Artist Statement

Art is not "something" to me. That is to say, it's not something I can simply categorize from the rest of my being. It's at my core. I have a great knowing that art will always be with me. In second grade, despite my teacher's reprimands and my own moral discomfort I always ended up doodling in the margins of my math homework. They might as well have been telling me not to breathe. Today, I still doodle in the margins of my math homework, and science homework, and pretty much on everything. Art is like anything else about me from my brown eyes to my personality--it will always be there. But like people, art is always changing and developing. Art is a life long journey of discovery: always expanding, improving and reflecting me in my present state. It's always there, yet always changing. In my current Art Foundations class, I have gotten the chance to experience art in a diversity of ways I never had before. I have always loved water colors, and drawing people, but I feel as if those are only two pieces of a puzzle I'm still at this momment putting together piece by piece. I love color. That is not to say necessarily that I love flashy and multiple colors, however, no matter the project, inspiration, or concept I take special care with color schemes, the emotions they convey, and furthermore, their meanings. I do admit to a penchant for the bright, but also the pastel, and perhaps more. In short, I love color schemes teamed with emotion. Also, aside from the translucently layered, even meticulous watercolors, I have grown fond of pastel crayons. Each line is bold, makes a statement, and can always be "canceled out" by another line. I love charchoal, ink, and even paper machè yet colored pencils have attained a certain flatness for me. What else? I'm not sure, I'm still in my experimental phase as an artist, if it's even a phase. Though I may think certain characteristics are staples of my artistry, how can I know without experiencing the alternative? I prefer 2-D art, painting, sketching, portraits over landscapes, "pretty" color schemes over the less so...yet all this is subject to change.