TRUELY FAMILY SERIES
Illustration final portfolio series
My inquiry visually portrays my emotional relationship and connection with people.
As I progressed, I experimented with the potential impact the inclusion of backgrounds had on my subjects. Can the background imply something, either symbolically, or through enhancing the mood within the subjects? For instance, my third oil painting depicts my grandparents who maintain a cordial relationship for the family. Symbolically, the parting of the tree branches behind them shows how they’ve gone in separate directions.
Can emphasis on objects change the mood of the image and comment on the nature of a relationship between subjects? My fourth piece, in oil pastel, depicts my brother gazing at newborn me happily. The landscape is depicted on the baby blanket illustrating waves personified by the wave of happiness on my brother's face. I then wondered how lighting and composition can affect the emotional tone. My fifth piece, in color pencil, shows me alongside my godsister and her dog as we grow up. The setting is the same, with some deterioration and the poses are similar to show how we’re still just as close, despite the span of 11 years between the images.
WITH LOVE FOR MOM
Studio 2 & Artist Books final project
My mom is my best friend and I wanted to create something that would display that love. During this time, my mom was recovering from surgery and had a visible scar on her throat that would make her insecure. This inspired my idea to make a scarf and put it in a homemade box. I hand-drew my family with oil pastel and color pencil to decorate the interior of the box. Then I transfered it onto the scarf randomly to give that vibrant pop of color that I want to bring back to my mom just as she always has for me.
STILL LIFE OIL PAINTING SERIES
Aspiring Artist Program: The Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York allowed me to test my limits as an illustrator. We did weekly oil paintings that were strictly still lifes and the more practice we had, the more challenging our assignments would get. The first triptych I did were the green apples, lemons, and oranges.
We were immedietally challenged to use a palette knife to test the coloration and break out of the comfort zone of painting with brushes. The. we went from a pair of fruits to doughnuts. And then we started painting vases with more experimental backdrops. We then moved on to painting reflective metal. We studied color for weeks and experimented with untraditional materials.