Self Portrait

 For this project, I ventured outside of my comfort zone quite a bit. I chose to take a more abstract approach to the self portrait. I worked in part with paint by painting over wood blocks, yet I also worked sculpturally by creating a three dimensional piece with my blocks. Usually I like to work somewhat abstractly, but this project took it to a whole new level. My intentions were very similar throughout the project. I wanted to convey feeling through the contrasting colors, textures and shapes instead of relying on precise and exact drawings. It was hard to challenge myself to come up with formations that really resonated with me. There was originally going to be a second half to my sculpture, but instead of adding a second half that I was not as pleased with, I stuck with the main part which I believed conveyed much more feeling. All the different aspects and details of the sculpture related back to the self portrait theme because it felt as if each part, however small it may be, corresponded to the very different events and important things in my life. They were not specific by any means, but just represented everything as a whole and how different each thing could be. I mostly used Chris Johansson as inspiration for this project because his works conveyed a very similar feeling to what I wanted to express. I really liked how he used lots of different textures and colors while also creating intriguing configurations that added depth to his work.