Author Archives: beckybendylegs

So, who are your artistic influences?

Posted on 1 April 2019 by beckybendylegs

I have been asked this question, or a variation of, many times in my career as an artist. It has become a standard question. More so, when people learn that I am a student of art. If you are studying … Continue reading →

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The eternal circle – virtual becomes real again

Posted on 25 March 2019 by beckybendylegs

I dabbled in painting my virtual reality drawings a couple of months ago, using whatever I had to hand at the time, which was three linen canvases and a piece of board. I’ve written about that experiment here. Since then, … Continue reading →

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The joy of writing a contents page

Posted on 25 March 2019 by beckybendylegs

Today has been designated a No Work Day. After another hiatus in writing I decided to devote my time today entirely to my literary masterpiece: my MA thesis. I determined to myself not to open up my email and be … Continue reading →

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The adventures of Derek, the Virtual Reality Cat

Posted on 26 February 2019 by beckybendylegs

I have been very busy painting, from memory, the virtual reality drawings I have made. I will write about them all more fully later. For now, I want to talk about Derek. My favourite painting by far is my virtual … Continue reading →

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When something screams ‘Write me!’

Posted on 13 February 2019 by beckybendylegs

This might seem like an obvious thing to say but this MA by Research I seem to be trying to do is hard. I know that that is how it should be; it should challenge me, stretch me, make me … Continue reading →

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Another copy of a copy

Posted on 12 February 2019 by beckybendylegs

My next experiment has been to try to create some 3D pen drawings based on the oil paintings of the VR drawings based on my memory of the photographs of the ‘can’t live without’ objects. This may not lead anywhere, … Continue reading →

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I don’t paint when I paint, I draw

Posted on 12 February 2019 by beckybendylegs

I used to believe that I was an artist who mostly liked to draw and paint, with photography and video following in the shadows of my pen and brush. In fact, for a few years before I took up studying … Continue reading →

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But I can’t see my hands! What sort of reality is this?

Posted on 9 February 2019 by beckybendylegs

When I went back to do some more Virtual Reality drawing at the Fab Lab, a new thought came to me that hadn’t come to me before, oddly. And that thought is how strange it felt not being able to … Continue reading →

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Visual Reality leads to surreal abstraction in the real world

Posted on 6 February 2019 by beckybendylegs

After another session in the Fab Lab drawing people’s ‘can’t live without’ ordinary things, I’ve been thinking about what I can do with these drawings. I want to be able to show them. I would love for people to be … Continue reading →

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Bringing real art to the book shelves at the university library

Posted on 29 January 2019 by beckybendylegs

QuARTile’s follow on projects, entitled Eye D and Litterature to the Tow Path Eye came to me by a old connection. Serendipity: ‘the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way’. This is how I … Continue reading →

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