Mario Minichiello

Drawing always was and still is our first language of communication as we grow. Culturally drawing still provides a means of expressing the values and nature of a people. The first humans made images to document their history and as a means to retell their experiences and to fulfil a deep set need to describe and connect to the world around them. As a consequence of making an image most of us inadvertently reveal a personal imprint of ourselves. My work for this project has allowed be to explore the kind of process I naturally use to make descriptive marks in ways that are substantially different from other artists, a kind of finger print of hand and mind. The project has also been a chance to work with other makers and that is a rare thing for many artists. The subject/theme of this project has altered your drawing process in that i have had to consider the process I use.
I would like to find ways of being more collaborative and further develop links to my peers, I have enjoyed the input they have had on the work so far. This has included the many view points seen at IMMA symposium which is something we sould revisit. I would like to see a series of collaborative outcome from this group including a book or site that explored the differences in approaches - this is something other makers of art always ask about.