Painting : Final Exhibition & Statement
Here is my final first year painting exhibition. My experience with painting was very enjoyable and fascinating. The concept of our final project was portraits and was what we would work with for the last four weeks of the year
I was quite satisfied with this concept as a large amount of my work consists of working with people and creating portraits.
However, I wanted to pieces that were very distinct from one another. I achieved this by using different mediums, materials and a variety of colours.
I went into this project with a cross-disciplinary mindset as I wanted to bring in aspects and ideas from disciplines other than paint such as print and photography. This allowed me to further develop and evolve my painting and portrait project.
When taking a photograph of someone it is easy to show exactly what they wear, how they look, facial features, hair etc
With the art I create I want to show what isn’t there, while also displaying the overall shape and essence of the person. Instead of using basic colours to make traditional looking portraits, I like to use vivid and graphic colours and materials. This allows me to make them look almost unnatural and non humanlike.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the work I created over these four weeks. I was able to successfully display my own art style while also discovering new techniques and methods of creating artwork.
















