"Opportunities"
Exhibition Text
"Opportunities"
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 24in
November 10th, 2017
This Painting was inspired and created by the Fauvism movement and my artists inspirations Mountains at Collioure (1905) by André Derain and HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)and his piece 'The Roofs of Collioure', 1905 (oil on canvas). My piece is a door and the back of my head looking into this open door and looking into the opportunity each little line of color representing each opportunity I have within my life and all the one I can have depending if I walk through the door and take those path to success or defeat.
Acrylic on Canvas
12in x 24in
November 10th, 2017
This Painting was inspired and created by the Fauvism movement and my artists inspirations Mountains at Collioure (1905) by André Derain and HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)and his piece 'The Roofs of Collioure', 1905 (oil on canvas). My piece is a door and the back of my head looking into this open door and looking into the opportunity each little line of color representing each opportunity I have within my life and all the one I can have depending if I walk through the door and take those path to success or defeat.
Artist Inspiration
My piece "Opportunities" inspired by my artists inspirations Mountains at Collioure (1905) by André Derain and HENRI MATISSE (1869-1954)and his piece 'The Roofs of Collioure', 1905 (oil on canvas). I was inspired by their fauvism movements and use of lines and brushstrokes. I implemented their use of hues of different saturation to create highlights within my piece when making the back of my head in the middle of my piece. I used different shades of brown to create the light and dark points of the back of my head within my piece. while showing each individual brush stroke being separated and standing out with the contrasting solid tan hue background representing my head. My artist inspirations use exaggerated surrealist colors to create their unreal landscapes within their pieces and I use their use of colors to represent all the opportunities that are expressed within my life and how they are useful for me. I used my artist use of texture to make all the colorful opportunities within the door I have within my piece feel special as each distinctive line of hue is different size width and color as the other one each representing a different opportunity. I used value like my artist inspiration Matisse and Derain to create the texture and importance of the hues used within my piece. unlike my artist inspirations which have a high intensity within their pieces I have a more dull intensity within my piece with the back of my head and the structure of the door and the contrast with the bright background.
Planning
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches
Brainstorming/Planning Sketches
I created three planning sketches and took components from my overall theme to create these planning sketches
Painting Process
this painting was created from a photo taken of me staring into a door and that's how I came up with the idea for my piece "Opportunities." I started with the creation of "Opportunities" by painting a high intensity background of a pink and tan hue to contrast with all the brown I would be using within my piece. Then I started with outlining the strait lines where the door would be and the window be as well on the door. Then I started by working on the brush strokes of one of a few different intensities of brown that was going to create the door frame within my piece. After the first one came another value of brown was added line by vertical line to the door frame and this process was repeated for each of the intensities of brown that I used. Then after the door frame was finished I added a tan outline that would be the background hue for my head and the texture of my hair. I then worked on the back of my head within this piece and also added a white hue to the middle of the door frame to represent the empty window and to the hoodie that is shown on the back of my head. I used the different intensities of brown to emphasize the light that is hitting the top of my head and the side of it where my hair line is altered from the flow of my hair being changed cause its thicker on the top of my head from how my haircut is. after finishing the head and hair I then used a pink red to give my ears the red look that they had within the photo due to the cold temperature.
Reflection
First impression about my piece that it is the most cleanest piece I have made from the dedication to the effort with my brush strokes and presentation of lines in my piece. what I would have done better within the process of this piece is the process photos that were left out and forgot to be taken. I don't have a process photo of when I added a tan template of my head that would be my outline for the back of my head and it would be the background for the texture of my hair that would be in the fauvism movement art style. I also didn't add the process of making the back of my head and how I took each step on creating it. I would go back and put more detail in this piece cause it needs a little more and the back of my head need more form and is too flat same with my ears. I am happy with the outcome of this piece and how I am happy with the dedication and patience I took when making this piece and making the outcome of it not look sloppy and rushed.
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Experimentation
I experimented with many different types of brushes that would be a great composition of length and with for creating a linear brush strokes. I learned to create very fluent consistent brushstrokes and use the Fauvism art style to create a texture within the elements in my piece and giving them more character and connection all being within the same techniques.
Critique"Opportunities" reflects on my artist inspirations and how I created my piece through using their pieces and ideas intertwined with my own ideas. I used their Fauvism movement and methods of design to create this piece. It could have more and I may go back and do more with this piece but the effort in this piece has been more then an
The Meaning
The meaning behind this piece "Opportunities" is all the things that I have made choices within my life that have created opportunities within my life. That the simplest to most complex decisions have created more doors and chances to altered present that I live in as of today. How my life is made because of these opportunities that were given by me and that were accepted or declined and the affects that they have had on me. If we were to look back on the opportunities that are given to us through out our life and every day we would realize there is more then we imagine and some of these are substantial to go further ahead in life. Some have benefited us and was good in the long run that you found a more satisfactory solution and answer to your problem. some have had a negative affect and impact on us on the long run where they come back to haunt you later on. some are unintentional and some are purposefully. The truth of it is there are opportunities coming and going every second of everyday from everyone and many of these doors are open and we choose to walk through them and peruse or we choose to close the door and abandon them and all of the more opportunities they could bring you. some of these doors may be closed and its us who must put forth the effort and dedication to open these door and go towards many beneficial opportunities within our lives. My piece represents this in relations to me and what I'm currently going through as of now. I have all these doors which represent the opportunities that I have been given and its the transition from high school to college and how my decisions will depict throughout and write my future. I am sick of not taking all these chances given to me I have had one that was fate. I fell through this door and now much of the empty locked doors I had are now open and I have now someone who has completed me and been there to show me and guild me. She is why I am now realizing that I must take initiative as a independent and take control of my life and choose what I will do and make these opportunities a reality and not just stare at them only standing at the open doors.
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Connecting to ACT
1. Identify cause and effect relationships between your inspiration and your artwork.
This piece "Opportunities" was inspired from "Mountains at Collioure" by André Derain the most from his use of color and value to create a texture giving more feelings towards a component within my piece when following the way Derain used these elements of art within his piece.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The author's approach in connection with my piece is how intense colors can give many scenes and scenarios new meanings and warm feelings through the given Fauvism movement.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
That these french artist were both innovators for the fauvism movement and were most credited as the creators of the Fauvism movement.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
My central theme is how the use of value and texture can create many meanings through the use of just color and line within art and fauvism art.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
That my artist inspirations were in a self created group called "Les Fauves" which means "wild Beasts" in the french language. They used post- impressionistic exaggerated colors for their pieces.
This piece "Opportunities" was inspired from "Mountains at Collioure" by André Derain the most from his use of color and value to create a texture giving more feelings towards a component within my piece when following the way Derain used these elements of art within his piece.
2. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The author's approach in connection with my piece is how intense colors can give many scenes and scenarios new meanings and warm feelings through the given Fauvism movement.
3. What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
That these french artist were both innovators for the fauvism movement and were most credited as the creators of the Fauvism movement.
4. What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
My central theme is how the use of value and texture can create many meanings through the use of just color and line within art and fauvism art.
5. What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
That my artist inspirations were in a self created group called "Les Fauves" which means "wild Beasts" in the french language. They used post- impressionistic exaggerated colors for their pieces.
Citations
“Fauvism Movement, Artists and Major Works.” The Art Story, www.theartstory.org/movement-fauvism.htm.
Fauvism - New Possibilities for Color in Art, www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/fauvism.htm.
Fauvism - New Possibilities for Color in Art, www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/art_movements/fauvism.htm.