color and feeling

Today I was able to get my artist's statement finished!

“Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” - Pablo Picasso. Statements like this are what cause me to be so interested in the meanings behind colors. My goal is to master color symbolism and find ways to incorporate that into every piece I do. I want to know what someones reaction will be to a piece before they’ve ever see it. I want to know the feelings the viewer will think or feel before the piece is ever complete. While doing this I want studio pieces that are organized and controlled while also seeming fun and playful. 

My theme is color and feelings. People are drawn to color. I want to attract them with fun and bright colors but keep them there, looking at my work because of the depth each piece has. When I first start on a piece I select the colors first, then what kind of texture I will include, and finally once everything is dry and finished I lay them all out next to each other and play with how they should be arranged. Which colors would look best together, keeping in mind to keep complementary colors away from each other. 

My pieces have grown from what use to be cluttered and unorganized to polished and complete. I take what is that main attention grabber in one piece and try to make it the subtle detail of another. They are a collection because of similar colors and textures but there are mini-collections because of how colors and textures are represented. I am attempting to make people stop and look at a square of color only to find out that not only is it a square of color but it is a detailed, colorful, organized piece of feelings.

While I was working on it I began to worry that my magazine layout looked to childish or immature. Mr. Double- U gave me an idea to put a border on all my pictures, so I did that and that caused me to change my background from a lavender to my favorite brown with I think makes it look much nicer... It kinda also makes it look like a safari!

-Until the Next Excursion!

I haven't posted my work on the blog because it has my name on it and I still haven't figured out if I can post that...