On revisiting research on Colin Crumplin I discovered this image which directly connected to both subject matter and the element of the chance mark which has been so significant and an integral part of my three processes.
Acorns 1991 Colin Crumplin Acrylic paint and pencil on paper 56 x 70 cm
This image particularly resonated with me re subject matter ACORNS! This presents two distinct approaches to making a work. 1) the top half of the painting is a blind monotype created using acrylic. One side is painted and then it is folded so as to transfer paint to opposite side, thus producing chance and random marks. Crumplin then photographs the work, carrying the photograph around with him until he finds a second and complimentary image that relates/echoes elements of the first. 2) Another painting/drawing is then created using a much more academic and traditional approach to painting. This is then presented as a whole (Diptych). By presenting these images together considerable discourse is opened up and the work can be interpreted on many different levels. They involve chance, selection and editorial intervention. Chance and choice are yoked together to create the inherent tension within his work It could be suggested that the juxtaposition of the abutted images reflect the eclecticism of a post-modern culture where objects are merely signs, none with a greater value or weight than any other.
Frankfurt 1945 Colin Crumplin Acrylic and oil paint on canvas 51 x 30cm
Below are some images created using Photoshop combining images from my various strands of work. These present experimental formats and use of imagery 'Hommage a Crumplin'!
A Triptych using from top to bottom, section of oil monotype, ink drawing of bark and pencil drawing worked from photograph.
Top - section of oil monotype with continuous line ink drawing below
Top image cropped oil monotype, below my photograph edited in Photoshop to present as a painting.
Mono chrome version
This presents an exciting and two fold way of working. I am drawn to the combative elements with such distinctive and individual approaches, one to include the choice and random mark and the second that offers choice both from found/sourced imagery and the use of media utilised It presents multiple choices in the second part.and extends the viewer's interpretation on many different levels. - which is more valued? Can it be valued individually or only as a whole?
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