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Reagan Hofer "Abstract Shapes"
10",10", Still Life/Object, 2022
For my first painting, I wanted to get to experiment with all of the different colors. I really wanted to branch out and use bright colors that would stand out. So my design was really just a bunch of shapes but with highlights of bright colors within them. I first saw this idea on google as a background for your home page. Some of the shapes I really like but others I didn’t put in. The picture on google was also just plain shapes with no highlights. I started my process by painting the background all black. I had to let it dry for an entire class so when I came back I had a plan. I knew what shapes I wanted just not the colors yet. So I started by mixing my paint to get a light green and a dark green. Those were the first shapes that I did and I just put them in random places. Then I did the same thing with purple, blue, red, and yellow. But when I went to paint my orange it wasn’t showing up on the black very great even after I did a second and third coat. So then the next coat I did over the orange was white. Then when the white was dry I went to put a coat of orange over it and it worked perfectly. When people look at my artwork I want them to think of the 80s. I think that the 80s was a very iconic time for still-life artwork and fashion, and I think that my artwork is bringing some of that back. The shapes are similar, the colors are bright and fun. I think that the most challenging thing for me to do was to start. I didn’t know what to start doing and I didn’t really have a plan. I think that is why I am pushing my portrait painting off because I don’t know where to start. If I were to start over and do this again I would space the shapes apart better. Some of the placing I am not happy with and some of the shapes are too close together. I would say that the type of art is abstract because the spacing isn’t perfect, it’s not symmetrical, and the colors aren’t realistic. I think that it is my own style because the colors are so bright and I love that. The black background really makes the colors pop even more than they already did.
Reagan Hofer "Abstract Landscape"
10", 16", Landscape, 2022
My first thought going into this painting was that I knew I wanted to do something different with water and mountains. But I didn’t want to do a realistic painting either and I love bright colors. I got on Pinterest and found a piece pretty similar to this. But the colors were much different. I first started with the orange sky and pink ground as my base because those were my lightest colors and I was going to go with a darker blue over them. Then I did the teal water along with the blue mountains. After that, I did the yellow sun and grey clouds. Lastly, I did all of the highlights for the different colors. I think that the hardest part was getting the sizes of everything just right so it would all look good together and not one color was overpowering another. If I had to start over I think that I would pick a lighter orange color. The one I have now is fine but in the end I wish is was more of a peachy orange. This piece is abstract, and it’s my own style because of the bright colors. I love bright colors and I think that they work well with each other.
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