Jadesola Fadojutimi & Neena Percy Artist Talk

Recently Jadesola Fadojutimi and Neena Percy have given lectures within the university. I was very interested in both of these artists paintings, but especially the work of Jadesola Fadojutimi. Her abstract paintings combined and merged a large color palette, soft shapes and brush strokes to create large works that were interesting and pulled a viewer into them. To me they could possibly create a calming almost meditative effect, similar to the soft forms and colours within Mark Rothko's work. This has again prompted me to explore a more diverse colour palette and also explore creating more carefully made compositions as well as automatic 'all over' compositions (Examples of her work shown below).

- Garden Lounge - Oil on Canvas

Neena Percy's work which most interested me were 3D paintings that had been made from acrylic paint, which had been applied to a surface with a cake icing tool, left to dry then removed. Creating a lacy mesh, which in the shape of underwear was draped from other paintings or surfaces. Referencing the draping of textiles in historic paintings as symbols of wealth.