I believe that my final product emulated Hopper's style fairly well. I employed his use of harsh contrast of light versus dark, captured a sense of loneliness, used detailed signs and used a subject that helps to define the time we live in now. I spent lots of time learning about Hopper's style and I think that those studies transfered into my work as I was able to engage and persist with his style.
I felt that the conversations with my pen pals were helpful and thoughtful. Towards the end of my work they guided me as to how to finish my painting. The creative personal insight I recieved from my friends was great but I thought that the formal language was lacking a little.
I really enjoyed working with the different colors in this project. It was very difficult to get the right color sometimes, but I needed to find a color that worked in contrast with the others. Color mixing was also very important. In order to capture the building and the road, I had to successfully use different shades to give my subjects some definition.
As to my personal expression, as long as I stayed within Hopper's tendencies, I could work fairly freely. I changed to the point of view from my original subject picture to a straight on shot, and I was able to experiment with lots of different ideas I had while keeping a sense of loneliness in the picture.
I think I have two main strengths as an artist: first, I like to think that I work well with shade and light/dark contrast. This showed in my painting with lots of complementary colors. Secondly, once I have the basics down, I work well with conveying emotion in my work. I thought that my final work emulated Hopper's sense of loneliness very well.
Here is my final work:
