Getting inside your head - #1

This is the first piece in the series that I'm doing for Visual Fringe 2012. The inset shows the piece from the back view.


Series: What's going on inside your head?
Title: I'm a work in progress
6"x6"x4" - mixed media sculpture

What you see on the outside may give you a hint as to what's going on inside. Or it may not. As a lifelong student of people (I majored in Sociology and Psychology), this pretty much sums up my personal experience.

And so it begins

Over New Year's I started on two new series. One's for Shock Stock, the other's for Visual Fringe. The papier mache forms have been made and all base coated. Now the fun and creative stuff begins.

Just wait 'til you see what these turn into!

A Kodak moment

I've decided what I'll be working on next. It's a one of a kind picture based on a photo of friend. The photo was taken on the vacation she took last year. It's the happiest I've ever seen her look. I think that's an important moment to capture and preserve.

I've started planning and sketching it all out in my mind, but I haven't put anything on the canvas just yet. I'll make a physical start on it over the next couple of days.

In some ways this is the most ambtious, most personal piece I've ever done. It feels like the stakes are that much higher when the subject matter is someone I know. Plus I'm going to be giving it to her as a surprise gift.