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I intended to portray an artist in my constructing bodies drawing. I included objects that represent what I do as an artist such as paintbrushes, a camera, a bag for carrying art supplies, an easel, an apron I use when I oil paint, and the self-portrait I drew for Art 212 this semester.
As I was gathering supplies, I saw a hat that I also decided to include because it reminded me of one that I have seen Vincent van Gogh portrayed as wearing in movies about him. I then decided to incorporate fake sunflowers into my drawing as well, again to go along with the idea of Vincent van Gogh because I have seen paintings of his that have sunflowers in them.
I wanted to explore myself as an artist with Vincent van Gogh as the influence because I have read that he may have had bipolar disorder, which is an illness I have had for several decades. He spent some time in psychiatric hospitals because of his mental health problems and I have too. He had a driving desire to paint and make art, and I have experienced that in myself also.
The items show how I have approached art before, and the sunflowers and hat are representations of my link to mental illness. This piece speaks about myself as an artist in the past couple of decades, and where I am at now as represented by the self-portrait, which is in the process of learning how to be more intentional as an artist, which to me means trying to make the transition from being an artist who suffers to being an artist who is healthy and happy.
As I was gathering supplies, I saw a hat that I also decided to include because it reminded me of one that I have seen Vincent van Gogh portrayed as wearing in movies about him. I then decided to incorporate fake sunflowers into my drawing as well, again to go along with the idea of Vincent van Gogh because I have seen paintings of his that have sunflowers in them.
I wanted to explore myself as an artist with Vincent van Gogh as the influence because I have read that he may have had bipolar disorder, which is an illness I have had for several decades. He spent some time in psychiatric hospitals because of his mental health problems and I have too. He had a driving desire to paint and make art, and I have experienced that in myself also.
The items show how I have approached art before, and the sunflowers and hat are representations of my link to mental illness. This piece speaks about myself as an artist in the past couple of decades, and where I am at now as represented by the self-portrait, which is in the process of learning how to be more intentional as an artist, which to me means trying to make the transition from being an artist who suffers to being an artist who is healthy and happy.