Serial Working: On Paper
Serial Working: On Paper
The Place and Clay Falls
Acrylic, ink, graphite, and oil on paper
Based on the style of Friedrich Kunath, I aimed to make surrealist depictions of locations from my childhood. The Place was somewhere my sister and I would play and relax. It was our private escape. It was our magical root stretching across the creek bed, perfectly placed by nature just for us. Clay Falls was a place of inspiration and disappointment. The white clay by the water promised sculptures and pottery, but was filled with tiny stones, proving unmoldable.
There was also a wonderment about these locations. I attempted to capture it in my art. I wanted to use Kunath's strange style of imagery to highlight childlike imagination. It is difficult, then, not to be consumed by my own nostalgia for the forest. A part of me fears that that is exactly what I've done. However, in order to be completely honest to these locations, it was necessary that I didn't entirely eliminate the idea of nostalgia. A faithful rendering of these locations would have not only disregarded Kunath's style, but also the entire concept I was striving for. I did my best, however, not to over-romanticize these places in the drawings, and hopefully my meaning shows through.
The Place, at time of critique
Clay Falls, at time of critique
The Place
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Clay Falls
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The Place and Clay Falls
Acrylic, ink, graphite, and oil on paper
Based on the style of Friedrich Kunath, I aimed to make surrealist depictions of locations from my childhood. The Place was somewhere my sister and I would play and relax. It was our private escape. It was our magical root stretching across the creek bed, perfectly placed by nature just for us. Clay Falls was a place of inspiration and disappointment. The white clay by the water promised sculptures and pottery, but was filled with tiny stones, proving unmoldable.
There was also a wonderment about these locations. I attempted to capture it in my art. I wanted to use Kunath's strange style of imagery to highlight childlike imagination. It is difficult, then, not to be consumed by my own nostalgia for the forest. A part of me fears that that is exactly what I've done. However, in order to be completely honest to these locations, it was necessary that I didn't entirely eliminate the idea of nostalgia. A faithful rendering of these locations would have not only disregarded Kunath's style, but also the entire concept I was striving for. I did my best, however, not to over-romanticize these places in the drawings, and hopefully my meaning shows through.
The Place, at time of critique
Clay Falls
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