Pablo Picasso is credited as saying ‘Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them as an artist’; whilst Oscar Wilde’s statement ‘art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known’ suggests a level of competence that enables the artist to display mastery in unique, uncertain and conflicting ways.
So, WHAT is neat? Is this the time we take to construct straight edges and symmetrical patterns?
I wanted my explorations to be free of ‘ought’s'. What we OUGHT to do, think and say about the work we make. For me a simple plane has no depth other than that created by the optical illusion of a busy tessellation.
I like to take sections of a design or photo, and then FOCUS in on a particular area before expanding the familiar, by cutting, repositioning and expanding lines to create texture in a freeform interpretation of the tessellations.
My work illustrates a strong understanding of visual language, as I use motifs, shapes, pattern and decorative lines to establish repeats, flow, and rhythms within complex compositions. These EVOLVE with my work, as I trust my instincts, and reflect on the process.
I want the eye to MOVE across a resolved well-presented piece in a relaxed way, with the design creating gentle movement suitable for a calming lived environment rather than the busy tessellation patterns fashionable in the 1960, and the Victorian era.
By Diane Daune - Fellowship Student