Painting | Tahi; Waihanga Ngohe| Blog post one:

I have the same mind map as my Design subject

Here are some of my previous works before choosing a Kaupapa, Which are drastically different from the construct I chose. 

The construct I decided to do is Post-Impressionism. Post-impressionism is what Roger Fry - an English artist- in 1906 called this genre of painting that builds from impressionism. This means that brighter and bold colours are used and everything is stylized and expressive, unlike impressionism which focuses on naturalism. Post - Impressionists tend to use thicker paint and distinct brush strokes while impressionists used thin brush strokes that were still visible and unblended but accurately depicts light. This can be observed in artists like Van Gogh, who first imitated impressionist artists and he wasn't successful so, he then developed a post-impressionist art style by adapting elements from his peer's paintings instead. Post-impressionism then paved the way for modern art which completely departs from traditional art and its philosophies during that time. 

Post-Impressionism also mostly focuses and emphasizes on feelings and symbolism

Paul Cezanne is the father of Post Impressionism. He is known for reducing objects to their distinct shape than painting them with extreme detail while still keeping the saturated colours of impressionism. He then had a very unique brush stroke technique that is oriented rather than consecutive. Paul Cezanne then influenced Cubism through his use of perspective and geometric shapes in painting that predicted the cubist movement. 

 I wanted to do something different this year rather than doing things like naturalism, I would love to go for a more abstract and dynamic route and have more saturated and warm colours in my portfolio to extend my skills and try something new that I was not comfortable with. 

my annotated bibliography