1. Define which techniques you tried and mastered? Struggled?
This piece required lettering in acrylic paint- not something I have done before. While I've gotten better at using a liner brush, the lettering was clearly not as graceful as I had intended. 2. How did you draw inspiration from other artists techniques or aesthetics in your work? In what ways did you derive meaning or gain historical perspectives from their work? Why these artists? I looked to the work of Linda Arbuckle for the floral design on this piece. She has a very loose and whimsical way of representing floral patterns. She also uses high contrast backgrounds very masterfully. 3. Describe the evolution of your piece. Decisions made. Compositional elements. This piece was originally a digital creation that I decided to remake with acrylic paint to better fit my other pieces. Adding gold as the background was don't in order to match a frame in my exhibit, breaking up the red, blue and black that was dominant. 4. If you could consider doing something over, explain why you would do this and what you would do next time? I would have used worked with the viscosity of the paint more before doing my lettering. I have discovered that the thinest lines are made with a heavily saturated liner brush and this is hard to do when pain is too thick or too thin. 5. Elaborate on how this piece links with your other pieces? What is the common thread? This piece says "cathexis is a bitch" which refers to a stage in romantic love. My theme is healing and love and this piece speaks to the difficulties of one way care and empathy in a relationship. |