Priley Riley, Sculpture update, 12th April 2017

I've been coating the sculpture in paint today, with an 'aged iron' affect spray paint. This sculpture internship continues again on the 20th (due to Easter) when I'll give the sculpture another coat of spray paint so it's slightly darker and more even. I'll then cover the paint in clear lacquer to seal it. The attached photos show the sculpture facing towards the setting sun.

Priley Riley, Sculpture update, 11th April 2017

The above photos show my progress with the King Alfred sculpture- he now has a sword, crown, face and belt.

Priley Riley, Internship sculpture, April 2017

I’m currently working as a Creative Intern, making a life size sculpture of King Alfred the Great. The finished work will be on display at Winchestival- a new family friendly festival in Winchester. So far I’ve constructed the armature, built the frame of the body around this using two layers of chicken wire, and covered this in a layer of Modroc (which is basically plaster coated bandages).

Priley Riley, Mothers Day (UK), 26th March 2017

As its Mothers Day in the UK, I wanted to share my life drawings from last Tuesday (21^st March) of a mother-to-be. I spent between 5 and 15 minutes on each of the A3 pencil drawings shown. I had 2 of my life drawings, depicting other female models, in a small exhibition at the Winchester School of Art from the 20^th to 22^nd March.

In addition, I went to the ‘Small Faces’ exhibition at Solent Showcase Gallery yesterday, where I have a pencil drawing of my mum on display. My work is in the centre of the first two photos. I really enjoyed seeing this exhibition and the diversity of the portraits on show.

Priley Riley, Update, 8th March 2017

A few updates on my work:

I’m pleased to share that I received a Merit on all three assessments last semester.

Last week I visited Modern Art Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Ashmolean Museum with the Winchester School of Art.

I’m currently exhibiting a pencil portrait at Solent Showcase Gallery- nearly 600 people attended the exhibition’s opening on the 2nd of March! The exhibition is on until the 21st of April.

I’ve attached a few images of my current artwork. At the moment, I’m doing a lot of work on clothing; drawing clothing (top image), working into some of these drawings using Photoshop (2nd, 3rd and 4th images), knitting items of clothing, and (by contrast) doing life drawing. I’ve also been taking photographs, for example of my fiancé and his luminous clothing reflecting onto the window of a train.

Priley Riley, Solent Showcase exhibition, January 2017

I did this small pencil drawing of my mum for a portraiture exhibition at Solent Showcase Gallery, in Southampton, England. The exhibition, titled Small Faces, will take place from 3rd March – 21st April 2017 (which includes Mother’s Day in the UK). The drawing will become part of the Gallery Community Art Archive and could be shown in other locations at a later date.

Priley Riley, Semester 1, January 2017

I’ve had quite a difficult semester after the passing of a relative, hence my quietness. Despite this, things are going smoothly with my art- I got a Merit in my first essay at Masters level. My work is currently focused on colour and how trichromats (people with ‘normal’ colour vision) may see colour differently. I’ve read some very interesting books on colour, including books by scientist Oliver Sacks as part of my research. I’ve visited more exhibitions and galleries, including the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at the Tate, the William Kentridge exhibition in Whitechapel Gallery, etc. I have also exhibited my own work (3 large drawings) at the Winchester School of Art. I submitted my second essay earlier this week, which asks ‘Can the colour red look different to trichromats with an illness or disability?’- Within this I aim to demonstrate how we don’t all see colour in exactly the same way, which I think is important to consider when creating or viewing artwork. My practical artwork for this semester is due this Friday the 20^th.