artist statement

Vicky Sun

06/12/2021

The Life I Now Have

This art project was to draw something that represents my pandemic year. In my artwork, I drew a hand that only had the fingertips touching the glass. The glass is invisible because it’s in front of the fingertips.

Through the experience of almost 2 in the pandemic, I wasn’t being myself, I am lost in my own world trying to figure out how to get my life back together. The choices I made while making my artwork all have meanings. For example, the reason I chose to only have the fingertips showing the most on the glass is because the faded part represented my confusion throughout the pandemic year. I used a tissue to smudge the pencil marks to create a smokey look to show the blurriness. On the other hand, the fingertips show the urge of wanting to go outside but not being able to, like a trap that I wasn’t able to break. In addition, I made sure there were no marks other than the hand, trying to keep it clean by erasing. I wanted to keep it clean because the white surroundings emphasize the blackness in my brain, not knowing what I should be thinking because of everything that is happening each day. I wanted to keep my artwork simple but meaningful because I really want my audience to deeply understand my artwork without direct language or visuals. I think I did a great job making this artwork because I really put my effort into this artwork making it as simple as possible. However, next time I would want to include more colors and to make an artwork that shows a direct message. I hope that next school year when we go back to “normal” I get to find myself again and be able to live my life happily.