(Painted collages produced by Myself)
In terms of research, I have been really wanting to do an artist response to expand on my research and experimentation. In addition, I have never been too keen on painting, although doing it on top of magazine cut outs I found, I felt that this process worked rather effectively. From seeing some of Francis Bacon's work, he makes part of the face realistic, although he manages to distort part of the face to make it look unnatural and disrupt. I felt that this experiment related to my theme because it shows the person you expect from underneath, but the painting over the top shows how they are a new or perhaps changed person from the diagnosis of dementia. The eeriness of Francis Bacon's works are truly fascinating, but I want mine to look more realistic, hence why I did it on top of models faces from magazine cut outs. I used acrylic paint for this process as it was the only paint I actually had to hand, I also tried to keep the colours primary so that they would be bright, bold and stand out much more clearly. It was interesting to see how the colours blended together when I had to go back over a certain part, but it made me understand the journey Bacon went through to get to that point in his paintings.
I don't really see how this will effect my project in terms of future processes, although I am glad I have done it and also it could be an inspiration for a potential look I want for my models or even the look for my final photoshoot if I have one. If I could have done anything differently, I would have liked to have perhaps taken photos of people primarily, although considering that I have quite a tight schedule in terms of research, I just wanted to cover the basics and exhaust each process as much as possible. Nonetheless, I am glad that I have tried this experiment and I plan to do much more, but possibly not referring back to Francis Bacon for the time being as I am not quite sure how I will push his work forward at this current time.
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