Image of Realism

Although realism is generally my favorite style of art, I really wanted to step out of my comfort zone and try someting new. So instead of having an extreme focus on realistic detail, I decided to base my projects on a theme that did quite the opposite. By presenting installations and scupltures that aren't exact replicas of what I want to convey, the viewer must meet me halfway and come up with his or her own interpretations of what the piece is attempting to get across.

Realism

re·al·ism –noun

Fine Arts.
a. treatment of forms, colors, space, etc., in such a manner as to emphasize their correspondence to actuality or to ordinary visual experience.
b. (usually initial capital letter) a style of painting and sculpture developed about the mid-19th century in which figures and scenes are depicted as they are experienced or might be experienced in everyday life.

Image of Abstraction

The abstract is a recurring theme in my projects as I don't want to just recreate natural disasters, I want to make them my own. So by taking away the realism, I can avoid connotations people have with images and create something new that is hopefully more thought-provoking and successful.

Abstraction

ab·strac·tion
–noun

Fine Arts.
a. the abstract qualities or characteristics of a work of art.
b. a work of art, esp. a nonrepresentational one, stressing formal relationships.

Door Project

This piece was a conglomeration of the ideas each member of our group created. The design itself was ambitious, but we really wanted to express a welcoming entrance, and what better way to do that than with a door? So we constructed the arch and highlighted the keystone as a figurative and literal element that holds the door itself the idea of home together.