Me at 40 art project

This first image is a plan view of an installation I would like to make. Their will be a series of 8 (more or less) shrine like structures that commemorate my relationship with various women. Thy will be arranged in chronological order in an array around a center sculpture. Ranging from smallest to biggest and oldest to newest. The center sculpture will represent my emotional response to these women. I'm not interested in successful relationships just exaggerating the really screwed up ones. I will display various art works that I have created over the years while in these relationships in their designated shrine. Every thing I do is an exaggeration and over dramatization because its more interesting that way.

Me at 40 art sketches

me at 40 cont

1. Letters to a Young Artist

Before I became a successful artist I accepted that I will never become a successful artist. If your only reason to get into art is to make money and be successful you will be horribly disappointed. My art is an expression of my self and that’s all I ever hoped for. If you are a boring person, you will make boring art. Go out and live your life at let your life inspire your art. After graduate from college, do not go straight into graduate school, because after you get your MFA you will have nothing remotely interesting to say. After I graduated college I spent a couple of years in Africa working for the peace core. Yes I wanted to be there to help others, but I was also there to meet interesting people and have wholesome life experiences before I went to graduate school. Also after I left Florida I never returned. In Europe and Asia I’m different and exotic; In the south I am a native suburbanite wasp who is just like everyone else. Be different and be exotic or at least go someplace where people consider you unique.


4. Statement about work
My art work deals with the public obsession with the romantic drama of celebrities. People enjoy judging other peoples emotional problems because it makes them feel better about their own issues. An old lady who lives alone might pick up a tabloid at the grocery store and think, ‘hey at least I’m not Britney Spears.’ My work is a direct exaggeration of my own personal narratives. I do not consider myself a celebrity and probably never will. Fortunately as an artist I have the advantage of being my own paparazzi. Sometimes I stretch the truth to express my emotional state, as opposed to the complete reality of a situation. I view the world through my own eyes, so why would I try to represent someone else’s point of view. My works deal with a variety of themes and I try to express a wide range of emotions. I know my work might not be conceptually original and that doesn’t bother me. I create evocative images that have personal value. During the creation of the projects I am constantly playing over and over the narrative which inspired my work. In a way this is therapeutic and it helps me work out or maybe just accept issues I might have with these people who have played an important role in my life. Why is my work worthy of public notice? Because hopefully people can learn from my experiences and not make the same mistakes I have made. Also if there is someone who I feel has deeply wronged me, I would like to publicly humiliate them.

me at 40

This is a picture of me at 40. I'd like to live in France probably Nice and hopefully near the beach. People tell me that when I get older my matabelism will slow down and I'll get fat. So I'm gonna b that creepy old fat guy at the beach in a speedo.

artists

Our group has decided to creat a peepshow to desplay our art. We want to completely confuse our guests before we reveal the art they order. I've chosen to present Thomas Kinkade and Isaac Julien.

I don't really like Kinkade so I'm going to portray him as creepy scary by making a cheesy slide show and playing it with porn music.

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opposite day

I found opposite day very fun. On Wed I dressed up in pants and a tie and pretended to be a smooth talking ladies man. My goal was to be excessively forward and kind of creepy. I found myself acting more like the comic relief. It would have been hard to play my character with out trying to be funny. I really liked the poem I read. I think it was perfect for my character. I don't think I would change anything from my performance on opposite day.

responce on fear

I can relate to Stephanie Federico’s image representing loneliness. The woman in the picture is isolated in her room of depression. After college I plan on committing two years of my life to the peace core. I’m afraid I’ll be stranded in the African desert with no friends other than the people I would be helping. I would be isolated in a large group of people whom I have nothing in common with. I know eventually I will make friends where ever I end up in the world. Loneliness is a fear that is somewhat curable. If you don’t want to grow old alone, surround yourself with people who care about you.

fear

These are my images for fear. The first picture is a painting by Robert Motherwell titled Monster. I liked this image because it envoked fear with a simple minimally defined figure. The unexplainable and bizarre has always been a fear of man kind as a whole. The second image is a group of bronze statues by Bryan Hunt. The figures have a large than human presence which is intimidating. The last image is a Dali titled A Logician Devil - Lucifer. This illistratian envokes frightful themes such as canabalism, death, and hell.

Circulating Sky

I started this project in an intro to architectural design class. The assignment was to create collage representing the sky and I got a little carried away with what was supposed to be a simple project. I created a fractured structure with foam core and glued pieces of water color and acrylic painted paper, vellum, and aluminum foil to the surface. The day circulates in night and transition through the sunrise and sunset.

Self Portrait

Some people don't smile when they have their picture taken. Some people put on the same fake grin for every photo. I try to look as ridiculously excited as possible and not look at the camera. This acrylic painting is a copy of a picture taken of me in the mountains of North Carolina. Behind me is a lake with some paddle boaters that are either really far away or I'm about to eat them. Its a hard edge painting created with only purple and yellow. Its one of my favorites.

Alphabet

I figured I'd start with previous works and what inspired me. I call this piece Alphabet of Painting Experiments. I enjoy bright, simple primary and secondary colors and wanted to explore different techniques and patterns using these colors. The outcome was very elementary and playful; Both are elements I continue to explore in my work. I arranged the letter in a manner that would mimic the periodic chart of elements.