BFA Portfolio: Week 7

This week was a fun one. I was able to go back to the basics and play around with a big painting. Instead of embracing the flatness, I wanted to add texture. The smaller pieces were experiments of this process, given that I really didn't want to screw up such a large canvas (30"x40"). I really enjoyed the aspect of not knowing what was going to happen. I think I've realized that that's really important to me, because that's how the best things happen. It's really important that I find that language that fully expresses who I am as an artist and individual.

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BFA Progress: Week 13

For this week, I re-photographed my littles beans and used Lightroom to tweak the lighting in most of them. I tried my best with help from my friend that has experience with it. I grouped them based on color and shape, as well as other characteristics.

Touch

Stage 1: Clear Mindedness Stage 2: The Beginning Stage 3: Disillusionment Touch, for me, has made a very big impact in my life. There has never been a defined line between pain and pleasure due to my past. When you feel as though you deserve the pain being inflicted upon you, it's likely that something isn't right. I've had to rediscover myself through the definition of touch because there are specific things that differentiate between "good" and "bad." As time has passed, I've learned what it means to be in pain, as well as being relieved of it. When I was in the darkest part of my life, pain was something I felt I deserved. I had been forced into thinking that everything was my fault. I thought that he was demonstrating how much he cared whenever he put his hands on me. I didn't see it as a bad thing at the time -- just normal. Touch, at this time, was sharp; violent and difficult for me to wra...

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