Drawing and painting 2 and 3 Artist Statement

Add an artist statement to your blog.

Create a new post or edit the post that has the image of your final piece (it is ok if the piece is still in progress).  See below for writing an artist statement.

Sample blog:http://chrissandrasart.blogspot.com/

Objective: You will write and artist’s statement to support the work you have created in class

What is an artist's statement?

Imagine a gallery has requested a statement from you or you're preparing a new brochure or résumé.

Your artist's statement should help potential buyers, viewers or employers to understand what you believe to be the most important aspects of your art and the techniques you use to make it. The statement should summarize these things in as few words as possible, preferably short ones, and not be a lengthy essay on your place in the future history of art. Two paragraphs of three or four sentences each.

Example of an artist’s statement: Corne Eksteen-Heyman

"Drowner 1 was the first in a series of works conceptually based on the metaphysical aspects of drowning. I attempted to explore different associations with the elements pertaining to such an event. It was an attempt at demystifying the contradictions found in contemporary society as far as symbolism is concerned. The symbol of water – central to the concept of drowning – normally has a very positive and uplifting association – that of cleansing, both physical and spiritual, but has a contradictory value when placed in this context. In short it was a study of symbolic dualities. In a way this work cannot be separated from the rest of the series, but was however sold as a separate work.... Stylistically it contains elements from Pop Art to Romantic Art and in terms of execution; I used everything from impasto to potato prints and glazing."

  Questions to think about when writing: (but write the piece in narrative [paragraph] form.

INTENT OF YOUR PIECE – What did you

set out to do? Did this happen?

COMMUNICATION - What are you

saying? What should others think about

when they see your work?

TECHNIQUE - How did you make the

work? What process and techniques did

you use? Include / use vocabulary

relevant to your work.

REFLECTIONS – What happened as you

created the work? What did you learn?

What were your successes and

frustrations?