Part one of my final year at university 2020 – 21
Mollusca Femella
Mollusca Femella
“Secluded within their shell homes longing for freedom, stretching out they still cannot escape this attachment – expressing themselves through dance like positions.” Shells, molluscs and natural oddities, these, combined with a delicate eye for the female form, are the essence of Dottie May Aston’s series Mollusca Femella. Born in the Forest of Dean and based…
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Blab About Genres and Margaret
© 2021 Dottie-May Aston. This term I plan to produce paintings similar my favourite painting so far, Margaret. Although I will not paint copies of her, instead, I will use my idea and feeling of her. In a sense, Margaret is somewhat simplistic and yet she is rather surreal. Maybe that is the best way to…
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Object Painting
At the start of term, my painting tutor suggested that I paint objects without thinking of them as a still life. With this feedback I then went on to portray two paintings, one a rosebud, and the other a Murex shell. While painting the Murex I decided to video it using my phone as a…
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