Tattoo Designs as Abstract Paintings

Minotaur

Medusa

Witch

Hydra

I thought I would enjoy this part of the project the most so far, and I was right. I enjoyed doing large scale so much I kept it up with these paintings. I created an acetate outline of my design and projected it up into the wall. I first would outline the design in black paint before clumsily adding red, gold, yellow and white paint into the outline. Finally, I would go over the black outline again to redefine the shape which may have been lost among all the paint. I enjoyed the energy I would get when creating these paintings, using a brush and putting the paint wherever I felt like at the time. I think the scale has a large impact on the feel of the piece. The smaller design, full of detail, doesn’t quite have the same effect. Like if Jackson Pollock’s pieces where A1, they just wouldn’t have the same response they get. I think this aspect of my project is likely the route I stick to. I think these initial abstract pieces, since they are moderately figurative, have been influenced by De Konning and several pieces by Clyfford Still.