11 down, 1 to go.
I come to you a bit later in the month than usual this time, but I have been so busy the last couple of weeks that I completely lost track of the passage of time, sorry.
Finally, we have made it almost to the end of this difficult and incredibly long year and I’m beginning to realize that I have a lot of work that needs to be done. Help!
The realization that it is indeed already the end of 2020 has dawned on me and there’s still so much that I still need to do before it’s over. I’m going to try my best to continue on with all my projects and keep you updated on them as they progress and I did notice that November may have been a bit of major creative block for me, but I’m back on track to create more before the end of this semester and this year.
So far, I have been doing a little more experimenting with self-portraiture and I think I have the hang of the process now, or at least enough to get some decent results. I’ve been working on a couple new pieces as well which I think are really starting to bring everything together and making it all seem a little more tangible and substantial rather than a bit all over the place like it was before.
Preview of a piece I am currently working on.
The feedback I’ve received so far has been very positive, so I feel like I am on the right track with these surreal and fragmented self-portraits I am creating.
I was asked if I had to give a title to the project so far what would it be and honestly the best I could think of on the spot was “Dealing with Myself” and it seemed to fit well.
I can’t deny that it’s been a common theme in art this year as certainly the events of 2020 have affected everyone forcing us all to be isolated and left alone with ourselves more than ever, and this project does feel like my own version of this shared individual experience.
I want to keep the setting indoors, but still use natural light as a testimony to the days spent inside watching time go by as it slowly all merges into one big undefined mass. It becomes sort of a surreal experience of familiar places, trapped in your own mind and thoughts.
Preview of a piece I am currently working on.
This last one I’ve kept simple so far, although I might go back in later and change a few things around, but I think the overall look is effective even if very simplistic and monochromatic. Just the small areas of bright colour are so much more effective in these pieces rather than keeping them either just black and white or using their original colours.
It’s really something very different than I’m used to, but I’m liking the direction this is going in and can’t wait to see where else I go with it.
-LAS xo