Kenopsia-Investigation 4
The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet 8x11 The process to make this piece come to life was slightly irritating. I didn't exactly know how to get what I wanted to illustrate across to a viewer. I tried different mediums and settled on water color to enhance the odd loneliness of being in a large empty space, your existence feeling so small and surreal. |
Opia-Investigation 5
The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable 6x12 The process with this piece was easier to get by. I had a clear vision of what I wanted for it and went through 100%. I want to make the viewer feel the way the description above describes when they look at it. The goal is to feel invasive |
Lachesism-Investigation 6
The desire to be struck by disaster. Survive a plane crash or lose everything in a fire 8x11 The process for this piece was also clear. As soon as I read the description for the emotion I knew exactly how I was going to portray it. The smile on the person's face indicates that, while they are envisioning horrible events, they want to have that feeling of people being worried about them, surviving these deadly situations. |
Sonder-Investigation 7
The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own 2ftx4ft The process for this piece was fuzzy and long. Though I had an idea there was the thought of messing up. I was working bigger than I have ever really worked before and I did not want to jeopardize this chance. As I painted I began to like the idea of adding different colors. Completely off track but there was a touch of meaning behind having all those colors represent the background people's complex lives, while the boy in the middle is blank because his life is now out of thought as he thinks about all these passerby's. |
Chrysalism: Investigation 8
The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm 5x7 The process for this piece was straight forward and I wanted to channel how I saw the situation. I have had this feeling plenty of times when there were thunderstorms, which birthed my love for storms, and I had a good idea of how I would put it on paper. |
Kuebiko-Investigation 9
A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence 8x20 This sustained investigation exhibits improvement among my pieces through the manner in which I illustrated my message. The clear exhaustion of the character in the middle and the pile of bad news behind them. The contrast of the spotlight on the character indicates the feeling of individuality on one person and how much terror and violence one can endure before they break with frustration. |
Onism-Investigation 10
The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time 8x11 This process went through several phases but I still understood what I wanted. I wanted to have the subject in the illustration to be frightened and frustrated with being stuck in this pink skin. Why pink? I felt it necessary to have the color be close to the pigment of many skin tones, blue or red or yellow or any other color was deemed unnecessary and did not work for the atmosphere of this piece. |
Occhiolism- Investigation 11
The awareness of the smallness of your perspective 9x18 This piece did not take me too long, I found it easy to create exactly what I wanted for this piece. The single light shining down on the character emits the feeling of being small and looked down on. The wings represent the person had fallen. |
Pâro- Investigation 12
The feeling that no matter what you do it always seems to be wrong. Any attempt to make your way comfortably through the world will only end up crossing some invisible taboo 8x11 This piece was difficult to create only because there were a bunch of different ways to represent this feeling. I thought drowning or barely holding your head above water was a good way to visually present it. The person's solemn expression initiates the frustrating feeling of never doing right, or never feeling like you are doing right-only wrong. Mauerbauertraurigkeit- Investigation 13 The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like 8X11 This piece was interesting to create, as to it can the urge to push even yourself away. Putting yourself down and destroying the good part of yourself. The dark colors to the light represent the process of pushing away. |
Nodus Tollens
The realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore. 5x8" This piece signifies the times when we realize we don't quite know what we are, who we are or where we stand in our own lives. It's a complicated and depressing feeling that stands on its own. It makes one feel isolated and suddenly significantly unimportant, even to themselves. The dark blue lightning like strikes hit the character below, like this feeling tends to do. I think the scratchy, shaky illumination of this piece adds to the external affects of feeling Nodus Tollens. |