"Are We Really Equal?"
Acrylic paint on Canvas
2018 Art Foundations
The project above is a piece of artwork I am really proud of. I really worked hard and took my time to design, sketch, and complete this piece. The meaning I put behind this artwork was that people say that we are all equal, but they say it without showing it. So I have all of the pride flags, the symbol for inequality, I have the question marks that is the shape of a heart, and the equal sign above the inequality symbol. All of those really kind of give away what my piece is leaning toward. What I really kind of tried to hide were the letters which spell out " Are we really equal?" and I feel like once you see that you will realize what I mean, and I added that question in there because it's a common question some people ask themselves when they really sit and think about our world. Then you see the lines which really guide your eye in every direction so you kind of have that choice to pick which way you will follow, in the same sense when you pick which way you will choose to go in life. They also divide up the canvas and the meaning behind that is how divided up human culture is and who we are as people. So overall I as a newer artist I have really challenged myself with this artwork and I collaborated with another and more experienced artist to help me plan out the design Ideas, and over all I made this piece that I am proud to call my own.
"Seasons"
Acrylic paint on Chipboard
2018
Art Foundations
This piece above is really special to me because I made it really personal. I used the seasons which is something everyone uses, but I added my own personal touch. For every season I made it about the issues and insecurities I deal with. So during the spring I have the tress and the bright blue back round. That one is about how my mom judges me and views me. She always wants me to be perfect and as soon as I do something that I want to do and i'm genuinely trying to get involved in she would find a way to put a negative spin on it. Then my summer painting is about how my mom shames me for not being the super tan one and the skinniest one out there. So it follows me trough the summer and I go through that. During the fall I have thanksgiving but it's not really fun because my family that's here is so greedy and they just want money or presents for everything and that really affects me because I see these people who have the perfect thanksgiving's and then there is me and I don't have the option to enjoy it. Winter is the hardest one to go through because it represent having Christmas and not being able to do all of the normal traditions because my grandma is not here and she was the one who made Christmas time a fun time. Then again I have my family who is greedy and nasty and they make is worse for me. So the seasons to represent all of this is because when you look outside it looks all peace full until you realize the people around you. That's similar to me when people tell me I always look so happy and peace full until you get to know me and meet the people around me.
This project was very different from anything I have made before. I used chipboard which I didn't even know was a thing before this class. Then I had painted the background first before painting and I leaned to do it that way because I tried painting the white over stuff in my first project and that didn't turn out well for me so I learned to do the background first especially because I was using the blues. After this was the part that was fun for me. That is making the trees and stamping the project. I feel like the most challenging part of this piece was making all of the trees and finding which color fits best in that spot.
This project was very different from anything I have made before. I used chipboard which I didn't even know was a thing before this class. Then I had painted the background first before painting and I leaned to do it that way because I tried painting the white over stuff in my first project and that didn't turn out well for me so I learned to do the background first especially because I was using the blues. After this was the part that was fun for me. That is making the trees and stamping the project. I feel like the most challenging part of this piece was making all of the trees and finding which color fits best in that spot.
"Her"
Mixed Media
2018
Art Foundations
For this project we were focusing on activism. For my project I wanted to really focus on women's rights and how congressmen are handling it. In office today we have had many women step forward against the congressmen who have harassed them and made them feel ashamed of themselves. When they step forward they are called liars and made fun of for stepping forward and that's not okay. So many people encourage others to step forward and stand up for what is right, but once we do we are shot down and told we are wrong. To add on to this problem there is our president who has made jaw-dropping comments about women via live t.v. and twitter. He has said things such as:
"Look at that face. Would anybody vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president? I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?" September 2015.
"Sadly, she's no longer a 10." August 2015, "You've got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women. If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you're dead. … You've got to be strong. You've got to be aggressive. You've got to push back hard. You've got to deny anything that's said about you. Never admit." |
When our president one of the most looked at people in America, says thing like this other people think its okay to say these things as well. This is also a problem because many women are not just thought of as objects but could also be at the same level as another man in a carrier and still be paid less just because we are women. This is a serious problem that should be cared about by more people then just the generic person.
Within my project I have the flag in the bottom which is the symbol I chose to put to symbolize congressmen. I have the bar over the woman's mouth to symbolize that she can't speak or do anything to help herself because everyone isn't really trying to listen or understand they just shut her down completely. The quote which i'm sure is the first thing you saw is what really ties it together without 100% giving away what it means. I used a quote that describes a confident women who is ready for anything but then I took some things out, which is what congressmen are doing they take some rights away, and replaced it with the words these men put in our heads to make us feel like we are nothing and we don't have a voice to speak up and stand up for what is right. Making this sketch was very hard for me because I can't draw. I have never been able to draw. But this semester I took my time and got help from George and I really figured out that my problem was just trying to get it done. The entire sketch overall really taught me how much symmetry can really make a difference. So the women's face didn't look lopsided and really looked like a sketch.
Within my project I have the flag in the bottom which is the symbol I chose to put to symbolize congressmen. I have the bar over the woman's mouth to symbolize that she can't speak or do anything to help herself because everyone isn't really trying to listen or understand they just shut her down completely. The quote which i'm sure is the first thing you saw is what really ties it together without 100% giving away what it means. I used a quote that describes a confident women who is ready for anything but then I took some things out, which is what congressmen are doing they take some rights away, and replaced it with the words these men put in our heads to make us feel like we are nothing and we don't have a voice to speak up and stand up for what is right. Making this sketch was very hard for me because I can't draw. I have never been able to draw. But this semester I took my time and got help from George and I really figured out that my problem was just trying to get it done. The entire sketch overall really taught me how much symmetry can really make a difference. So the women's face didn't look lopsided and really looked like a sketch.