New work - unconscious paintings.

As at the moment i have a bit of a struggle with the last of the 5 skulls, i have decided to switch my mind to something else in order to relax a little. This way, i think, that the solution will come easier.
So, at the moment i am doing some drawing and i have also completed a new series of unconscious paintings, which i have started earlier on this year.

 These 3 are made using the same method as the last one. I wipe my paintbrushes unconsciously on the apron, the, i cut up the apron and stretch the fabric onto a stitching frame. i think it works - the are interesting abstract works.

New work (continued)

 This is the third skull from the series made using magazine cut outs with women s heads and although i like it, it still looks quite scary, even though the colours add it a bit of a happy mood.

New work (continued)

 This is the second skull - the least successful so far as it still looks a bit scary although using "beautiful" images of different materials from fashion magazines.

And this one so far is the most successful one because of the live flowers which turn the meaning of a skull to life and makes the skull itself take a second part - its just the pot, the centre here are flowers. This skull is the least interesting in its appearance i think, which was done on purpose to make the plant stand out more.

New work

This piece is the first in a "conscious" series that i am making at the moment. In this piece i am consciously decorating something that does not look very appealing to an eye in order for it to become more pleasant. Here, as the skull represents death i have chosen to decorate it with flowers, which are the representation of life to try and completely revert the meaning. Its up to the audience to decide if it worked or not.

Lucian Freud at The National Portrait Gallery

I have recently been to a show by Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery.

I have generally enjoyed the show, as the paintings were very skilful and had a lot of character in them, it will now be impossible to not recognise his work somewhere else. All his paintings have a feel of him in them and at the same time, they have a lot from the models. They are more than portraits, they show the persons soul, i thought.

But what i have really enjoyed is Freud's early work, when the portraits are just a little more than a fascination with flesh, the have a slight psychedelic feel in them which i thought was very interesting. His earlier work also has more colour in it which i like too.

New work - My window

This work came out as a continuation of my "conscious" works that i have been making recently. The major difference is that here i am not trying to beautify something not regarded as beautiful but decorating something to show what is inside. According to one russian saying "eyes are a window to ones soul". In this case, to mine.

Introductory Lectures on Psycho - Analysis by Sigmund Freud.

This is a book that i have been and am reading to help me with understanding true motives of me making my artwork.
The book itself is interesting, but the fact that most of his theories were right at the time he wrote the book, now have changed and evolved is slightly confusing as i am not sure if i can actually take any real knowledge and understanding of psycho - analysis from reading it.
Here, i end up with a slight concern if i should read any modern psycho-analytic theories and modern psychology books?
I think that reading Freud is definitely something very good for my general education, but would this book really help me with what i am working on at the moment?