Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Who I Am I?


What parts of our identity last beyond our death? The relationship we had with our family. Though we may not see eye to eye with our family memebers they are the key factor in personal identity. In this painting I explore the figure in shadow. I use the formula to create something extremely interesting to look at. The themes directing this paint are my mother and father. I wear my father's jacket. He is first one you notice in the family. The most outgoing and the most friendly. My mother is represented in the tea kettle. She is always there, old reliable, waiting in the corner for you to be ready for her. Both of them together create a huge part of who I am and where I have been. This painting not only shows my connections with my family but my love for art.

Three Musketeers


Though I used a photograph, I still went through a learning process of experimenting with how to paint patterns. What is important and what is not?

The Face in the Mirror


Last year I did a number of paintings with one thing in common. The figure in the painting which happened to be myself. I was searching for the identy of myself and seeing what direction it would lead me. This is the last painting I did last year. I feel that by using too different reflected images that the observer could see that I'm not always the same person. I will always have the same skin, the same body, and the same face, but I never quite seem to have the same mind. My mind is forever changing; the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde works well to show my ever changing self.