Reflecting on Critique

After listening to my classmates' opinions on my work from this term, it seems as if my current struggle is making a finished piece. I was surprised to hear that my work showed determination beause I honestly was not concern about it at all. Now that I think about it, I do agree that I was very determined sometimes, but not all the time. This comment made me realized that I was most determined when I was working on something that did not get me very motivated. On the other hand, I said I was very proud of my compositions probably because I felt really comfortable with them. However, I had a realization when it was commented that most of my compositions were very central because I did not have noticed it. Then, I realized I felt good about my compositions because they portrayed what I wanted them to protray. I realized I wanted to portrayed the relationship between the objects and the sense or vibe of the whole still life instead of just having an interesting composition on a blank piece of paper.

Project's description

I am going to be using candy for the last project in Studio. It is going to be call "Natural and Edible." It is going to have delicious and colorful candy. It will be a watercolor piece. The dimensions will be 22" by 14.5". The candy is a representative of the things we eat that are distorted in any way through chemical processes. Some brands of any kind of food would say "Naturally flavored," making people think that it is good to eat because it is natural. Well, everything is natural and most things are edible, but just because something might be natural and edible it does not mean that it mightbe healthy or good.

Metal piece in progress

A successful thing about this piece is proportion and a struggle I have been having is showing the different values, especially in the diagonal handle (negative and linear part) of the spoon.

Can opener

This is a one line drawing of a can opener.

Work from pre-college summer studio 2009 at SMFA

This sculpture is entitled "PRAMS" or "Plants' Resistance Against Man-made Structures." The title really speaks for itself. This idea of representing nature's struggle started in my sophmore year through a foam-carving project.

The is "Abstract on ink." A personal problem I've had is consistency. I also do a lot of abstract work. This piece connects my style of artwork and has proved me that I can be a constant person.

These are some printings of a series I did of a flower I designed. This flower symbolizes compassion, understanding and balance.

This is a painting of my version of Virgin Mary. I wanted to capture the innocense, tenderness and sympathy of the teenage girl God picked to have his son. I was really trying to capture what the mother of Jesus was like right before she was chosen by God.