Emily Wenman, 'Floral Blaze', oil on canvas, 90x60cm, (2020)
Reference to Aquatic and Botanical: Recorded Algae, Armstrong C, 'Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature', (2004)
Emily Wenman, 'Botanical Study- Red Algae', viridian green, ochres and magenta: depicting, aquatic, fleeting, vibrant, divine, sensual life of flora 110cmx70cm, oil on canvas (2020)
Anna Atkins ‘Cystoseira Fzurosa: Cyanotype Photogram’ (1843)
Algae, Armstrong C, 'Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature', (2004)
Emily Wenman 'Porphyra Umbilicalis (Red Algae)', Oil on canvas 100cm x 80cm, (2020) Presenting paint alongside print:
'Ocean Flowers Monoprint Series', Magenta ink on Newsprint, A4x10, (2020)
Recording Monoprint Process: Inspired by photography taken of Herbarium Archives; Meticulous organisation of Dried Plant Storage Method mirrored in presentation of print series
- I accentuate negative and positive space (particularly suited to print processes) (2020)
Manipulated Landscapes, studies reflecting the
organic from a synthetic/urbanised/artificial perspective:
Emily Wenman 'Night Garden', watercolour, pencil fineliner pen on paper, 30cmx25cm, (2021)
- flora under torchlight, urbanised, synthetic perspective
-reflects Anthropogenic effects of humans on nature
-genetic modification through breeding
Emily Wenman 'Wild Perennials, watercolour and oil pastel on paper, A4, (2020)
Painterly Studies: Inspired by Frankenthalers Colour Field Painting, Soak Stain Techniques, Processes of Layering and Removing Paint- Viscerality
Sigrid Hollywood:
Notes on perspective talk on dismantling separation between culture and nature: discussing cultural link to indigenous materials/pigments, its symbolism, and floriography
-form of expanded painting: dismantling this traditionally male medium
Texture Paste used to depict Trichome Leaf Cells: protruding bulbous bodily forms
- Section from Emily Wenman, 'Leaf Epidermis Diptych',(2020)
Experimenting with Digital Collage to create effective composition/pictorial construction
-Emily Wenman, 'Leaf Epidermis Diptych', (2020)
Reference Material, Micographic imagery of leaf pit and epidermal cells: the thinner cellular wall where fluid is exchanged within the plant
Notes on Structure/function of Leaf Epidermis and Lisa Corrin's Article, 'The Greenhouse Effect, 1961
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-Trauma/Materiality: Taxonomy Leaf Pit Cellular Structures (Natural and Organic Forms)
Foundation Layer of oils: Structure of Epidermal Cells
Emily Wenman 'Leaf Epidermis', oil on canvas,
100x100cm and 120x160cm, (2020)
Emily Wenman 'Leaf Epidermis Diptych', oil on canvas,
100x100cm and 120x160cm, (2020)
Oil Painting Foundations, Soak Stain Technique, Processes of removal and Layering: Emily Wenman, 'Leaf Pit', oil on canvas,120cmx160cm, (2020)
Emily Wenman, 'Leaf Pit', oil on canvas,120cmx160cm, (2020)
Expanded Painting:
Many artists associated with Eccentric Abstraction started as painters before moving into three -dimensions. The 'sculptural painting' allows for tactility and an interaction with ones physical surrounds; heightening sensuous feeling.
Emily Wenman, 'Vessels: Bodily and Botanical', acrylic, canvas, plastic, silk, cotton, feathers, thread, (2021)
Notes on Perspectives Talk: Painting in the Expanded Field, (Dec 2020)
Sculptural Forms: Bodily and Botanical
Documentation of process: tights, foam, thread to reflect textural and tissue like quality of Wood Ear Fungus (2021)
Wood Ear Fungus Reference and Inspiration; 'Auricularia Auricula-Judae'
Emily Wenman, 'Organic Forms: Bodily and Botanical, Auricularia Auricula-Judae', tights, foam, thread, (2021)