Sustained Investigation Series
My sustained investigation was exploring water. I explored how water interacts with things, how things interact with water and all the different characteristics it possesses. I investigated frozen water, droplets, splashes, fluidity and the textures to which they relate. My biggest challenge was finding various ways to represent water and capturing it. I had to research and experiment with all the sustains I did. I wanted to have different angles and substances to use. That really had me pondering for awhile.
I personally think my "aha" moment was when I sat down and talked with people around me and started to write down all the things they proposed. I started to have ideas by myself and it just kept rolling from that point. As an artist this definitely made me grow. I had to go to different places, talk to different people and experiment more than I ever would with my normal photography. Having something to force new ideas and having numerous artworks expected really pushed my limits.
"Flow" | 12" x 12" and 16" x 16" | Acrylic and water color on canvas | With this artwork, I was exploring the way water flows when it is running or how smooth it is.
"Droplets" | 25" x 15" | Photoshop and Nikon D5500
"Stripes" | 15" x 20" | Photoshop and Nikon D5500 | This was my first work exploring with photoshop and wanting to manually make it to show the textures of the water. With this piece I was trying to continue to show the "flow" that water does.
"Thick colors" | 12" x 12" | Nikon D5500
"Color Frost" | 15" x 20" | Photoshop and Nikon D5500 | This was to incorporate color and have the ice with warm water.
"Cool thoughts" | 10" x 15" | Photoshop and Nikon D5500 |
"Icy Blood" | "Icy Blood" | 10" x 10" | Nikon D5500 | I was trying to with food color, ice and the flowing motion. I poured the food coloring over the ice cubes and let the food coloring naturally flow down the sides of it.
"Water and Nature" | 8" x 10" | Nikon D5500 | I was exploring how water interacts with things naturally.
"Splash" | 16" x 18" | Nikon D5500
Additional Artworks
"Pink Days" | 10" x 12" | Acrylic, hot glue, and silk flowers
"Thoughts wreak havoc" | 15" x 20" | Mixed-media collage
"Jar" | 12" x 18" | Acrylic and varnish
"Purple" | 14" x 20" | Watercolor, micron pen, gel pen, and varnish on watercolor paper
"Germany" | 8" x 14" | Water color and micron pen
"Drifting" | 10" x 12" | Acetate, acrylic, sharpie, and varnish on canvas
"Decay Series" | 8" x 10" | Photography
"Pop" | 8" x 10" | Photography
"Soft Fall Series" | 8" x 10" | Photography
"Soft Fall Series" | 8" x 10" | Photography
"Untitled" | 8" x 10" | Photography
"Untitled" | 8" x 10" | Photography
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