artist statement

Sarah Chen

06/12/2021

Isolated

I chose someone sitting down in their room thinking about being with people and the other half, walking alone because during all this, even though I was with my family, I still felt alone and it didn’t feel normal for me. I also chose to make the people in the thought bubble stick figures because it was just something I wanted to happen but I knew it wouldn’t, so it would just be stuck in my mind. I had to add the laptop because most of the time I would be on it, whether it be for school, homework, games, it was always on a screen. On the left side, it shows a more colorful background because I guess I just wanted to show that how the world looks, will always be the same, but not life itself, something like that. The right side, on the other hand, is more blank because I wanted it to be empty and not have anything in it.

I feel alright about my work because I spent a lot of time stretching out the two figures and possibly wasted a lot of paper, but it came out better than I thought it would so that’s good. Next time, I would probably stick to my original plan because that was a good plan and I think it would’ve looked good as well.When the school year goes back to normal, I just hope that I’ll be able to see people, not look a screen to learn and socialize since I lost my social skills but I plan to get them back.