Project #1 Proposal

I plan on making a representational piece with a political theme. By contrasting environment with industry, I will be using juxtaposition contrasting the two right next to each other. The piece will have a figure made out of aspects of nature seeming to crawl away while being taken over by the industry. The piece will be made from color pencils on paper.

Conceptual Artist page - Mel Bochner

Ink Blot Drawing

1) What difficulties did you encounter?
     I had a difficult time breaking out from keeping everything very precise and in the lines, to making it more wild and vulnerable feeling.

2) Does the studio work look how I pictured it?
     I worked from what I originally imagined, but then went on to add more to further improve the piece.
3) What is your favorite part about your final studio piece?
     My favorite part is how the colours ran together and mixed making the patterns more interesting to look at than a single colour.

Artist's Statement

My work mostly consists of drawings made with various pencils and pens or ink. I enjoy the control in knowing exactly what I put onto the paper. The ability to have precision but also having the ability to do spastic or spontaneous motions on paper allows me to make my ideas become more than just an image put on paper. I enjoy making works which show some kind of controversy or conflict along with a sense of surrealism and fantasy; by including these unreal aspects to the straight forward it makes a more interesting way of portraying the message. Having the conflict be less clear allows for the viewer to be open to how they think about the subject, this is what I hope to accomplish through my work.