Artist statement:   

 

The main idea behind this piece is to show people that everyone; no matter what religion you celebrate or what race you are everyone should be celebrated and have their opinions known. Also how people are trying to cover up the how they treat people because they know it’s wrong but they do it anyway.  

 

I understand that people might have different views of my piece and not understand the meaning behind it.  I want people to know that it's made to show people that everyone is different and is worth celebrating no matter what religion you practice.  

 

My influences were family friends of mine that are photorealistic and abstract photographers and my love for photography.  Jackson Pollock was also a big influence because I have always liked his art more than others and I always wanted to incorporate his style of art in my project.   

The initial idea behind this piece was, I wanted to use some photos I took of the locks at the distillery district but the photos didn’t turn out how I wanted them and the ones of the peace sign looked nicer.  I always wanted to show that there is something wrong with the world and that’s why I wanted to do a Jackson Pollock over top. I wanted it to show that these problems are still a problem, people are just trying to cover them up, except we can still see the problem.

 

Well, I needed to plan when and where I was taking the photos, with what camera, if I was going to edit them or not, what was my colour pallet, how I was going to paint them and if I was going to paint all of them. These all added something to my creative process because if I messed up one of these or if it wasn’t done on time I wouldn't be as happy with my pieces.

 

My project evolved quite a lot because of the photos changed and that changed the whole dynamic of my pieces.  I also was going to just do one piece and make it bigger, but I wanted to more of a personality so I came up with the idea to make 5 instead.  My colour palette changed to because at the start I was gonna have different colours on each piece but then I realised that it might make them look like not the same piece, so that's how I came up with the different techniques.

 

I do think I achieved my goals but they changed the processes and I don’t think if I hadn't changed them then I couldn't reach them.

 

Some things I think I did well were I left the photos for longer so the photo stuck better and the image was more clear.  Some of the things I did badly were I waited until the last minute to find my photos so had a lot less selection. I also smudged the image when I was peeling the paper off.

I can apply what I learn here mostly to my own work that I sell because I sell my photo transfers and now I know the image will come out better the longer you leave the paper on.  Also to other projects where I might use some kind of painting style like Jackson Pollock I will need to know I need more space so paint doesn't go everywhere.

 

I think the next step would be to try to do different sizes and different kinds of photos.