The candid advice that Mrs. Danahy gave me for this project was: to LOSE IT (i.e. don't worry about intricacy or development and just be loose and creative). And so I researched loose, expressive, and abstract artists such as de Kooning and Matisse; I chose a large piece of cardboard for my surface (my largest work yet) and started collaging with torn paper. I worked from a picture of my grandmother holding my mother as a baby in her austere 1950s living room. After my layer of collage, I came back with acrylic paint and tried to loosely and expressively define the figure of the woman and baby. After the critique I concentrated on emphasizing certain areas to bring the subject forward and the bright/intense colors in the background back. I'm very happy with this piece because I feel it shows the greatest contrast to my other pieces--and I actually had fun doing it!
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