final project ideas

 

 

zipper mouth

i have a un-spoken theme in a lot of my work (and even in my own art collection) of heads.  i recently just noticed (or allowed myself to notice) that my work seems to always gravitate to a head of some sort.  and when i make a head, i do it my way.  i include things, take away things, and make “nameless faces” not recognizable or even identifiable to a specific person.  most of my inspiration is drawn from my relationship and friendship with my favorite artist craig marshall smith, a local artist who was my professor in my undergrad at metro state university.  although i should give myself some credit in that i create this drive myself as well.  it is funny though as i try to tell myself and others that i am actually afraid of drawing the human face but always return to it in some way or another.

 

so that leads me to my final project in this class.  if the project is allowing us to be as free as we want, having this new medium at my finger tips at this moment automatically makes me believe and is basically giving me the green light to try and create a head to keep this theme of mine rolling.  i emphasize try as i have ideas inside my head but translating that into a computer, a foreign language for me, will literally be like traveling to a new country and trying to speak the language after a few days.  i feel i am getting some basics down pretty well and that added with my excitement will help me persevere and drive me to hopefully something i will personally be pleased with as a student and ideally as an artist.