Autumn Term First Exhibition.
Autumn Term First Exhibition Piece.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Fruit Bowl’ 2022, Acrylic, oil and pen on 4 flat canvases, October 2022, 16 x 20 inches each.Research question: ‘How have artists changed the way they portray food in their work over the past 60 years?’. Acrylic, oil and pen painting of a fruit bowl based on Roy Lichtenstein’s 1973 ‘Still life with crystal bowl’ painting. Apples have always been portrayed in artwork, sometimes signifying knowledge and wealth of the upper class, decaying, sour flavours or sin. Similarly the oranges were often seen as a symbol of wealth because they would have been imported from distant countries. In the Pop Art period bananas could have represented global trade and the fact that everything is available to consumers throughout the year, leading to an unsustainable lifestyle. Grapes have been portrayed throughout the years but most recently have represented sweet flavours.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Fruit Bowl’ 2022, Acrylic, oil and pen on 4 flat canvases, October 2022, 16 x 20 inches each.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Fruit Bowl’ 2022, Acrylic, oil and pen on 4 flat canvases, October 2022, 16 x 20 inches each.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Fruit Bowl’ 2022, Acrylic, oil and pen on 4 flat canvases, October 2022, 16 x 20 inches each.
Experimenting with different angles and composition ideas to show that different layouts affect the way artwork is perceived.
Autumn Term First Exhibition Preparation.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘A Quartet Of Snacks’ 2022, Paper collages of my own art work, October 2022, 22 x 12 cm each.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘A Quartet Of Fruit Bowls’ 2022, Paper collages of my own art work photoshopped, October 2022, 24 x 22 cm.
Experimenting with a different coloured striped background linking to Andy Warhol’s 1962 ‘Campbell’s Soup’, Wayne Thiebaud’s 1962 ‘Confections’ and Roy Lichtenstein’s 1973 ‘Still life with crystal bowl’, incorporating my own images of ‘Tomato Soup Can’, ‘Ice Creams’ and ‘Fruit Bowl’.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Ten Fruit Bowls Collages’ 2022, Paper collages of my own art work photoshopped, October 2022, 12 x 9.5 cm.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Ten Fruit Bowls Collages’ 2022, Paper collages of my own art work photoshopped, October 2022, 12 x 9.5 cm.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Ten Fruit Bowls’ 2022, Photography on my own work, October 2022, Size N/A.Using collages and photoshop to change the colour combinations to make it more contemporary, demonstrating how using only a couple of colours can effectively create new work.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Ice Creams’ 2022, Oil on canvas, September 2022, 20 x 16 inches.
Oil painting of ice creams based on Wayne Thiebaud’s 1962 ‘Confections’ painting. In the Pop Art period ice cream was used to symbolise treats and to encourage people to remember better times when they’re going through a hard time.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Tomato Soup Can’ 2022, Acrylic and pen on canvas, September 2022, 16 x 20 inches.
Acrylic painting of a soup can based on Andy Warhol’s 1962 famous ‘Campbell’s Soup’ can painting. During the Pop Art period soup signified something that you are comfortable with and showed how easy it is to get used to a boring routine, for example Andy Warhol’s ‘Campbell’s Soup’ depicted how he got used to having the same lunch everyday for 20 years.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘A Trio Of Initial Sketches’ (based on artist research) 2022, Acrylic, pen and oil on canvases, September 2022, 5 x 7 inches each.
Quick planning pieces experimenting with the media and compositional objects.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Planning 60s and 70s’ 2022, Pen and images on paper, September 2022, A3.
Andy Warhol was a major part of the Pop Art period. His work included painting, performance art, filmmaking and video installations/writing. Roy Lichtenstein is most famous for his bold colours and comic book like images and he became one of the main artists in this movement. Wayne Thiebaud’s work includes thick brisk marks, every-day subject matter and commercial imagery, and is especially known for painting cakes, pies and sweets.
Rebecca Lethbridge, ‘Planning Year 2 Topic’ 2022, Pen on paper, September 2022, A3.Independent studio project plan exploring ‘How have artists changed the way they portray food in their work over the past 60 years?’.