Professional Statement

I am an artist, who has a keen interest within the creativity industry especially photography, Influenced by the work of famous and contemporary artists such as Gregory Crewdson, Jane Hope Bown and Tim Laman. I am keen to develop my understanding of the moving and still images as to develop in skill-wise to achieve and create my own personal ‘signature’ work upon the world just like my artists before me has done.

I am particularly interested in learning more about how the moving image and still life are developed into art, TV and feature films. I am currently extending my knowledge of art and design on a foundation diploma course. I am enjoying learning how to expand existing skills such as experimental image making; compositional understanding and life drawing. 

So far in my Art and Design education, I have done fine art for 4 years both at GCSE's and A-Levels, Media studies and Product Design for two years at A-Level. In all the subjects, I have developed in learning new skills and new technological ways of working. Additionally, I have work in both visual and digital aspects to achieve my goal at the end in creativity by designing a new product, music video or short film and final piece.

By pursuing my interest in photography, I hope to develop my practical skills and meet other people, who are involved in the photography industry, One day I hope I will become a successful freelance photographer or one for TV or Film industries. As to achieve this goal, I will consider studying more about photography at university level, as more years in education will get me ready for the next stages after education that I will be ready for the industry.

My Notes For My 6 Artists/Photographers Influence PowerPoint

Notes for Talk from Shaun Hardwick

My notes for my explanation for my choice in the 6 artists/photographers.

My Top 6 Artists/Photographers

My Six Artists/Photographers Influence from Shaun Hardwick

My Artists/Photographers Inspiration and Influence PowerPoint Presentation.

Connect Project Artist and Movements Influence

During my 'Connect' project, I have looked at a numerous of artists and photographers, who has developed my skills, but inspired me to work in new, interesting ways.
As these artists and photographers, has pushed me to expand my thoughts and creative ideas into the sketchbook, and then work outside the sketchbook by using wire, paper sculpture, clay and photography.

• Fritz Panzer (wire artist)
• Alexander Calder (sculptor)
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Peter Blake
• Grayson Perry
• Ion Bitzan (sculptor)
• Tim Walker
• Tim Laman (wildlife photojournalist)
• Jeff Walls (photographer)
• Gregory Crewdson (photographer)
• Robert Rauschenberg (photographer)
• Michelle Thompson (photographer)
• Jane Hope Bown (photographer)
• Robert Smithson
• Richard Long 
• Julia Sent (photographer)

And also I have learnt a numerous amount of art movements:

• Post-Impressionism
• Pop Art
• Art Deco
• Cubism

To name a few........

Jeff Walls

Source:
http://jeffwalls.com/move#/id/i8119419

Picture for Women (1979). Art critic Jed Perl describes Picture for Women as Wall's signature piece.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wall

Jeff Walls from Shaun Hardwick

Jeff Walls is one of my artists/photographers, who has influenced and inspired me to develop my own photography further, and will be one of my personal key inspiration in my future practice.

Tim Laman

Tim Laman from Shaun Hardwick

Tim Laman is one of my new influenced artists/photographers, who will inspire me in my future practice in photography in the future on my course.

New Photographers Inspiration and Influence

New Photographers, I would be looking at for further future influence and inspiration is the photographs by the following photographers:

• Jeff Walls
• Sam-Taylor Johnson
• Tim Laman (wildlife photographer)
• Suzanne Plunkett
• Weejee (street photographer) 

Robert Rauschenberg

Robert Rauschenberg from Shaun Hardwick

Robert Rauschenberg would be one of my influences when I come to specialise in my chosen art area, which would be photography. In additionally, when I come to produce future artwork and photographs, I would considered using inspiration of how Robert Rauschenberg makes up his composition with the collage of visual images.

Michelle Thompson

Michelle Thompson from Shaun Hardwick

Michelle Thompson has influenced me in how she uses her own photography and 'found' objects and combine them together to create something new. Furthermore, she would be one of my influences when I come to specialise in a chosen area of art myself, which would be photography which I would use themes and influence ideas by her artwork.

Jane Hope Bown

Jane Bown from Shaun Hardwick

Artist Analysis of Jane Hope Bown.

Gregory Crewdson

Gregory Crewdson from Shaun Hardwick

Artist Analysis of Gregory Crewdson.

Terrance Donovan - Portrait Photograph of Terrance Stamp in Far From The Madding Crowd.

Terrance Stamp in Far From The Madding Crowd by Terrance Donovan. from Shaun Hardwick

One of the two pieces of work from the Manchester Trip on the 17th October 2016.
This portrait photography of Terrance Stamp in Far From The Madding Crowd by Terrance Donovan, July 1966 were I found it in the Vogue 100: A Century of Style exhibition in the Manchester City Arts Gallery, within the 1960s section of the exhibition.

Tim Walker - Portrait Photography of Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen from Shaun Hardwick

One of the two pieces of work from the Manchester Trip on the 17th October 2016.
This portrait photography of Alexander McQueen by Tim Walker, October 2009 were I found it in the Vogue 100: A Century of Style exhibition in the Manchester City Arts Gallery.

Robert Smithson

Robert Smithson from Shaun Hardwick

Richard Long

Richard Long from Shaun Hardwick

Life CV

Life CV from Shaun Hardwick

In this post, I thought about my future career in the Art & Design Industry, and applied some future predictions about the next couple of years in education and employment.

As shown in the above table, I have thought about certain careers with photography, as I predicted that I would work for some companies after my education to gain experience with working for clients. And then move away from working for a company to freelance and self-employed, which would be benefited by the numerous contacts, I have build up over the years.
And in the last stages, I predicted to become a tutor/lecturer to teach the younger generations of what I have learnt and gain experience by the choices, I had made to help them with the future creative career. 

Life Drawing

Today's lesson in life drawing. 29th September 2016.

Julia Sent - Photographer

Julia Sent is a still life photographer, who takes photographs of everyday things from fruit and vegetables to seaside shells. This photographer links to my studio artwork, I am doing currently over the next few weeks.  Also, Julia Sent inspires me in how to use the black background represents the negative space, as for the positive space, I use a variety of bright and dull colours to represent the positive space.

Julia Sent website:

http://juliasentphotography.com/artist.asp?ArtistID=21629&AKey=V9MPW2H6

One key inspiration point by Julia Sent, is that with my own photographs and artwork I got to make should that there is a balance between the positive and negative space. As keeping this balance will allow me to add depth and contrast to my pieces of art.

Future Practice Thoughts

Writing about a professional jounral to inform me about my future practice?

Details:


Name of the margazine - British Journal of Photography
                                         (Established 1854)
                                         Modern Myths
                                         Issue: 7849
                                         July 2016


The margazine is aimed at anyone, who has an strong interest within photography and within the magazine there are articles and photos by some photographers taken around the world. For example in the July 2016 article; pages 52 to 65, the Olympic task where Camille Vivier's photographs of the Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles on about the architecture and sculptures.

In additionally, this magazine is clearly aimed at the Photography Industry in mainly Arts, Crafts and Design, although could be aimed at people in Media Industries.  As this magazine would give advice and inspiration to the magazine's readers, as to help them in a range of ways, like ideas for taking their next photograph or new ways of taking photographs.


What made me be attracted to the magazine?


The front cover of the margazine, is the main attractiation that pulled me to look at the margazine.
As the still photograph of the flapping colourful bird caught my eye as I was interested to found more information about the front cover photograph.

Also, another way that I was attracted to this magazine was when I was having a quick look through the pages inside the Photography magazine. But then I stopped at to look at the variety of camera shots on pages 22-23, showing the representation of life and nature in Shanghai, China. Furthermore the front cover image of the flapping, colourful bird was also on these pages too, as I found out more information out about this animal.

Writing up an article in the magazine.

In the magazine, (pages 30-31), talks about Jordan Madge and his photography. I have learnt from reading the long article on these pages, that the rural outer suburbs of Melbourne, where Jordan Madge lived, had a big influence on the way, he takes his photographs.
As Jordan Madge is a graduate in documentary photography, he takes his approach is 'slow-burning' with 'an appetite for Victorian landscapes'. For his latest project, he reflected this 'Victorian landscape' background, by using the real-life disappearance of a girl in central Victoria as his starting point.

The project 'Red Herring', Jordan Madge developed his interest to 'in found imagery' to make the project to explore the process of visual storytelling, that the viewer has to piece the imagery together to tell the 'fragmented' narrative of the 'real-life mystery'.

Jordan Madge made the narrative to this project 'fragmented', as the imagery makes the story go backwards and forwards between the fact and fiction of the narrative to the project.
As he stated for the research of the girl's story and disappearance to collect the facts, he went to different places and taken photos of anything to help with telling the story of the girl's disappearance.

Photo reference
https://s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/centaur-wp/creativereview/prod/content/uploads/2016/08/BJP-Modern-Myths.jpg

Umberto Boccioni

Umberto Boccioni from Shaun Hardwick

H.R.Giger 'Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger

H.R.Giger from Shaun Hardwick

Kurt Jackson

Kurt Jackson from Shaun Hardwick

John Ruskin

John Ruskin from Shaun Hardwick

Jim Dine

Jim Dine from Shaun Hardwick

Anne Strokes

Anne Strokes from Shaun Hardwick

Who are you and where do you come from?

My name is Shaun Hardwick, I have been an artist for the past four years.
I have created a series of artwork for both my GCSE's and A-Levels, which includes drawings and paintings of landscapes, reptiles, crabs, fish and pop cans throughout my time in the four years of art and design education.
My art and design education came from studying fine art for the four years at Tupton Hall School's Art Department. Also, I studied and gain more designing techniques from Product Design and Media Studies.

In my space time, I like to be outdoors taking photographs with my Nikon DSLA camera and mobile phone of everyday things  around me either if its natural or man-made.
Currently, I am on a foundation diploma art and design course at Chesterfield College studying further art and design techniques.

My artwork from both GCSE's and A-Levels has been influenced by a numerous amount of different artists, who has made me to work in new, developing ways. But the main six artists, who has influenced me the most as well as I am very interested in their own artwork personal; is the following:

- Kurt Jackson (AS-Level Coursework Final Piece)
- Anne Stokes (A2-Level Coursework)
- H.R.Giger  (A2-Level Coursework Final Piece)
- John Ruskin (A2-Level Coursework)
- Vincent Van Gogh (A2-Level Coursework)
- Umberto Boccioni (A2-Level Exam Final Piece)