New Idea .. January 25

My idea for my "new work" is more colorful and bubbly I hope. I want my artwork to reflect me in a way that is understandable to others. I want my artwork to still be abstract and freely done I just want to add color to my work to open up a new "chapter" of art. I am slowly learning that color is not childish and immature because so many famous artist use color in their day to day artwork. Color can be very sophisticated and even help portray a piece of art work better. The thought of using color and seeing it on my work does kind of scare me, but I think once I do it and use it I will learn to enjoy it. I like the look of color in my work when its not a particular day to day object. I could not picture myself sitting down with a apple infant of me just painting it. I am more of a sit down and paint with color but still play.

This is a couple of pieces I think are neat. Pete Caswell is a great abstract artist that uses color. 

http://www.petecaswell.co.uk/html/colorful_contemporary_abstract.html

old work .. January 18 blog

I have been reviewing my art work from last semester and some from last year. The main focus of my art work last semester was black and white and the thought of being abstract to a point. The way my work connected from one to the other was odd in the way that the main way it did that was color. The way color affected my thoughts was very odd. When I looked at color I portrayed it as childish and immature. The reasoning behind this was because when I was a child my room was very colorful and loud with bright pink walls. Whenever I would try to include color in my work I hated it. I looked at it and did not see me and it took me longer to make work with color cause I did not under stand how to use it. The artist that I compare to this work is Michelle Grabner. She works with black and white abstract art.

http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/19646/1/top-ten-artists-working-with-monochrome

                I am interested in playing with materials and taking chances. I appreciate the excitement of not knowing how my art is going to turn out. My goal this semester is to figure out what it is that I should be making. I want all of my work to have a common thread.