Abby Carson Studio 1 2017

Artist Statement: This piece is titled "Depth" and is a linocut piece. This is titled "Depth" because it shows the depth in someone's face, how each person has their own story and own depth behind their story. People have depth and show it through their backgrounds, stories, friends, family, and practically everything in their lives. My mentor for this piece was Megan, because this is actually based off a picture of her. Megan inspires me to looker deeper into people, and not judge as quickly, learning more about the person and their story instead of judging/assuming so quickly. Megan inspires me everyday to be a better, nicer, and more positive person. In this piece I used color to bring out the features of Megan's face, by showing the brightness of the flowers, and the depth of her eyes and what they tell about her past. I included a road, with a sun, and flowers to show Megan's traveling background. Megan took a 6 week road trip and...

This is a picture of my sister and I. I think that the most important and meaningful part of my life, is family. Family is always there for you and is always there to help. Being able to have these relationships helps me through the daily struggles and stresses of life. Family is the group of people that we are lucky enough to have right with us whenever we need them. Family holds memories, happiness, and comfort, all things that we need in life to get through the simple and big things. Family, no matter what happens, will always hold a special place in my heart, whether it be the concept of family, or the people that make life great. Family is consistently the glue that holds our hearts together. 

Love: I love animals. Animals are always something I have enjoyed to be around and cuddle with. Animals in my opinion are a source of therapy and can always calm me down when need be. Animals are always joyful to see us and don't want anything more from us, than a little pet and love, sometimes a kiss. Animals are genuine and I don't know what life would be like without them.  Fear:  I fear standing out from a crowd. In society today we are always trying to be unique and different from the general crowd, but I fear that. This is one of my biggest fears because I never know how people will react when we act differently then the general crowd. I represented this by using one color of the same paper and one of a different color standing out in the crowd.

In this piece of art my goal was to show the merge between the darkness and points of light. I was aiming to bring out the white light by carving it out with an eraser. I was able to use an eraser to carve out the light, a black piece of charcoal to darken up the areas in the back, and finally go in with white chalk to bring out the white areas even more. The portrait is about dramatic shadows, because it obviously shows the depth of the darkness and those shadows bring some serious drama towards any white areas. The most difficult challenge I had to face, was trying to keep the dark areas extra dark so that they looked very sharp and very black. Also trying to keep my arm from messing up the portrait itself, and trying to figure out the size of the pumpkins and where I should start them. My portrait really works in the background where the person is peeking over. This really works because it goes from the deepest black shade I use to the very white chalk and its very dramatic and...

This picture is a picture I snapped while driving by a sunflower field this weekend on my way to a concert. I thought it was beautiful and represented color in a significant way. It shows the light blue as some shades of yellow, orange, and pink are able to blend with each other and create this wispy bursting look of color.  This picture is of some beautiful fall flowers. Although they are fake, they show the beauty of how certain colors look with each other. The photo shows that yellow, orange, and red are all variations of each other and together can create a beautiful picture. This photo is a piece of one of the hallway pictures I saw. The picture shows colors that are broken into small pieces that are put together to create a meaningful picture. There is mainly color in this photo and very few spaces that aren't filled with bright colors, which shows just how color can brighten an area.  This a photo of some fruits that I loved the way there was s...

These are the four thumbnail sketches I did of the pumpkins. I choose to focus more on which angle I will be looking at of the pumpkins and how that will affect the size, view, and placement of the finished portrait.

These is a photo of my sister and little cousin Vera. I take my family in general, they all do so much for me and most of the time I forget how much they really mean to me. My family is my rock, they constantly encourage me to be the best I can be. When I get caught up in my everyday life and all the daily stresses that can make me tired and irritated, I forget how much my family does for. Even simple things like driving me to school or taking me to get some food after a long day. My goal is to make sure I'm always aware of all that my family does for me and all the reasons I portably wouldn't be alive today without them. This is a photo of my dresser drawers, and this shows how I take my clothes for granted. I realize that some people don't even have the clothes they need to live, but I'm blessed with a large amount of clothes and pieces to keep my warm. Clothes are something I forget about being thankful for because it is such a normality for me, but for some...

My intentions of this piece of artwork was to convey a message about a father's protection towards his daughter and how that relationship can be created through inanimate objects such as shells. I was able to focus on the sources of light and darkness in order to accomplish the goal of drawing these shells, the light and darkness help bring out the drama of the portrait. My portrait is about light and darkness, how darkness can make a drawing so intense and deep, and the light brings out the shadows and creates a beautiful but simple balance. The most difficult challenge I had to face was trying to blow up the portrait and make these shells a lot larger and more detailed, because in the original photo and real life, the shells were a lot smaller and didn't look as detailed. But when you got closer and realized all the shadows and light, the detail grew greatly. I was able to meet this challenge by using a view finder to help size out the image and draw the different parts of...

Photography:   Photography is something I obsess over greatly. I love taking photos and being able to have a keepsake in a way of a moment that I was enjoying myself. My bedroom is full of photos, including this wall, in which I include some of my favorite memories that I was able to capture in a collage of photos. Photography is a huge part of my daily life, I enjoy taking the simplest of pictures, it always makes me really happy. Nature:  Nature is another thing that I obsess over. Nature is amazing to me. I was hiking multiple trails this weekend with my family and was able to capture some of the most beautiful areas. Spending this time with my family meant a lot to me and being in nature made it even better. Nature is beautiful and is very peaceful.  Sunsets:  Sunsets are one thing I greatly obsess over and it brings the photography aspect into it. Sunsets are one of the most beautiful parts of our world to me, because they h...

This is my mug drawing and I tried to really bring out the light and dark areas of it. I tried to bring out the elipse and show the brighter and darker points of the set-up.

This photo is of some of my friends, this in general represents all the great friends I have in my life that I can go to for anything. They are my family in so many ways and I couldn't be more grateful them and all that they do for me. Friends are a huge part of my life and impact me in so many ways, true friends are there whenever you need them. True friends are able to have fun with you and enjoy being around you, for you and not for any other reason.  This photo is of some of my cousins. My cousins are a very important aspect of my family because no matter what we always have a great time together and I love spending time with them. Cousins are forever, is what I always like to say because they always make me happy.  This photo is of my sister and I's shoes. We have so much in common and she is honestly my best friend. We talk about everything together and although we are very different we are one in the same. She mans the world to me.  Thi...