Last few days

I had tutorial which, although I was dreading it, turned out very useful. Despite the fact the comments confused me some what, I feel some of the suggestions helped me think about my work in different ways. When looking at my work people questioned why I had used photography - I didn't bother saying that it had been previously suggested to me - and I said that it was to create different illusionistic effects to portray the theme of images/thoughts of the mind. That was actually the reason and not just made up to sound good in the tutorial, it was also to try out something different. I felt last year I wanted to explore photography a little more but I was too shy or worried or something because I was concerned the images were inadequate.

Anyway, the group made suggestions such as trying to paint onto acetate as, although I am mix-media, I have always been drawn to painting. They were saying that I would need to find a way to make my painting and photography link together - they suggested projecting the images onto the work (which was one of my earlier ideas), they suggested I could try and print images onto my work. I had an idea of using mirrors/reflective surfaces - I thought about reflecting one of my paintings in a giant mirror(s) that could be placed in certain places around a space. I am excited about that idea as then my work could become more of an installation :)


IDEAS:
I need to think of ways my painting and photography can connect -

Projecting images
Acetate over paintings
Tracing paper over paintings
Hanging images infront of paintings
Collages
Reflecting paintings/images

I'll add to the list when I can think of more.