Green Ball

This piece is really old. It's from my sophomore year when I did an observational study using oil pastels. We were not aloud to use black to create shadow, so we had to improvise using other colors. You can see that I used reds and greens to create the black shadows under the plate; and I used light blue to show the grays. This piece is actually really good for my sophomore year. I pulled it out of my portfolio to use it in my quality and breadth sections for AP 2-D Final Portfolio. It's good to show an observational study with your other pieces so colleges and jurors can see that you can still do the traditional stuff.

Robert Rauschenberg: Marilyn Monroe

In this piece I focused on the painting and the colors. I began with a photograph of Marilyn Monroe and a few collage elements. Starting with a lighter purple for the background I continued with different shades of blacks, whites and grays. The translucent wave falling from the upper left and ending in the lower middle of the board is a long ribbon of folded Acrylic Acetate. I hot glued it on then gave it some black splatters of paint.

Since the Acrylic Acetate and the film strips (upper right) have the same glossy texture, I saw them both as stories each telling the level of fame in different parts of her life. I heard once that Marilyn was in porn films before she was in bigger films. The Acrylic Acetate represents the quality of her adult films; they were messy, uneven and unsophisticated. The film strips above her head represent the quality of the big films we all recognize her in; they were clean cut and higher class. Maybe the black drips show her attempts to put some fame and recognition into her earlier career as a porn star. She could only get a few splats onto the film.

slipper

This piece is an excellent example of what Robert Rauschenberg created called a "Combine" which is a combination of his love for painting and sculpting. He did this by adding a 3 dimensional object to a 2 dimensional piece. Most of the objects were random, having nothing to do with the painting.

I started by painting a few places with turquoise and some other colors. Once it dried I covered it with a layer of pink. Then I used the end of my brush to scratch away some of the pink, while it was wet, thus revealing the turquoise underneath. One of the differences between Rauschenberg's work and mine is that I make sure to incorporate the objects into the paintings. I do this by using what Iv been taught in principles and elements of design.

First I placed the slipper on the canvas diagonally and glued the ribbon through out the top of the piece. I then added the lace to the left in order to let your eye travel through out the whole piece and to calm the attention away from the slipper. I changed the appearance of the slipper by painting some parts with the same colors.

The Brookhaven Scholarship

I got it! I got the scholarship! The High School Art Club Scholarship from Brookhaven Community College. It is given to only two high school students majoring in the Arts. I sent in a Power Point with 15 of my pieces along with a photo of me, my artist statement and my resume. I'm so Excited!