Post One: Retrospective

I think my aesthetic is pretty well exemplified by my previous work.  I like organized and traditional styles, as well as clever and unconventional ones.  If I were to make a list of things I like (artistically speaking), it would most certainly include: 

almost any medium

art that makes me happy

multiple meanings (usually two)

neatness & organization

personal connections & self-representation

politically neutral items

puns & general cleverness

simplicity

tasteful uniformity

traditional methods & styles

using art to accomplish tasks

writing lists & alphabetizing them

I think the thing I like most about art and creating it is the feeling I get when I'm done.  I love investing time in a project and then seeing it fully realized.  It's ridiculously rewarding.  I especially enjoy being proud of what I make.  Recognition from others is amazing, but the pieces that resonate most with me are the ones in which I was literally invested (time, money, fingertips, etc.).  

 I used this in my portfolio to apply to Parsons!  It's made of magazine clippings.  I remember getting the idea and being pretty excited to make it.

 This was a project (my final) from 2DIS Fall 2010.  I loved learning color theory, and this was kind of a culmination of what we had been learning.

This was my Fall 2010 Drawing final.  It's based on the back of a playing card from 1936.  I made it in memory of my grandpa; his name is written all over the background.  I loved making this.  

This was from a high school project.  I had to make a replica of a piece of art; I chose Roy Lichtenstein's Sleeping Muse and used matches that I spraypainted black.  My mom loves it and now it sits on the mantle at home.

This is my polyhedron project from 3D Fall 2010.  I used white sheet metal, plexiglass, wire mesh, and white rivets.  I loved doing the math that went along with this.