40 × 30 × 1.4 in
Acrylic on canvas
2023
Unvarnished
Unframed / No hanging hardware
Signature on back of canvas
Background
*The cause of my crisis noted in the About page.
Being my first painting after a long stint of not making anything purely for me, I spent a lot of time struggling to come up with ideas. Eventually, realizing that I should create something that is enjoyable or at least relaxing, I ended up letting go and drew at random with whatever came to mind and what I found comfort in.
Generally, I lean towards lighter colors, but being heavily influenced by my first experience of a Wisconsin winter and seasonal depression, I was more into richer colors. I believe this is also how I landed on a flower for its spring / summer element to combat the snowscape around me, or it may have come up as a comfort feature from my family’s Buddhist / ancestral altar.
During this period, I also reflected on my time in my college art courses about what I enjoyed making and what I wanted my work to show. From this, I noted that I like clean lines and geometric shapes, I hate doing realism, rough brushstrokes and seeing the canvas texture are cool to me, underpainting pop-outs are a fun touch, and I would feel like I succeeded if a viewer is able to catch a feeling while experiencing my work (I’m very anti-soulless corporate visuals).
Therefore, with all of that wrapped up, this painting came to be and was a strangely liberating moment!
40 × 30 × 1.4 in
Acrylic on canvas
2023
Unvarnished
Unframed / No hanging hardware
Signature on back of canvas
Background
*The cause of my crisis noted in the About page.
Being my first painting after a long stint of not making anything purely for me, I spent a lot of time struggling to come up with ideas. Eventually, realizing that I should create something that is enjoyable or at least relaxing, I ended up letting go and drew at random with whatever came to mind and what I found comfort in.
Generally, I lean towards lighter colors, but being heavily influenced by my first experience of a Wisconsin winter and seasonal depression, I was more into richer colors. I believe this is also how I landed on a flower for its spring / summer element to combat the snowscape around me, or it may have come up as a comfort feature from my family’s Buddhist / ancestral altar.
During this period, I also reflected on my time in my college art courses about what I enjoyed making and what I wanted my work to show. From this, I noted that I like clean lines and geometric shapes, I hate doing realism, rough brushstrokes and seeing the canvas texture are cool to me, underpainting pop-outs are a fun touch, and I would feel like I succeeded if a viewer is able to catch a feeling while experiencing my work (I’m very anti-soulless corporate visuals).
Therefore, with all of that wrapped up, this painting came to be and was a strangely liberating moment!
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