PROBLEM SOLVING AND INTEGRATION OF CREATIVITY

With this image I really put a lot of focus on what I think is occurring on the inside of the church and let that be reflected by what you see on the outside. My goal by making this very familiar place into something unfamiliar was to simply add the pink/purple sky to the background. Like mentioned above I used this technique to give a visual on what takes place inside the church. Church is a symbol of worship and praise, and the color is supposed to capture this exclamation of faith, that “hallejuah” moment so to speak. While I know some people aren’t religious, we all believe in something. So my motive is to showcase that moment of “insight” in one’s life, that moment of self-actualization occurs. Therefore, my question is, how is church typically defined to those who go, and to those who don’t? Could a different color (possibly a gloomier color) be used in the background to relate to those who may feel differently about church than others?

We all know trees as a symbol of life; it represents wisdom, beauty and strength. By duplicating the image and creating one big visual, it gives the image power. I chose to make blue a dominant color in this photo as it also represents wisdom as well as loyalty, confidence and intelligence. Trees stand tall with confidence and can weather any storm or condition which makes it the perfect muse for this theme of life I aim to depict. Additionally, I love that there are two visible suns in the photo. We cannot exist without trees and subsequently the trees cannot exist without the sun, therefore this piece is meant to illustrates the balance of life in a way that’s calming yet visually appealing.

I would have to say that is image is one of the more interesting ones I have completed. I’m sure we have all heard the term “when pigs fly.” I attempted to make this strange phenomenon familiar by placing these pigs at a local park. When we were children at one point or another we were all taken to the park to run around and enjoy our innocence. The familiarity of this piece comes from just that, we all remember what it was like to be a carefree kid, it’s a feeling that resonates with us. I decided to make this familiar place unfamiliar/strange by adding the flying pigs in the background to show something that we would never actually see. I used purple as my secondary color for the pigs and I think the combination of this and the park offer some cohesiveness. Both represent innocence in some way. The park as well as the pigs and the accompanying terms are both very familiar to us yet strange because it not something we would actually see which is what makes this image interesting and imaginative.

            

In the repetition piece I created I used the theme of life to inspire me, and this piece is no different. Snow is one of the most interesting concepts in my opinion. From the ways it falls in the form of snowflake and how no one individual snowflake is the same, to the way it completely transforms an area and then eventually melts. In my opinion it tells the story of life. We are all very different individuals that were put on this Earth, and just like snow, we are here for a certain amount of time and eventually we melt. My goal was to capture the obvious bright white snow at the top which is gradually melting into nothingness. The text reads, “Life is too short. Live it.” Visually attempting to display how fast life “melts” and to seize every moment.   

SUMMARY

When creating these images, I used the techniques of the artist that we talked about in class to come up with one main theme about life and its various stages. How do we become the people we are, how important are our surroundings and how to they affect us as people?
 For the first postcard, I was definitely inspired by Rene Magritte’s art making strategies and his mission to question the perceptions of reality. This is what I attempted to achieve in the first image. The familiar scene of the church juxtaposed with the bright purple background is something we would not normally see on a day-to-day basis. However, a bright and colorful sky isn’t something that is completely out of the ordinary, which I feel as though I really nailed the concept. I wanted to create this blur between imagination and reality so it leaves one questioning is this real?

 Postcard #2 focuses on Bamberger and his technique of repetition. When constructing this image, I kept his concepts in mind and his idea of convincingly extending a horizon line. This idea motivated me to duplicate the image of the trees and even though I took the image, it left me wondering what the rest of the of horizon was like! Again, creating this blur between the digital image and the actual existence of the landscape.

The 3^rd postcard demonstrates a transformation of the image, making the strange familiar. Sandy Skoglund wanted to exemplify how transformation can alter reality. My objective was to play with the line between fantasy and reality. As discussed above, we are familiar with the term when pigs fly. I heard this term a lot as kid, as well as hearing fictional stories about animals such as the three little pigs. Hence, pairing the pigs with the park offers an all-encompassing childlike theme, which proves to be effective in my opinion.

Lastly, the 4^th postcard demonstrates the conceptual strategy of concealment and revealing. My theme is life in this postcard and using the hidden message I was able to illustrate this theme in a way that is cohesive and extremely relatable to our lives. Using all of these art making process has truly opened my eyes to world around me and has inspired me to think outside the box with my art, in ways that grab the attention of those around me. 

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