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I don’t say everything, but I paint everything.
Pablo Picasso
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My blue period is a series of paintings where I have used the human body to express personal traumatic experiences featuring things that are otherwise sensitive for me to describe…
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But because I decided to use the human figure and not random shapes, my tutor’s disregarded these paintings as “college art” and not “real art”. I found these comments difficult but I know there is truth to these words, so after their feedback, I have decided to let go and lose all care of if the future viewers understand my work. I will be posting these blue paintings regardless, explaining the concepts.
Dottie-may Aston 
2 replies on “Me and My Blue Devils”
I find this work tender, sensitive and intimate. I’d like to see more of your photos. One of the hardest things about Art college is receiving criticism, then after much contemplation deciding whether that criticism should change your path or not. We only learn by trying things, and we only “process” things by doing it and getting it out of our system. And then reflecting on them. If its something you need to do, you should do it! And only stop when YOU feel you have expressed what you need to. With Love
Ruth xx
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Thank you! I have being working on posts for each painting in this series but it’s more difficult than I thought, I struggle to make them less pesional.. I don’t mind criticism, but I was upset when my my tutors disregarded these painting, but it’s okay because it’s a learning curve. I agree with everything you’ve said. thank you for your support.
with love,
Dot xx
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