My Personal Artistic Development
My art has always been very influenced by what I see and by what others were
doing. I have always strived to create a ‘pretty’ result or a realistic image. I
have always been terrified of ‘mess’ or ‘chaos’. Everything in my art has always
been planned and with great thought put into how others would react, and I have
always felt a pressure to achieve perfection. Throughout the process of this
program, I have learned more about development and branching outside of my
comfort zone. Over the summer during the UF summer studio intensives, I took Bob Mueller’s
printmaking course “A Sense of Place”. Bob encouraged us to use our senses to
create non-objective art that expressed our senses and our feelings. This was
completely different from any other style of art I had previously attempted.
For someone with a perfectionist personality, letting go of the control and
process to non-objective art based on feeling is a huge challenge. Once I was
able to truly let go and just create art, it was so freeing. I realized I didn’t
have to worry about a ‘perfect’ or realistic outcome and I was able to just
create and be an artist. The more I have considered visual culture and how much I have been
influenced by society and media culture, I have realized that I do not have to
be perfect. Understanding this has allowed me to venture out in my art and not
worry so much about a controlled process or result. Non-objective art has become
such a freeing outlet for me as an artist. The ideas and theories discussed
throughout the course of this program will definitely have an impact on my ideas
about art and learning as I continue to grow as an artist and when I am teaching
art. My biggest strategy as an artist right now is to continue learning and
evolving as a person. When the artist evolves in their life, they evolve in
their work.
doing. I have always strived to create a ‘pretty’ result or a realistic image. I
have always been terrified of ‘mess’ or ‘chaos’. Everything in my art has always
been planned and with great thought put into how others would react, and I have
always felt a pressure to achieve perfection. Throughout the process of this
program, I have learned more about development and branching outside of my
comfort zone. Over the summer during the UF summer studio intensives, I took Bob Mueller’s
printmaking course “A Sense of Place”. Bob encouraged us to use our senses to
create non-objective art that expressed our senses and our feelings. This was
completely different from any other style of art I had previously attempted.
For someone with a perfectionist personality, letting go of the control and
process to non-objective art based on feeling is a huge challenge. Once I was
able to truly let go and just create art, it was so freeing. I realized I didn’t
have to worry about a ‘perfect’ or realistic outcome and I was able to just
create and be an artist. The more I have considered visual culture and how much I have been
influenced by society and media culture, I have realized that I do not have to
be perfect. Understanding this has allowed me to venture out in my art and not
worry so much about a controlled process or result. Non-objective art has become
such a freeing outlet for me as an artist. The ideas and theories discussed
throughout the course of this program will definitely have an impact on my ideas
about art and learning as I continue to grow as an artist and when I am teaching
art. My biggest strategy as an artist right now is to continue learning and
evolving as a person. When the artist evolves in their life, they evolve in
their work.
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