My Artist Statment


I make work to understand what I'm feeling inside. I have to see my feelings in order to understand them. I make art to externalize what I feel internally because it is the only way I can truly understand myself. Each work I make is a little glimpse into my own psyche. For those imperfect moments in life, the process of drawing and painting extracts the anger and sadness out of my body. My emotions become visible and I achieve a level of peace and satisfaction. Because my work is so emotionally driven, some works are completed quickly while others will parellel verious sentiments and take longer.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Thursdays Guest Crit. March 8th








Todays Critique was a guest Critique, It was alittle nerve racking for me because I really didn't know how others would react to my work. Especially people who don't know me as a friend or student. It turned out to be rather helpful and encouraging. . .


The first person to critique my work was Denise, a student at Flagler. She told me that the best thing to do is just keep making lots and lots of work. She said "when in doubt, pump it out". She also told me she has the same stuggles of over thinking about the content of the work and that sometimes hinders her form moving forward, she said the best thing to do is just not think about it.


The next Crit came from teach Angela Verga. She suggested that the colors in my work might be distracting and taking away form the quality of the work. She said the color seemed distracting to her and suggested that I try to make prints of these Images, and perhaps add limited colors. This might help the impact of the subject matter.


My Third Critique came from Russel, a teach at Flagler also. He told me to just keep making more and more of these. Make lots and lots.


Lastly Student Leah suggested that perhaps I should limit my color pallete.


All in all I really enjoyed the guest critique and found the suggestions very helpful. Thanks everyone for your imput.



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