3rd Semester Studio Independent Work Study

This semester I intend to pursue two simultaneous tracks:

1) A series of smaller paintings (8 x 10 or smaller), to deconstruct my work and formalize each part of the construct (color, pattern, forms) and to explore alternative materials other than paper (wood, canvas, aluminum, etc.) to refine my personal vocabulary and to begin to develop a very conscious and systematic approach to the process and materials. These smaller works will also intend to assimilate information gleaned from the academic process to better understand where my work fits in a historical context—to question the discoveries arrived at (historically) and how can I begin to break through that history, even just by one millimeter.

2) To use the information obtained through the smaller studies (above) to develop large paintings (55 x 90 as a minimum starting point) to create an “immersive” experience with the work.

A series of small of layered painting studies, and one to two large (paneled) paintings that expands on, and further defines my personal visual language that has evolved throughout the course of the semester and that supports the theoretical concepts that the work is intending to represent.