Hello there! I created this website four years ago and I only posted to my blog once...four years ago. It seems about time to post again so let's hope this time I can keep it up! Update? Well I have been struggling the last year or so with getting a grasp on my artistic influences, style, and interests. Overall, I have been trying to work on making my artwork more cohesive. Over the summer I experimented a lot with patterns and doodles; my personal exploration of the impact the subconscious has on art. Ultimately, I believe the art I created over the last couple of months has caused me to move in a wonderful direction.
Starting this semester I am working on incorporating my subconscious doodle drawings into the human form. I have focused a lot of attention on both realistic and abstract art, but I am very intrigued by the juxtaposition that occurs when this reality and unreality come together. Throughout my artistic development I have fooled around with projections of patterns on or behind the human form through photography, painting, and drawing. In other mediums, I have taken the human figure and altered it slightly so it became a representation of humanity in a slightly more abstract manner.
I believe the reason I am so intrigued by doodles specifically combined with the human form is because humanity exists in this world but doodles exist the world inside our heads; the two are entirely different. When I create a human figure interacting with a design I am able to see into both worlds at once. In any other circumstance, those worlds would never be present together. Art can make that possible. A huge part of my enjoyment from this combination is that when I doodle, I actually become part of the world inside my head. On the flip side, if someone could map my brain in some artistic language I believe that they would see what comes out when I am doodling. Doodling is a pleasant escape into my mind that allows me to actually express my subconscious at the same time.
The image above is my newest piece illustrating anger management. I am really excited about it mainly because I was working on it while thinking heavily about the direction in which to take my art. In a way, this piece helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel; it helped me breakthrough to the next phase of art making.
Starting this semester I am working on incorporating my subconscious doodle drawings into the human form. I have focused a lot of attention on both realistic and abstract art, but I am very intrigued by the juxtaposition that occurs when this reality and unreality come together. Throughout my artistic development I have fooled around with projections of patterns on or behind the human form through photography, painting, and drawing. In other mediums, I have taken the human figure and altered it slightly so it became a representation of humanity in a slightly more abstract manner.
I believe the reason I am so intrigued by doodles specifically combined with the human form is because humanity exists in this world but doodles exist the world inside our heads; the two are entirely different. When I create a human figure interacting with a design I am able to see into both worlds at once. In any other circumstance, those worlds would never be present together. Art can make that possible. A huge part of my enjoyment from this combination is that when I doodle, I actually become part of the world inside my head. On the flip side, if someone could map my brain in some artistic language I believe that they would see what comes out when I am doodling. Doodling is a pleasant escape into my mind that allows me to actually express my subconscious at the same time.
The image above is my newest piece illustrating anger management. I am really excited about it mainly because I was working on it while thinking heavily about the direction in which to take my art. In a way, this piece helped me see the light at the end of the tunnel; it helped me breakthrough to the next phase of art making.