Final Project Final and Progress

Final Project: In Progress

Revised Artist Statement: Final Project

I've always been interested in creating worlds. Just like Tolkien, Lewis, and even Rowling have been able to do. However, since my talents are not in literature, I use different mediums to do this: music and visual arts. I was going to base my concept for this piece simply on the desire to create other, dreamlike worlds, filled with narrative possibilities, but lately I've been wondering WHY I'm so interested in doing this. And I've come to realize that it's a form of escapism. Just like drinking, reading, sleeping, and video games potentially can be. My desire to create other worlds is just a means of getting away from the bitterness of reality. So this is my concept for the piece. Escapism.

This is a previous project of mine that inspired my ideas for this project. Instead of placing sketches within spray paint textures, I want to use images of landscapes and possibly interior spaces.

Artist Statement: Final Project

My starting place for this project is simply based on a desire to experiment with a form of mixed media that I haven't really tried yet. I want to scan rough, hand drawn sketches and place them in a real, photographed environment. My main goal would be to make these sketches look and feel like they are truly living in that space. My concept for "why" hasn't completely developed yet, but my thoughts so far have to do with creating your own reality and seeing what you choose to see.

Tree Project: In Progress

Artist Statement

When Piet Mondrian created his red, blue, and yellow compositions, he did so with the concept that by creating nonrepresentational, perfect mathematical forms and harmonies, he was able to depict true reality better than anyone who preceded him. In order to create these paintings, ideally, he was required to have perfect control, and perfect mathematical logic, every moment the paint hit canvas.
I want to approach creating true reality in the exact opposite way. I think that by having absolutely no control, it is possible to achieve reality in the same way that Mondrian was able to. With no control, perfect, mathematical, yet organic forms can be made. These forms, I think, not only can represent reality itself, but can begin to take on the appearance of familiar forms such as faces, bodies and landscapes. Something about perception of these forms should be said here but that would be an entirely different conversation.