Art Blog: Still Life

November 28, 2010

Still Life

Still Life November 2009

acrylic on canvas

Once again, this still life is one of my very first paintings. When I look back on it, it is really interesting to see the changes I would make now that I have had more experience working with acrylic paint. This was the first painting that I began experimenting with depth and dimension. I think my personal approach to color and blending is definitely becoming more concrete in this painting, but the flatness of the objects (such as the coke bottle) shows that there is still a lot of room for improvement!

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Artist's Statement

My history of art classes is limited to a brief Art Foundations class my freshman year, and the two years I will have been an IB Art student. Although my classroom hours are very few, I have always had an interest and love for all styles of art. So, although my appreciation (unfortunately) does not match my level of experience, I am working to improve.
After my first year in my higher level IB Art class, I had experimented in countless styles, and forms of visual arts. These include: acrylic painting, lino-cut prints, charcoal, pencil drawings, paper mache, pastels, ceramics, reduction prints, photo montages, paper stenciling.. etc. After being exposed to these art forms I found where my strengths and weaknesses lie, and eventually decided to narrow my study to painting.
Luckily, IB Art is not only a studio class, but an art studies class as well. Throughout the two years, I have studied artists such as Chuck Close, Andy Goldsworthy, Mark Chagall, Roy Lichtenstein, Andrew Wyeth, Gustav Klimt, DaVinci, Dennis McNett, Frida Kahlo, and countless others. Each has helped to build my own voice as a painter, which seems to be getting stronger with each painting.
My paintings tend to be bold, with clear lines, and limited intricate detail. I spend the majority of the time working with the colors, blending and layering them to get the effect I am aiming for. In the future, I hope to keep my current style, however work to make the images more detailed and full with a more disciplined layout.