Source Material & Inspiration 1

Anything by Alphonse Mucha. The art noveau style is very influential to me and I would love to be able to recreate something of his.

Influences 2

One of the influences the I have in my art is actually an author, Chuck Palahniuk. He is the author of several well known books including Fight Club. His books are always very weird and quirky and sometimes take on a dreamlike quality, which incidentally relates to my theme in art this year. One book of his, called Diary, centers around a failed artist whose husband, a carpenter, had attempted suicide and fell into a coma. She started getting calls about people's rooms in their houses going missing. It was a very weird and, like most of his books, had an amazing twist at the end. I've worked my way through almost all of his works by now (I started in Decemberish) nad he continues to inspire me.

Influences 1

When I do my art, whether it be on my own or for this class, there's a few songs that I will play on repeat, all of them completely different. Subconsciously I incorporate them into my work. Some of them are abstract (like Hey You) which relates to my theme of dreams. Here's the ones I can think of off the top of my head. There's more but I usually am on shuffle when I hear them and then will play them over and over.

Hey You - Pink Floyd (Pretty much the whole of The Wall album, but this is the most played)
Sail - Awolnation
Let Go - Frou Frou (an Imogen Heap band)
A Better Place, a Better Time - Streetlight Manifesto
Gouge Away - The Pixies (And the whole of the Doolittle album)
Kids - Sleigh Bells (And the whole Treats album)

All of these song are very easy for me to listen to while doing art and are each inspiring in their own way. Absolutely none of these bands are similar to each other in any way, which is interesting. The constrast from Streetlight Manifesto (Ska, which is punk with horns pretty much), to Sleigh Bells (heavy electronica), to Pink Floyd is very large.

Sketchbook 2

Sketchbook 1

Critical Feedback

thought bubble

• not tinfoil?
• reflective of other people
• tissue paper
• watercolor
• shoes in color

background

• neutral
  
• darker
• gray

shoes - fading

Statement of Purpose

How does your theme connect to your life?
How does your theme connect to the world around you?
What kinds of art or visual information (advertising, tv, film) have you seen that relates to your theme?
Why did you choose this theme and how can you envision exploring it through works of art over the course of the term?
Generate at least two big questions that will help guide your work?

This theme connects to my life because I zone out and daydream a lot, especially in class. Day dreams and regular dream are also really interesting to me because they distort reality, which is fun to explore in art. This theme connects to the world because the whole world dreams or fantasizes about the past, present, and future, and also what can never happen. I started this project thinking about Dali and his clocks and distorted reality. I also really like mixing pencil drawing with ink, collage, watercolor etc. I think I was inspired for that by some art I found online. I chose this theme because it can be explored in many different and interesting ways. I really like the idea of distorted reality through dreams. Day dreaming can also help explore yourself or to bring new ideas. I also like the idea of nightmares, and how they bring out what your subconscious is really afraid of, what lurks just outside your mind while you're awake. A lot of symbols that came up in my notecards were trees, feathers, and thought bubbles.
How do dreams, day dreams, and nightmares interact?
How does this appear to not just me, but the world?