matthew scarlett's artwork

Henner’s put on hold

matthew1973 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:46:51 +0000

I’ve just seen that there is a nother discrepency with my Bic biros with the second picture of ‘Henner’s’ my Boss’s son. On the first version the fault was mine. I used a lower grade bic biro and the difference was obvious. However with ‘Henner’s 2.0′ I don’t know what’s happened. I’ve used the same two pens however the colour seems to have changed. Ink, Paper, the dayligh lamp shinning on it, I really don’t understand what’s gone wrong,. however the difference in the colour sticks out like a saw thumb.

So over 100 hours … wasted.

Henner’s 1.0

Henner’s 2.0

My Biro Art

matthew1973 — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:58:57 +0000

I’ve spent many months practicing drawing with a Biro pen. It’s going O.K. but of course practice make perfect.

I started on this wave, but after many hours (don’t ask how many) I decided that it was a project that I’d ‘come back to’. It didn’t go too well, however it is the first picture half serious attempt at drawing I’ve done for over two years. Well you know, taking a Degree in Drawing and image making, one doesn’t really get the opportunity to draw!

Henner’s

I’ve also taken on the mammoth task of drawing my boss’s son. I’ve just finished the final preliminary drawing. Again, I don’t like it, but that’s what a preliminary is for, making the making mistakes and working out certain aspects before the final piece.

Text Narrative Installation – By Matthew Scarlett

matthew1973 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:13:50 +0000

This is my latest project, a text narrative project. This originates from my “No admittance” rant that I did last year after experiences some very over zealous gallery curators in 2007. I’ll go into a bit more detail later, but for now enjoy.

Sara Watons’ Artist Performance

matthew1973 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:58:06 +0000

Sara Watson is an amazingly open minded and experimental artist. I was able to view her latest piece, a performance entitled ‘Good Weekend‘. This involved Sara lying on the floor asleep for over 30 minutes. It was an amazing, spiritual performance! I never been much for performance art, but this was something else. Sara has done some other installation work, but I’m still getting over her performance piece.

Crazy Typeface, Inspired By Jim “The Duke’ Tewksbury.

matthew1973 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:41:03 +0000

Can you see what it says?

This is a piece of work for my text narrative project. This is inspired by James Tewksbury “jim The Duke” who was in the same year as me When I studied Graphic Design at the Falmouth school of Art and Design. Jim (James) used to come up with this interesting if illeadgable typeface. It was so complex that I had to ask him to decipher it for me.

FA2002 – Proposal

matthew1973 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:27:32 +0000

Home

Having done a placement at Seabase in Newquay (my old home) I’m attempting to find out what home really means to me. Is it limited to a location, memories or maybe a commentary on my current state of mind or circumstances after the failure of my marriage?

Aims

To challenge how I see myself, both inside and outward.

To retrace some of my formative years as an artist as I return to where I believe my art life began, Newquay in Cornwall.

To further my documentation techniques.

To build a portfolio of work that I can present for promotional purposes at the end of the course. I am doing this so I can establish myself as an artist in the South West.

Media

As I don’t have all the resources and facilities that the University has to offer, I have decided to use traditional image making methods as my main tools.

FA2002 Proposal

matthew1973 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:59:42 +0000

In God We Trust

Being a member of ‘The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints” (commonly known as the Mormon’s) all of my life, one could say that religion is important to me. I would to create a project based on people relationship and social interaction with religion, whether for good or bad, from a personal perspective, or from a media perspective.

Where

Due to my location, I would prefer to split my studio time between researching around the Lancaster area, and time in the studio.

Media

I’ve have an interest in both paper sculpture and installation art, and I would like to develop further with both. I would also like to include some drawing as well, whether it be in planning of the installation, or in the final piece.

Aims

- gain a better insight into the world of religion.

- To better understand installation art, looking at aspects such as, construction, transportation, presentation and cost.

- create a fusion of contemporary religious artists and installation art.

Cornerhouse: Not On A Monday!

matthew1973 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:22:30 +0000

I went all the way to Manchester last Monday, to see the new drawing exhibition, only to be told that its not opened on Mondays.”We are having a book sale.” I was told, However after a nightmare journey to the Cornerhouse, I was slightly miffed at the news, and a book sale wasn’t going to enhance my mood, so I departed, somewhat deflated.

A Mighty Change Of Heart. 251 word Synopsis.

matthew1973 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:35:44 +0000

As a fledgling artist, I realise that soon I’ll have to work out what place I’ll take in the Art world. The question of “What is art?” can be as long and complicated as “what’s love?” Say “Art” to people and they’ll refer to various Turner prize-winners, or art that has made it to the mass media, with a cynical comment about what is and isn’t art.

Listening to an interview with Martin Creed on radio 4, I had a similar cynical moment. Creed was introducing his latest piece, number 850, which consists of a single runner running through the 86-metre length of the Tate gallery.

Creed explained that in his youth, he thought art was something that we look at, something hanging on the wall. Creed continued to explain that art was more to him than that, hence his latest piece.

I sneered at Creeds comments, with the usual “it’s all right for him, but if I tried that” remark, along with the question of; is this really art?

During my visit to the Liverpool Biannual, I experienced a mighty change of heart. At the end of the day, I found myself agreeing with Creeds interpretation of what art.

The five pieces that changed me that day were; Yongbaek Lee “Break Through” and “Angel Solider”, Leandro Erlich’s “Carousel”, Yayoi Kusama “Gleaming Lights of the Souls”, Richard Wilson “Turning the Place Over” and Annette Messager “La Dernière Séance”.

I would like to explain what brought about that “mighty change of heart”.

Drawing & Image Making FA2005 Image. Text. Narrative. Proposal

matthew1973 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:06:48 +0000

Proposal

I intend to work on four different areas. Firstly, to work on Caricatures or cartoon based work. I am considering continuing the use of acetate for this idea, and to keep this very much a studio based project.

In my first year I created a “No admittance to” rant. This was inspired after a trip to Tate in Leeds, where there were very over zealous gallery attendants, telling people off for getting too close to the Artwork, or telling them not to take photos. With that project, I aimed to comment on the different class and social divides in our society, which I feel is still very prevalent, regardless of what people might think.

I am considering location work, which will involve placing each piece of the story/narrative in different locations, with instructions on where to find the next piece. I would prefer to carve the narrative on trees, but for the sake of not vandalising the countryside, I intend to place the narrative on paper then attach it to the trees.

Finally my cattle grid idea. I have always been fascinated by cattle grids, and I know a few jokes where cattle grids are included. There are a few in the area that I live. I would like to experiment with them.

Aims

I want to get my point of view across, and have people understand something about my character. Primarily, I want to show my sense of humor. In addition I wish to enhance and display my drawing skills.

Previously I have never considered caricatures or cartoon-based work to be my strongest area, yet it is something I have always wanted to try. So my aim is to build my skill and confidence in producing such work.

Medium

I would like this to be either a paper based project, or as I have previously suggested, a continuation of the use of acetate. But in so doing, I would like this to evolve into something more than a 2D final piece.