.
Imaging-2Oil on canvas
2001
Imaging-1Oil on canvas
2001
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