Hi Everyone,
Thank you so much for the lovely comments yesterday - your so lovely all of you!!!!
All the kids are gone now and I must admit I had a few tears - silly me - we had such a lovely week together though. Still John and I are relaxing now.
Took some lovely pictures on our walk yesterday as you can see and also of my little Joe as his football week came to a close.
Right Im off to see Corrie. All have a good weekend.
Love Laine xxxx
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well - I'm sorry I havent got round to posting part three yet of my essay - Ive been so busy with the kids here.
Its been a lovely week having all the children here. It's been ages since we had all five children here together - First time Emma has stayed with us for about two years. She will be 18 this month!! She was fairly distant from us from about the age of 15 til about 6 months ago and she slowly let us back in her life again. I missed her so much and Im so glad she is around again. Lovely for me to have another girl in the house.
We have had a lovely time together these past few days!! John thanked me for making his children so happy! He has had to work all week and hasnt been able to be there for them as much as he would have wanted. He doesnt need to thank me I enjoy having kids around. They grow up too quick and we have to make the most of them while they are young.
My little Joe has been at a football training school all week and they get their medals tomorrow - a little presentation afternoon. Awww cant wait for that - he has really enjoyed himself this week. He must be tired!
Well John's children go back tomorrow - Emma brought her car down so she is driving them home - then my kids go to their dad after tea - blimey it will feel empty here tomorrow evening!
Love Laine xxxxx
Oh how our lovely dog keeps us smiling all the time as can be seen in these pics.
You shove over James - I'm in this bed tonight - let me in, let me in!
That Chris and Sam think they can move me - well they got another thing coming!!
I'm telling you now I am not moving from this bed. My Mummy will be here soon - so watch out!!
See my mummy will tuck me in!!!
Ahhh night night mummy - me tired. Hard work chasing that ball today.
That's better now I've got my lovely toy and the covers all nice and cosy.
Do you think I can stay here all night??? Mummy??
Fig. 1. Summertime: Number 9A 1948, Jackson Pollock.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Fig 2. Painting No. 1, 2005, Elaine Sayers
When I visited the Tate Modern for the first time, three years ago, it was Pollock’s Summertime, Number9A (see fig 1.) that attracted my attention. I recorded my first thoughts of this painting in my journal,
“This space is pulsing with energy; it is made up of endless filaments, tentacles, and flecks of paint, all springing and flying together. It felt like a star map, maybe the nerve paths of a brain or a tangled primeval forest. The feeling I have from this painting is uplifting, elating and a release into space.”[1]
Looking back at that quote now seems ironic that I am now actually painting and photographing forests! I believe that my painting in Fig. 2 is greatly inspired by Pollock’s work. When comparing the two paintings there is a lot of similarity in the movement of the paint and the energy that has been put onto the canvas. This painting I created at the end of my first year in HND Fine Art. I submersed myself in painting that year and experimented using emulsion paints, acrylic paint, twigs, toy cars, sticks, in fact anything that wasn’t a paint brush to apply the paint! To create the painting in Fig 2, I used black and white emulsion paint, twigs and the wind to create the feel of outside. This painting worked for me because it was dancing before me, like the leaves on the trees, like the branches swaying over the canvas. The wind was in this painting. It reminded me of Pollock’s work and I was suitably satisfied with it.
[1] Journal of E V Sayers, 2003
(Copyright) Please do not attempt to copy or use this essay in anyway without asking my persmission first.
I have decided to serialise my essay for you to read - only if you want to - putting the first bit in has been easy but Im not sure about the embedded images I have in the next pages - yet to be worked out. Anyway for those of you who are interested here is part one. Dont be too bored LOL Laine xxx
My Personal Development - by Laine
I found a beautiful quote on the internet by William Blake which epitomises my feelings on the subject matter of my work at present.
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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a
green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and
deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the
man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.
- William Blake, 1799, The Letters
If you, the reader, are now starting to think my subject matter is focused on trees and nature, then you would be right in thinking so. For a long time I struggled with convincing tutors that my subject matter mattered! There was a good reason for me to go walking in the woods and take everything in that was around me. Hopefully, by the time you have read the following essay it will become clear how my work has developed and what I intend to do to take it forward. Many artists have influenced me along the way and it would certainly take more than 3,000 words to explain them all. I have chosen the artists that I felt had the biggest influences. I mention my tutors a lot too because I feel that they are very important in my personal development and it is them that guided me through a large part of my experience in the art world. I have read numerous art history books, poetry, visited galleries and scanned the internet for ideas. I have not quoted from many sources in this essay because I feel this is very much about me and my development and not what other people have said. If, something I read, or something someone said, seemed important to my development then I will have included it.
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all having a happy Sunday - I'm really tired for some reason. We just came back from having our sunday lunch out - naughty but nice. I did not fancy cooking for all six of us - I've got to do that all week! John's boys here til Friday. Anyway we took all the boys to the Woolpack, where John and I went last week. It was really nice - food lovely and loads of it. I had a cherry pie with custard for pudding and I was most disappointed as there were no cherries in it just like a sort of jam!!! Never mind. Anyway there was a couple sitting next to us and I think we were annoying them - we are not loud but we are not quiet either - we all chat to each other and we laugh alot. I hate it when out of the corner of your eye you know people are staring at you - do they think, god, look how many kids they've got, do they think god they are noisy or are they jealous or what but they didnt take their eyes off us the whole time we were there - when I turned round and smiled they pretended to be looking at their food and do you know what they never spoke to each other once - not once - the only time they spoke was to order their food!! Oh well we had a great time!!!
Anyway, John and James are building my mini installation this afternoon - I feel guilty as they are working hard and Im sitting here on the computer while they do it!!! Nice to have workers LOL.
Anyway I better go see if the workers want a cuppa!! LOL
Love Laineyxxxx
How cute are these fairies - thank you JAN!!! Well that has made me feel all girlie!!
Got quite a busy week ahead. John's boys arrived last night - they are here til next Friday as the schools are now closed for the Easter break. College doesnt close til next Friday - so I will miss a week of college but I might be able to pop in if John is around. He thinks he will only be away one night next week. Emma might be popping down to see us all too - so that will be nice for me to have a girlie around even if its only just for a day!
Just too cute arent they!! LOL anyway back to journal..... So I dont know what I am going to do with the boys all week. Joe is booked onto a football course which is 10-3 every day so he is sorted - I expect the others will be happy just chilling, go swimming, down the beach lots of walks etc. But at least my ten year old Joe is occupied - he is the hardest to keep busy.
There they are again!!! bless them. Anyway - bit of progress with my installation this weekend. John and his son James (14) - went to the timber place and got the panels and wood cut for my minature installation - thought I would do a small one then get an idea before I do the actual thing - I will take pics of it to show you all when its done. So anyway at least things are moving now!!! So i feel better about that.
I sent my customer survey to AOL - LOL had a good old moan in that! Wonder if that will make any difference dont think so some how. Anyway Im on gold now and we are wireless!! Well the laptop is - quite clever really. John tried it out upstairs and we had fun IM'ing each other - reminded me of when we first met on Yahoo. How romantic we can still do it LOL,
Anyway have a great weekend guys and take care.
Love Laine xxxx
