John Hancock BA Studio Practice Research

(26/1/23)  Today I was able to finish some paintings I had started a while ago, and as it seems, one’s that will be spearing on my final collection. The theme of the red strip that evokes the memory of a Marlboro cigarette packet that has appeared in multiple paintings I had done last year has continued. And I feel that this may be the visual theme of my final body of work, but I will have to conclusively assess this in the coming week. The pieces I have created today and have build on previous steps I have taken conclude in a very satisfying way for me. They all look a part of one another, in one way or another. Following a similar colour scheme and structure on the wooden boards they are painted on.  Below are pictures of theses pieces.  The painting above builds on the textural red strip I made that was inspired by Bram Bogart’s, then similarly to another painting I had done In tribute to my late dog Angus, implementing finger painting as inspired by Ayako Rokkaku in h...

(29/11/22)  Today was a difficult day to attempt to function. The day prior I had to say goodbye to my beloved pet dog of 14 years. Today I came in with the intention of channeling the difficult emotions I have been experiencing into a painting. The prospect of catharsis by way of painting was a motivating factor for me, rather than throwing the day away to lay in bed waiting for the tide of grief to pass.  The first task I set myself to was putting up a painting I had done in the H.E. lounge. This took some consideration of how I was going to mount the painting but I eventually decided on driving very thin nails through each corner of the board. This ended up supporting it quite well, and seeing the painting in a different context has made me realise how a surrounding can change a piece of work and how it translates to a viewer. Below I have attached some pictures of this. After mounting the painting in the H.E. Lounge I began work on a a painting I had been desperate to do s...