Drawing No.5 - Away

Drawing no.5 – Away

Roughly B4 size; Completed on 17 March 2010
Lead pencil, pastel on heavy weight paper

The past week, Jack and I have been exchanging works via email as a way of engaging peer review mainly for discussion of ideas and mutual motivation plus support. For my part, I am finding this to be an enjoyable process, and it has been interesting to share artworks with another person, and to inspire and be inspired.

What is most important to note regarding this process is that it is not the sharing of one solitary idea whereby the two of us would develop our art concurrently based on that governing idea. Instead, our approach is to begin by sharing our individual artworks to one another and from interpretation and inspiration gained from the other's piece(s) we would channel into new works of our own. This I believe is a much more conducive method of exploration of creativity and ideas without losing our own unique identity.

This drawing is inspired by another one of Jacks. His was a graphic of a castle shrouded by what seems to be a bleeding sky. Marshmallow clouds drifts across the castle top decorated by arches imitating rainbows in monotones. Bats loom in the dark keep, and one flies away from the bloody sky.

...I believe everyone sees a work of art and receives different meanings from it from one another. And I also believe one piece of art gives a different meaning and significance to each individual according to circumstances surrounding the individual during which time the work of art was experienced.--excerp from Drawing No.5 Away + some thoughts.

I saw it as something like being caged and being trapped, hence the depiction of a person with rooted to the ground on the bottom half. The root of the somber air is not depicted obviously in the drawing, however the gesture of flight, of wanting to be break free and Away suggests a longing for some kind of release and salvation.

Any feedbacks and thoughts on the drawing is very much appreciated.

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