Karen Pryce and Steve Hrynczak (teacher)

Workshop with Khaldoun 8/1/07

The Exhibition is overwhelmingly large and inspiring. There was a lot of work which inspired us to produce our own work in response – both similar and different work. Faces appear in the painting at weird angles and in part only.

The Workshop
The activity began with a small piece of cardboard packaging. This was torn and cut into an irregular shape. This brown card had some yellow and some blue paint on it.

Karen: We took it in turns to work with Khaldoun on our pieces. I didn’t like working unplanned, not knowing what I was doing. As I worked, I got into it and found it a worthwhile, enjoyable experience. I liked the freedom of using my fingers to paint, rather than a paintbrush.

Steve: It was intimidating working so publicly. I liked having the paint on my finger to work with, but was frustrated by having one colour at a time. I got to quite liking Khaldoun putting the paint on my piece almost randomly (but not quite). This was also a challenge because I wanted to choose the next colour and I also wanted more paint on the piece than he gave me.

The Evaluation
The group agreed to put certain pieces together. Karen Pryce’s piece and Steve Hrynczek’s pieces became a single one. The pieces have similar paint marks and the cardboard also “fits” together in terms of shape.