Substrate Matrix as a Whole

The four Foundations classes have finally finished the substrate matrix! Combining four substrates from each student utilizing collage, paint, cultural color and found materials the wall comes together to create a unique and energetic piece of art. This piece as a whole holds something very unique within it. By integrating each separate piece into a singular element we create a wall that forms unintended connections, patterns and forms. Sparkling with a wide range of colors I find it amazing how each piece interacts with its neighbors, and when viewed from a distance morphs into a tantalizing borage of color harmonies and gradients. In addition to the color the forms in the piece as one create unique relationships and commonalties. One piece will seem to be the perfect partner to another even though they were never intended to be next to each other. The random aspect of the piece as a while plays perfectly into the processes we went through to make then and in the end comes together stellarly to create a wall mural that is composed not from one specific thing but rather many. 

Second Work

For our second work in the series of four we were asked to draw inspiration from a fellow classmate. I was assigned to work of of Alex who had made an orange collage of cut out triangles with a distinct circular object in the bottom right. The substrate was to be covered using only acrylic paint with the sole requirement be that we utilized some set of color harmonies. For my piece I used both the analogous orange color harmony and the complimentary blue-orange harmony. The piece drew fairly literally from alex's original piece with the exception that I added a second, more subtle circle to the composition. It all turned out very well and up to my expectations. Hope you like it.