BETHANY HARRISON

ABOUT

About my practical Artwork Whilst at University.

My artwork can maintain the striking visual correlation between body and movement and allows me to focus on using repetitive actions with my arms which shows where the body once was and creates a sense of trace with the movement of my arms. With some of my artworks I blindfolded myself, as it makes me unaware of the marks that I’m creating, meaning I don’t subconsciously change my drawings.

As I began to develop my practice, I started to include other ways you could lack control whilst drawing. This Included, drawing in the dark, my shoes being stuck to the floor, facing the other way, using my wrong hand, and getting other people to draw. These drawing techniques that I explore create interesting outcomes and allows the audience to enjoy the beauty of mark making. I also worked on smaller scale work that focused on creating more intricate marks to create a more in depth drawing which still included my working blindfold or limiting my movement of my arm. 

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My work takes a very abstract approach with the sense of freedom and motion within it. I particularly focus on the process and actions that have gone into the drawings/paintings because I want to highlight the different mark making you can do with many different processes. I take influence from artists such as Tony Orrico and Claude Heath. Their processes are similar to what I enjoy doing, it involves working blindfolded and mark-making in completely different ways.