These are some of my current inspirations

There are two more weeks of school left, it's a bitter sweet moment. I'm a senior studio art major, graduating this coming May. It always troubles me when people discourage my chosen major. I know and often hear about the starving artist statistic but I don't agree with that. In any field there is room for success and failure. I'm not so much worried about that stereotype and would like to show that it is false and Atlanta is a thriving city for the arts. Recently, there has been talk about cutting the arts out of high school which is troubling to the field and to me personally. I hope that every profession included in the arts can work towards making a more reputable name for itself so that kids and adults will know that they shouldn't be afraid to choose art as a career field or in my sense putting my passion over others opinions.

I am currently in Panama City Beach. It's beautiful. I'm always fascinated by how vast the ocean is. The landscape is inspiration for some artwork in the future. Lately I have been working on paintings dealing with the Easter bunny and it's relation to Easter... I've worked with this theme before, but now I am expanding on it more.

Designers Gouache

I have tried out a new paint called Designers Gouache. My professor recommended it. Its easy to use, quick drying, and has a matt finish. Its kind of like water colors except a little more vibrance and more opaque. Its excellent for absract work and fine detail. I have been using it to paint some rabbits.

WORK

These are some current pieces i have been working on. All of them center around holidays and things we associate with them. They are geared to make us question our traditions. For example the easter bunny and the holiday Easter; the easter bunny has nothing to do with the holiday or the meaning behind it, so where did it come from and why do we accept it. These were all created within the past couple of months.

Inspiration is all around us.

Walking around downtown you find a lot of inspiration for both thought and artwork. These are some of the things i have came across. I'm interested in the typography of the photos, which is basically the layout of the text and the visually experience it brings. The textures of the background and the actual images. Since I'm an art student I see a lot of things that catch my eye design wise.

Why me flash drive ??!!!

Well today tragedy struck in the digital aquarium, somehow as i was working on my specialty item my flash drive malfunctioned. It erased every file i had on it and now pops up as an unreadable device when i put it in. I was working on updating my blog and printing things out but now of course I cant. The rule is of course to back up files and i did that up until my self mailer, and had planned on backing up the files when i got home this evening. Just a post saying no more re branding updates for me until i figure out something... :(