| Friday, 3-Nov-2006 15:53 |
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Artist Statment
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My piece is composed of pinks, browns, and greens. There is a dark brown border and a background of pink. The background has four centered boxes outlined in a lighter brown with backgrounds of pink. At the bottom top left and top right I have tan vine looking strokes with green flower shapes coming off the vines. The vine on the bottom goes straight across the page, the vine at the top left goes diagonally up off the page, and the vine at the top right starts from the top of the page and hangs down halfway through the square. Then I of course have the central part of my piece, the face. Most of the face, or head, is located in the top right square. The hair extends out the top, bottom, left and right of the box. The hair is composed of many different brush strokes that start out thick and get thin, and fray, at the end like real hair does. The line to outline the side of the face starts below the hair and extends through the top square into the bottom square. Below the top of the hair is the eyebrow which is just a different type of stroke. Below the eyebrow is a very cool unique looking eye. It is a very fun looking eye, most of it is brown except for the pupil of the eye which is green, and below the eye there are some light freckles. To the right of left of the eye is the nose. The nose is also a flat type of stroke and the nose also has some freckles on it. The mouth is located in the bottom right box, it is also composed of flat brown strokes and is filled with a light pink/peach color.
I do not exactly have a specific reason for depicting myself in the position that I am in. I am not exactly in a position, It I just half of my face depicted in a unique way. I guess I decided to use half of my face because I think it is kind of mysterious and cute in a way. I often like some mystery to a person, not always knowing them straight forwardly and searing to find some sort of answers. I also think I used the simple brush strokes to create this piece because it describes my personality, simple but fun at the same time.
I think I used the browns, pinks, and greens because I really like those colors and I love how the look together. I think the color affects my piece by giving it a softer, natural kind of look. I also think the hints of the pinkish/peach in the lips an the green of the eye also had a fun unique touch to the piece. I think the colors show emotional expression in a way which expresses a laid back, soft, quiet kind of emotion and personality.
The thing I like best about my piece is the actual depiction of the face. I really like the eye because I think it is the most interesting part of the piece. I also like the freckles because I think they are cute and they represent my abundant amount of freckles. The thing I like least about my piece are the flower looking objects that come off of my vines, I like them however I feel maybe a different type of flower might have looked better.
Overall I really enjoyed this project and I am very pleased with they way everything came together nicely, and the over all finished look of the piece.
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