Brendan Loughlin
The big idea that the class chose was emotions. For the midterm I decided to focus on my emotions at the time, which were anxiety, anticipation, and the feeling of being overwhelmed. I do not feel all of these emotions as strongly now since I dropped one of my classes that caused a lot of stress. The feelings I definitely still have are anticipation, excitement, and longing for the summer, my family, and friends. So for the final I was thinking of taking the pictures I have from my town, along with pictures of friends and family and creating something unique. All these pictures will show why I am longing for the summer. Of course I want to be done with school but it is more than just that; these pictures evoke many emotions in me and are memories I want to keep forever. I’m not exactly sure how I will complete my final visual but I am going to make it more intricate and meaningful than my midterm.
I’d say there is really only two particular artists that inspired me to concentrate on my hometown and get the emotions out of pictures I have. One of their names is Brendan Loughlin and he is very well known in my town for his Grass Island painting. (http://www.brendanloughlin.com/) Since I live on the shoreline of Connecticut many people are infatuated with the water. My favorite place, along with many other residents, is the docks where you can watch the sunset on an abandoned red house that is located on an island, also known as the grass island house. Whenever I sit at the docks, whether I’m with friends, family, or even alone, I tend to think about a lot of things and explore many different emotions. The other artists name is Michel Keck. (http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/2008/12/pop-dog-collages-by-michel-keck.html) His artwork is collages of pictures and magazines cutouts that form dogfaces. His artwork has inspired me to not do a typical collage, but make it more interesting and form a shape with the pictures. Other than that I don’t really have many other particular artists that have inspired me.
Two new techniques I want to try in my final are the 3D splash or the watercolor effects to add to the shoreline theme. I think both of these would fit in with my idea of what I want to do but they would also add detail which is very important to me.
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