Friday, April 15, 2011
The final outcome of my thesis paintings displayed in the show did not completely reflect all the aspects I was aiming for in my thesis paper. On my thesis paper I was more devoted to the idea of identity and my influences. My paintings did project some key elements that I wrote about in my thesis, such as religion, spirituality, and tradition. When making my final painting selections for the show I realized that some of my paintings did not complement one another very well or lacked the series component. I eventually chose two of the paintings that I felt went best together according to the noticeable symbolism, spiritual, and full body figure appearance. What would have helped me written my paper was to have had chosen the works that id be showing at first hand because I realize now the amount of detail I could have focused on while writing my paper. The guest artist who critiqued my work, clearly understood the meaning behind my paintings, and she touched on several components which I was surprised to hear. For example she noticed that their was a tie behind my paintings and cultural tradition. She advised me to get into poetry and metaphors to advance my painting concepts. I never really thought of either but it made sense after thinking about it. The professor who reviewed my paintings look at my paintings more esthetically therefor he did not touch on my concept that much. He advised me several artists contemporary religious and figure painters to look at. He also suggested to make my work less personal, and more universal to actually relate to the contemporary world we live in. I understood what he meant and did inspire me new ideas. The final presentation and placement of paintings was pretty simple to figure out because the person next to me had created a wall which created a new form of space that went along with one of my paintings. Overall this experience helped me realize that I need to push myself further to achieve greater work and perhaps more contemporary conceptually and esthetically.
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