AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE
We weren't sure what triggered it all but things suddenly erupted in the streets. We were mad without aim. Mad and bohemian. And loud, everyone was very loud. Some of us were happy about the situation, whilst others were only acting out of fear and some just weren't paying chaos and cacophony any attention. Not knowing how long this would all last, we just kept shouting and kept pulsing, as if rain was some other minute away.
This piece is the second in a trilogy of pieces. The first is 'It
Started As A Joke' and the third piece is 'But
This Is Not How It Ends'.
The theme of this piece was inspired by riots going on all across the
world from London to Vancouver to Athens and of course the Arab Spring.
And in the past couple of days, as I write the page for this piece, the
Ukrainian protests have recently come to a resolution with their former
Prime Minister on the run. Riots and protests bustle with so much energy,
so it was a nice challenge to capture in a painting. The colour choice
was always going to be black and red, hah, no contest.
Starting one of these 'wide' paintings is always a daunting task. Setting
myself the task of filling a very large, very blank space with a bustling
bunch of figures is difficult to start. The first person to go down can
look so very alone at first but after about the 30-hour mark, I'm having
to juggle the composition around to best fill all that blank space. I've
compared it to making a jigsaw puzzle in the past.
And, if you haven't already, I'd totally recommend you watch the film
at the top of the page, which shows the cutting and painting stage of
making 'And I'm Not Going To Take This Anymore'. I'd show you the process
of drawing and designing the piece during the computer stage but trust
me, it's repetitive beyond belief and it isn't as interesting as you think.
The images below include the stenciled and screen printed versions of
the piece. You can place your cursor over any of the images to find out
the title of a piece.
Posted 5th March, 2014
