http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 'Isolation ' A Solo Show. Donna Southern, Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:36:42 +0000 a-n rss generator a-n The Artists Information Company and contributors edit@a-n.co.uk technical@a-n.co.uk http://sites.a-n.co.uk/img/logo.gif http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 This exhibition was well attended by the public.  Even better was the public response to participate and wonderfully I have hundreds of paintings by the public to add to this exhibition. I am currently reviewing all these images of 'Who you are'.  I will evaluate the response and analyzing or not the content and variety too.  I will blog the images with my own images, some are anonymous in any case all names will be withheld for privacy.  I will add images sooon ,still browsing. ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495    Here is one painting from the first series of works .  It is oils, foils and plastics, 1m  x1m.This image is 1 of 4 paintings that expresses how we could be in a society setting.  'Isolation' represents individuals living all over the town, in small squares. each square signifies a person living alone, cold and shut off, or possibly juxtaposed, safe and snug.... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Each part of the  8 paintings in the second series of work is signifying a character, each vastly different. This the viewer is asked to create them self.Please read the following if you would like to collaborate with me simply submit your own image either straight onto this blog or email me . ON REFLECTION Donna Southern Solo Exhibition AN Magazine On-line November 2008   Who are you? An investigation.  Four years of research on Carl G. Jung, ‘Man & his symbols’, Robert Graves ‘War of the Trees’, a BBC documentary of family dynamics on the cold war, based on R.D Laing, ‘Who am I’ has produced the following collection of works.   How do you feel?   As a society we are taught to behave in certain ways if we want to be accepted. Some people cannot conform, others conform outside there own homes, some conform within the home but not outside. It can be either way, between family and friends or work and society; our experience can be positive or negative in a myriad of ways.   We become successful in positive ways and sometimes our behavior is dysfunctional which can negate our pathway.   In the past, this behavior has been diagnosed to set up wars! ‘The Cold War’, R. D. Laing, a psychologist researched the dynamics within a family and diagnosed that of victim, rescuer and persecutor. The majority of British families are still based on this model of control. Schools, working environments and armies have also been based on this model; fortunately this is currently changing within our society.  This continues on the next posting.     ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Keeping this simple.   The canvas represents: space, society, your environment. The Charcoal and glue square represents your Psychological frame of mind. The inside of the square represents your personality and character.   ‘The Idea’   The theme is to understand how you feel in society, or within the family.   Depending on your cultural background, and the dynamics of that culture, whether it be mixed or not, talented or not, extrovert or not.   Series 2: Personality and soul, we are all different.   Eight paintings which investigate the personality and the soul. Metaphorical sayings for these themes are:   Looking through the trees The monkey on your back Beauty in the eye of the beholder Remove the splinter from your own eye Pluck out thine eye Can’t see the wood for the trees Pull back the veil Eyes are the window to the soul   Look at the paintings in this collection and decide which best suits you. Please create your own square and add to this blog or email to me. Thank you for taking part.  I would like to thank AN magazine the  for supporting this on-line project   donnasouthernart@yahoo.co.uk   ON REFLECTION Artist participation  Who are you!     Draw a square to represent yourself. Decide on a positive part of your personality Write / draw inside the square: use words, doodle, color.            ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Who Are You!Be encouraged to have a go, can you discern who you are in your community and how you fit in, what about within your family, are you a matriarch, patriarch, rigid, flexible, go on, send me an image !.  Join in with me, lets see if we could get an image from the 8,000 Artists unedited. ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Here is 'Confrontation'.  It is a small canvas with a large foil within a square. It is a bold, in your face image. It is dark, does it produce a sense of fear and foreboding?Are you uncomfortable when people get really close ?Are you the Confronter, do you notice how others feel when overpowered by you?Do you care? ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Avoidance.  How many of us relate to this!  Often, I want to avoid situations that I perceive as difficult.  Sometimes I preempt a situation as part if my planning and the pre -perception is wrong.  This has taught me to avoid some situations, but this is also wrong.Depending on your journey through what we call life, we learn different behavior patterns, not all are healthy. It is negative to decide a result before an event, but if your experience tells you that you generally get a negative response, then you will probably expect a negative response and then you may choose consciously to avoid the situations. 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway.' is a motto that I uphold.Don't let other people stand in your way.  I now try to continue, unrelenting, as I do with my life as an Artist without support, anywhere, independently.I am grateful for this blog and AN Magazine.  This is support for me as an Isolated Artist.  I love being a practicsing Artist involved with the Alchemy, purist in thought, researching my subject: funnellling focusing, churning, honeing, appropriating, struggling, and enjoying what comes naturally to me, woman and a brush, hammer, drill, whatever it takes to follow through to my final finished creation.   ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Absolutely awful weather, keeps me working on this project, horrible day.  I feel like I have cabin fever, restless and uptight, good job I am home alone.  At least if I am alone, no body suffers my mood, at least if I am home alone, no one can upset me more, also I cannot upset anybody.  I guess today I don't need my boat rocking.  I say all this because its how we all feel and behave, and interacting can improve or exacerbate all of us.This painting is called 'Immersion'.                                                    It represents a crowd.    ... Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 http://www.a-n.co.uk/artists_talking/projects/single/435495 Here is a detail of 'Immersion'.  Do you like being in the crowd? ... 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