I felt that this essay is essential to future academic progression as it has determined the field of my interest and major research direction. The essay was… Read more “The Transformation of Cornish Landscape Identity in the Perspective of Landscape Painting”
Tag: Cornwall
Reflective Journal Week 48, 23 Aug – 29 Aug 2020
A specifically interesting article was found. It talked about the landscape identity after a catastrophic forest fire in Sweden. The topic is intriguing. The result indicates the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 48, 23 Aug – 29 Aug 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 47, 16 Aug – 22 Aug 2020
When I talked about challenging the idea “the landscape only Cornish people would understand”, Alfred Wallis often popped out as the example of indigenous eye. I read… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 47, 16 Aug – 22 Aug 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 46, 9 Aug – 15 Aug 2020
“I want my audiences to achieve a mutual understanding by finding their common appreciation to a landscape or via the awe to nature.” The feedback of the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 46, 9 Aug – 15 Aug 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 43, 19 July – 25 July 2020
Day 1 A typical day of Ce Chen, filled with random ideas and senseless thoughts. Day 2 Sea Wind to St Ives As I stated in yesterday’s video… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 43, 19 July – 25 July 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 41, 5 July – 11 July 2020
Irrelevant but worth talking about:My series of doodles was requested to engage in mental recovery therapy service of Shaoxing’s No.7 Hospital. I am glad that my work… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 41, 5 July – 11 July 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 40, 28 June – 4 July 2020
I expressed my interest in making three pieces of work about three natural elements: earth, water and fire. Two designs came up last week to picture the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 40, 28 June – 4 July 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 39, 21 June – 27 June 2020
It is quite a common sense that a distinctive perspective or value could result in a peculiar interpretation. But I noticed a relatively unusual example at the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 39, 21 June – 27 June 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 38, 14 June – 20 June 2020
“A perspective of an outside visitor” “A celebration of its natural heritage” “A resonance of its historical context with a briefed perception of the true essence of… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 38, 14 June – 20 June 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 37, 7 June – 13 June 2020
Most recently I gained inspiration from famous sculptor Barbara Hepworth’s work and Constructivist Naum Gabo, and produced a little craft called Wave Form, then follows a series… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 37, 7 June – 13 June 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 35, 24 May – 30 May 2020
The major interest of this week is in making reflective surfaces on those salted crafts. Glistening waves that illuminated by light shines through the rifts in the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 35, 24 May – 30 May 2020”
Periodic Summary, Week 34 – 37 2020
The past few weeks of Unit 3 were spent on the continuous experimenting with salt, string and some natural objects. It was aimed to connect my research… Read more “Periodic Summary, Week 34 – 37 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 34, 17 May – 23 May 2020
I completed a brief introduction regarding how images of landscapes were used to defined Cornish identity, with the focus on west Penwith in Unit 2. The historical,… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 34, 17 May – 23 May 2020”
Symposium Unit 2
A Brief Discussing Regarding the Lost of Cornish Identity Art Colonies on Penwith Peninsula and Their Substantial Impact The article briefly introduced the establishment of Cornish identity… Read more “Symposium Unit 2”
Reflective Journal Week 33, 10 May – 16 May 2020
Experiments with materiality went on this week. Technical problems still are a major concern. My accommodation cannot provide a sufficient space where I can increase the size… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 33, 10 May – 16 May 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 32, 3 May – 9 May 2020
Except “a depressing, endless rain that easily can ruin your vacation and blur everything into each other”, what else natural element could stand for the distinctiveness of… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 32, 3 May – 9 May 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 31, 26 Apr – 2 May 2020
It Rains in Mount’s Bay Today is a series of watercolour painting about heavy foggy rain on various perspective points from Newlyn to Marazion. It emphasis the… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 31, 26 Apr – 2 May 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 30, 19 Apr – 25 Apr 2020
Most of the physical practice were experiments of placing figures in the landscape. I intended to create neutral objects that represent the real relationship between human and… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 30, 19 Apr – 25 Apr 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 29, 12 Apr – 18 Apr 2020
Random thought: How are you going to depict Cornish landscape? The phase historians use to talk about indigenous painters like Alfred Wallis and Peter Lanyon is always… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 29, 12 Apr – 18 Apr 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 27, 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2020
Sunset Safari above St Ives This watercolour painting is based on my previous experience in west Cornwall. It is a development on my understanding of Peter Lanyon’s… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 27, 29 Mar – 4 Apr 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 26, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2020
I took an experimental step in this week’s physical practice. I destroy one of the previous work after recognising “outsider’s perspective” may have a substantial impact on… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 26, 22 Mar – 28 Mar 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 25, 15 Mar – 21 Mar 2020
British Art Colony by Sea P48 “It is difficult in general to say a great deal about these more orthodox paintings —— even the painter themselves make… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 25, 15 Mar – 21 Mar 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 24, 8 Mar – 14 Mar 2020
Helene Schjerfbeck, 1862 – 1946 Penleehouse.org.uk. (2020). Helene Schjerfbeck – Newlyn School of Artists – Penlee House Gallery and Museum Penzance Cornwall UK. [online] Available at: https://www.penleehouse.org.uk/artists/helene-schjerfbeck [Accessed 9… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 24, 8 Mar – 14 Mar 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 23, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2020
Some thoughts from 2nd Feb’s seminar given by Mr Mark Fairninton were finally organised. Subjective Manipulation Subjective Manipulation is the process of over-lay the painkter’s own ideas/understanding/emotional… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 23, 1 Mar – 7 Mar 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 22, 23 Feb – 29 Feb 2020
Expansion on the look list: 1. Fox, Caroline. 1993. Stanhope Forbes and the Newlyn School by Carolin Fox, 1993. 759.2 FOR, Wimbledon. 2. Fox, Caroline, Green acre,… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 22, 23 Feb – 29 Feb 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 21, 16 Feb – 22 Feb 2020
Despite the fact that it was relatively narrowed, “to produce Cornish landscape in the Hudson River School’s idealised landscape” is barely close to the essence of this… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 21, 16 Feb – 22 Feb 2020”
Reflective Journal Week 20, 9 Feb – 15 Feb 2020
I was genuinely intrigued by the idea of “idealised landscape” among the Hudson River School and its contemporaneous art movements like Barbizon School, Newlyn School, etc. Noticing… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 20, 9 Feb – 15 Feb 2020”
Reflective Journal: Periodic Summary, Week 16 – Week 31
The theme of the current stage is exploring the connection between landscape, culture and identity. With a specific interest in Penwith Peninsula, I have been working on… Read more “Reflective Journal: Periodic Summary, Week 16 – Week 31”
Reflective Journal Week 17, 19 Jan – 25 Jan 2020
A briefed outline of a research direction has been shaped during this week. I understand a lot of work is required to narrow it down so I… Read more “Reflective Journal Week 17, 19 Jan – 25 Jan 2020”
The Beginning of Everything, Feb 2016.
At the evening of a cold winter night in Feb 2016, the radiator in the old studio apartment I rent refused to be functioning properly, again. It… Read more “The Beginning of Everything, Feb 2016.”
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