I have included two ideas because I keep going back and forth between the two for which I will realize for this project. I will think about it more before class tomorrow and would appreciate your opinion as to which you think would be more interesting!
Idea #1:
I realized that the majority of the work I have done so far this year has dealt with emotions in a heavy way, and with this work I want to take a positive approach to the topic of emotional health. In this painting, I want to create a physical space (whether actually physical or imaginary) that is completely calming and safe and positive. I think that this could be a really interesting project and it is definitely not something I have attempted before.
As for how this concept will be visually realized, I think I am still working on this. I have been considering what makes me feel calm and welcome and serene and will incorporate those elements into the painting. I predict that the painting will have a mixture of abstract and representational forms, as well as a combination of the real and the imaginary. The painting will be fairly large and vertical I think, although not too large because of time restraints.
Idea #2:
I would create a painting inspired by the photo essay I did. I think that this could be a really interesting and fun project to move from medium to medium using the same subject matter and similar formal qualities. I really like the surrealist aspects of the photo essay that I did and think they would transfer well to painting. I would add color and incorporate aspects of the different photographs into one painting.
