Larger Than Life: Dream BIG, Aim small

This project was during the study of scale. We were required as a group to recreate an everyday object only MUCH bigger then the normal size. As a group we chose to do a dart because we did not have the money to spend on creating something that required more then cheap or found objects. In fact we only spent $11 on this project as many other groups would spend $50-$150. The tip of the dart is a metal spike, the gold grip part is an aquafina bottle, soup cans, texture plastic wrap and gold spray paint. The black stem of the dart is a plastic baseball bat, plastic piping and a plastic mountain dew cup all covered in black spray paint. Finally, the fins are cardboard that was spray painted red and I hand painted the logo on each side. We also build a stand for our dart board and nailed the dart into it.

What a stellar group!

Texture Project

This was a project in which we had to choose a piece of art from an artist and recreate it using a variety of textures. I choose to do David Hollenbach's painting "American Prospect." No worries this piece does not mean I hate America, haha. Hollenbach was making a statement about the American justice system. I think it has to do with slavery in the past but I'm not one hundred percent sure.

I created this piece using found objects such as: a cd, cardboard, canadian tire money, shoes laces, small rope, foam board, coffee filter, cling wrap, pencil case material, elastics, dryer sheets, piece of a towel, newspaper, sandpaper, toothpaste bottle, card stock, fudge-o packaging, epson ink cartridges and much more! We also had to have visual textures (can see but not touch, 2D) I have a couple of those to. For example, the face is drawn and not actually a texture, some of the stripes are just print outs of wood and metal textures.

(if you click on it you will be able to see the textures much better)

This is the original piece by David Hollenbach:

Now and Then

This is a project in the study of shapes. We were to create two compositions with a similar theme using card stock to cut and paste. One was to be created using only geometric shapes and the other using only curvilinear shapes. The top piece is an old car from the 70's that I choose to create with geometric shapes because cars then were very boxy. The piece on the bottom I chose to create an Audi R8 with curvilinear shapes. I created this one in curvilinear shapes because modern car today are much more rounded. I also chose the colours very carefully in order to create certain contrast. First of all the two time periods in which the cars are from create contrast alone. Also the brilliant red versus the dull grey create contrast. Even the individual pieces have contrast with the red versus white and the black and grey versus white. I chose the old car to red red because the sharp colour helps define the sharp edges in the piece. I chose greyscale for the newer car because the duller colours emphasize the curving lines. There is also the unity of each piece containing white and grey and both subject matters are cars.

I hope you've enjoyed this piece as much as I did creating it!

The Coke Side of Life

year: 2008

medium: mixed media

Ever since I was young I have always been intrigued by the company Coca-Cola. I had also been playing around with new ideas in my sketch book. As shown in the first image, I created an image of a Coke can. However, the image can only be seen through three rectangles. I then decided to jump outside the box and allow my imagination to transform the idea into a piece of art as seen in the second image.

Blue Boots

year: 2008

medium: mixed media

This is a project that I discovered while experimenting with photography. I set up my snowboard boots and captured over twenty photographs zoomed in. I then pieced the photographs together as a puzzle to create the overall image and then mounted in on a board with an acrylic painted background. Interesting fact: Last year this piece was priced at around $1000 value

Country at Heart

year: 2007

medium: acrylic on board

This is a project that my high school teacher though up. I was to take a photograph and paint in the background. However, it needed to be taken out of it's original surroundings. This is why this picture of my sister and I is in the city. This symbolizes that even though living in the city may be in the future (on the horizon), I will always be from the country where I spent my childhood.