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"Me and My Bass"
This piece is based off my love for my instrument, the double bass. I used music sheets I had lying around the house. For the instrument, I painted the bass with acrylic paint with a yellow glaze. For the hands, I used cardboard I found at home and drew out the hands based on how I look when I play. I like to think that music has a warm tone when played well which is why most of the backgrounds of these works all have warm colors.
"The Rain"
This piece, I used old magazines for rain and water bottles to create the umbrellas deflecting it. Originally, I wanted to name this piece "The Weight of Consumerism" but I thought that would be too confusing to explain. So instead, I focused on the heaviness of rain. I thought about what would make it seem heavy so I came with the solution of layering magazines and words over the people. The bright colors of the paper and the many paragraphs proved to be effective. I also added molding paste to create the rain clouds and added a gray glaze to create the dull overcast when people see rain.
"Tap to the Beat"
This is the third piece of the musical collection of paintings I have produced. This piece was inspired by the loud bright tones of the tambourine. This piece was different because unlike the string instruments, their sound is long lasting which is why I made the backgrounds full of music. But for percussion instruments, the sound is so abrupt and quick I thought it would make sense for the sheet music to be sharp and coming straight from the area of which the hands hit it.
"The Florescent Deep"
This piece was really fun to create. This is a painting done on a wood panel. I originally did not have a plan when creating this piece. I originally started with a blue, red, pink, and yellow background. It was then I found weird round shapes painted on the panel and thus I thought of something that curls or is organic. I original shape the inspired me was where you see the eye. That is where the circle was. I thus began painting out where the octopus was and then here it the final product. This painting took about 25-30 layers of acrylic paint to make the octopus shine bright.
"On the Farm"
This painting is somewhat of a collage only because the background was made up of scrap paper. The idea for this work came from just looking at cows while I was in Europe. I also think the cow is an interesting animal to paint. The background is an Impressionistic style style, and the cow is similar in a way.
"Burned Apart"
This is the painting for the annual Holocaust Art Contest. In for this year's theme on "I Have a Story to Tell," my painting tells the story of the Holocaust survivor Nechama Shneorson. Her story is each member of her family was burned alive but one by one as she grew up. So in this painting I created the burnt victims. The one in the burning building is her cousin who was burnt and blown up alive while hiding in the ghetto. Nechama is the girl in the center whose paper is white and pure because she is the survivor in her family. She watched as her family burned away. The painting is acrylic on wood and burnt paper on canvas.
"Crawling Out"
This little guy is pretty shy, so it took a lot of time to get him out of his shell. This piece is done in the similar fashion of the octopus piece. I started with a background of basic colors and then painted what I saw. I had a hard time naming this one. The title was either going to be "Pee-ka Boo! Crab" or "The Watermelon".
"All the Thoughts that We Compose"
This is the second piece of my musical based art pieces. For this painting I discussed how we compose our thoughts into music. Not all thoughts are exactly the same and can be interpreted differently which is how music is made. Each piece of music is composed in a way that gives it that unique vibe we are interested in listening to. I would say that gluing down the strings was the hardest part of this piece because they would not stay down so easily.
"Fantasia of the Rising Sun"
This piece was made by using lollipop sticks and discarded books I found in the library trash can. The painting is actually a lot smaller than it looks. I used glazing techniques for the background and just a sharpie for the drawing. This piece was inspired by the Japanese music I was listening to on my iPod and by the kimono patterns I was researching for a project.
"K. O. I"
I named it this because I was three panels. Each panel has a different medium or style applied. At the bottom it is an oil painting. In the middle it is a collage. And the top is acrylic but in the style of a Chinese brush painting. This piece was somewhat difficult to complete because it took a long time to think of what three ways to make each panel look unique from each other. I would say the inspiration for this piece was by the fact I love koi fish. I like the colors and they way they swim. Even though the water is murky I can still see the orange on their backs.
"35mm"
This was a difficult piece to make. I had to sit and draw out ideas about what I could do with these 35mm slides. I then came up with the idea to investigate the quality of contrast and how color can make an image pop. So, I went back to doing another koi fish. The bright colors with the muted grey's gave the effect I was looking for. It also portrayed how I could see vivid colors in the dull murky water. This piece is water color, India ink, 35mm slides, acrylic paint, and markers.
"Watashi"
This collage is my self portrait. It infuses my love for the Japanese culture and the art I am most passionate about. I decided to take a picture of myself for this piece because I wanted to cut my face open to reveal the hidden surface that makes me me. The background is origami paper, fish are watercolor along with the flowers.
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