Time Capsules

Artist Statement

These works were drawn as a time capsule. For West Corner, the prompt was to draw a corner of the room that I was in. I chose this corner because I liked the shapes of the furniture and the way the mirrors and the mirrored box reflected the poster. The idea for Who Is She, In the Mirror? was essentially to draw a self portrait in about 20 minutes, and Early Thinker's Desk was s still life. For all of these pieces, I wanted to use perspective, shading, texture, and shape. I liked that these pieces are small moments and pictures of things I see every day, and perhaps I can look back on these as small moments and remember the times I am currently in.

For West Corner, I wanted to capture the simplicity of this area, and the cozy elegance it has to me. I thought of the title for Who Is She, In the Mirror? because I think who we see in the mirror, for better or worse, is different from how we think of ourselves on a daily basis. In Early Thinker's Desk, I gathered some objects that I thought I would be likely to have on my desk before getting to work in the morning, and titled it after that idea.

I used pencil because I find it easier to use multiple elements (shading, textures, etc.) with greyscale. It may be my favourite medium to work with because it is so forgiving, and is able to add shading quite nicely. I started with some sketched lines, then made a single line for each shape, then began to add details, and later, shading. I like the small details that make the piece, like the reflection of the poster on the mirror and the mirrored box in West Corner, or the tendrils of hair coming loose in Who Is She, In the Mirror? and the shapes on the glass container that give it dimension in Early Thinker's Desk.