In Progress Pics and SketchesFinished PieceFor my concentration I decided to experiment on conceptual art and came up with the theme "The Different Stories of Everyday People". So to do that I asked a billion people to submit a story about a big event in their life with the permission to intertwine their story with my interpretation. My first story was a little more serious than expected but made the piece fun to figure out. The person suffered from anxiety and this particular piece exemplifies their coping mechanisms of a panic attack. They found solitude in a bath and would either eat peanut butter or drink orange juice to calm down. The literal aspects of the piece is the scene of the bathroom and the food. However, my interpretation is in the the texture and the bees. When I think anxiety I think a lot of crazy pointless thoughts that go around in circles. The bees and the brush strokes represent that. I also created an unsettling composition with all the bees heavily weighted in the top left corner to push the feeling of anxiety on the viewer.
Creating this painting was a rollercoaster. I started it right after Thanksgiving break but didn't finish it until January!! I got initially stuck on the floor tiles and the perspective and took entirely too long on them. I also fell in a painting rut over this piece and lost every ounce of motivation to finish so the last half of this piece was nearly impossibly. However, now that I am seeing the finished piece I am extremely proud of myself for sticking it out. I love my color palette and the contrast between the blue and orange. The pinks and yellow also create a nice harmony in the piece. I love the texture I created in the brush work and I think my use of perspective gave my piece a higher level of maturity. I plan to later go back and add more details to the bees and the peanut butter jars, but ultimately I deem this piece successful.
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