Friday, 4 January 2013

The Language of Thought

' The problems of inventing a new language are staggering............
The interest in language so dominant in modern art is not an interest in semantics per se:
it is a continual interest in making language ( whatever the medium )
to fit our real feelings better...........'

 Robert Motherwell 1965.




When I am working I always have a sheet of paper at hand to test out colours, marks and scribbles, how to harness this I don't know!!
Posted by Sandra Robinson at 14:13
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12 comments:

  1. Jacqui Dodds4 January 2013 at 16:40

    Love the Robert Motherwell quote Sandra.
    The marks that you have made are lovely.
    I sometimes find random marks made when I am not really trying can be more interesting than marks that I have made more consciously. These and marks like the ones you have made above could be used for future reference (although reproducing the same mark again is often difficult)or for using as small paintings.
    Happy New Year!!
    Jacqui x

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    1. Sandra Robinson4 January 2013 at 20:11

      This is exactly how I feel too Jacqui but not sure how to transfer these random marks onto a larger canvas, every time I try it doesnt quite work.
      Happy New Year to you too x

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  2. Jacqui Dodds4 January 2013 at 20:57

    Not sure if this helps but two things that I have discovered - one is about scale and some images that I have made look better in one scale and don't suit being tampered with- e.g. these blind embossings are A5 and I tried scaling them up to A4 (twice the size and they did not have the same effect). http://jacquidodds.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/geological-traces-shrewsbury-museum-and.html

    The same thing happened with another of my images - it did not suit being scaled up. Although some other ones of mine are fine.

    Two - The marks I make suit paper or board better than canvas.
    Jacqui x

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    1. Sandra Robinson4 January 2013 at 22:01

      Thanks for that Jacqui, scale is definitely something that I find can be a problem. I hadn't really considered that the marks I make are better suited to paper, so that is certainly something to think about.

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  3. Vibeke 5 January 2013 at 10:59

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  4. Vibeke 5 January 2013 at 11:00

    your choosing of color is heavenly...
    it is so soothing for both the eye and soul to visit your space here sandra.

    oh and happy new year to you!

    vibeke

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    1. Sandra Robinson5 January 2013 at 13:51

      Thanks so much for your lovely comment Vibeke. And a Happy New Year to you too. x

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  5. Sally Tharpe Rowles6 January 2013 at 21:34

    Interesting quote & lovely marks & colors! Happy New Year to you Sandra best wishes in 2013!

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  6. Anonymous9 January 2013 at 16:57

    Your colours make beautiful 'words'. You should bind your 'thought' parchments into a book as they do tell a story.
    ps there was a good play on radio 4 today about an artist drawing her nightmare - it was pretty creepy as she didnt have control over what she was drawing. Im afraid i didnt hear all of it so I dont know what it was called.

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    1. Sandra Robinson9 January 2013 at 21:11

      That sounds really interesting Niki I will try and catch it on iplayer. And thanks for such an encouraging comment it really does help me to keep going, one day I will get to where I want to be. x

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    2. Anonymous12 January 2013 at 15:44

      Well done for finding it as I just realised I forgot to give you a title or a time it was on!

      Thanks to you I have just been back at the Turner exhibition and armed with my new knowledge I can see new things in his work and actually the signs of abstract expressionism latterly do show through actually but I had never picked up on it before so big thank you there. I can also see why you like his work so much as your delicate washes create incredible moods which as I have said before genuinely make my hair stand on end. I came out the exhibition to amazing Turner esk big skies - washed with beautiful Northern wintery colours and a very low sun catching the few small dark clouds, really lovely.

      Have a great weekend. x

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