On Saturday 6th November 2014 I visited the Maidenhead Art on the Street Exhibition in order to explore and attempt to understand the huge variety of art forms available. Many local artists displayed their work and told the public about them. From this wonderful experience, I realized that art is not just constricted to the use of a pencil and a paintbrush. There are in fact an immense number of mediums that can be used.
Different artists chose very different subjects to base their artwork on. Their choice of topic mainly depended on their interests. The artists enjoyed making artwork based on topics they found attention-grabbing or very personal to their life.
In particular, I was interested in the following artists are their artworks.
Emma Moxon, whose style of art involved drawing everyday objects on several pieces of translucent paper and later layering them, was one which really fascinated me. Despite the fact that it lacked any sense of colour or orderliness, it brought an instant interest upon me.
Stephanie Gay was yet another artist I found really interesting and inspiring. Her area of art, known as silk painting is where special paints designed for the purpose are used to paint a picture on silk. She was inspired to take up silk painting after discovering it during an art workshop she attended on holiday during her childhood. I found that although this form of art does not allow for much detail, I found that it is different and effective in its own way.
Another artist I spoke to, Beryl Taylor had a very different approach to her artwork. She used wallpaper which she herself decorated intricately, cutting it out into various interesting shapes, which she stuck onto a background consisting of a very thin coat of water colour paint.
I really appreciated her artwork as she used an everyday object and embellished with her own skills to change it into something completely different- a piece of art.
I also talked to Tess Armitage, an artist who said that her connection with the wild and untouched places in our world was what inspired the majority of her artwork. From afar the painting seemed to take up a shape, but really when looked at closely, her painting were all just made up of paint flicks. She had done all her details, such as the trees, by scratching them into the canvas with her palette knife. I found her techniques really interesting and understand that, for a painting to look attractive, it does not always need to be done in a detailed manner.
Pointillism, an art form, which had been explored by an artist called Malcolm Brewer, is painting that is done through dots of acrylic ink. Obviously, the fact that each dot is done one at a time makes it an extremely time taking process.
Malcolm has been pursuing this career path for thirty years now, and absolutely loves these paintings, as the dots appear to give the paintings texture. I took an immediate liking to this form of art and appreciate its originality but was dumbfounded by the amount of time it had taken to complete one painting- 105 hours approximately!
Overall I really enjoyed visiting this Arts Event and understanding the various art forms out there. I felt that attending this event really enhanced my knowledge on the various art forms and helped me to choose my favourite paths, in the wide array of arts. It happened around a year ago ans is coming up again this year on the 5th of December 2015.
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