Surrealist Collage

Artist Statement

The main idea that guided my artwork was the idea of making a collage, a piece of art made by sticking various different materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric onto a backing, and being able to recreate that collage or take pieces of it in order to create an acrylic painting. For my collage, I chose congresswoman AOC because I want to showcase powerful women. I decided to place flowers and bubbles around her to show the beauty, and a halo to show how I feel about her.

For this piece of art I used acrylic paint, paint pen, and foil on canvas

The process I went through while creating this art was once I had finished my collage, I sketched out what design I wanted. I knew I wanted to keep the flowers and halo and I then added the bubbles later on. Once sketched out, I first painted the background so that later on it was easier than trying to maneuver around my other paintings with the purple. Once the purple was done I painted the flowers on and added teh foil. I knew I wanted to add the foil to add a pop of color. Finally, I started painting AOC. I knew I didn't want to add facial features except her iconic red lip, so I just mixed the base shade and shadow shades. It took me a few class periods and three advisories to finish AOC and get the perfect colors but in the end i'm pretty proud of it. As a final touch, I added the bubbles around her to add her playful side.