Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Assignment 1: The Expanded Image


For this assignment, I based my images off of the above photo; they are all based on scenes that I have seen near my house on the outskirts of the city of Milwaukee.  In this series I focused on showing the contrast between nature and manmade pollution and the way these two things coexist along the boundary between city and country.  In addition, there is also a fairly stark contrast between the style of the art and the subject matter; this is meant to give the pieces a slight sense of irony, and also to reflect the juxtaposition of opposing elements that the images represent.    



These are the original sketches, including one that was not made into a finished piece: