I recently saw a lot of art pieces where the artist decided to use texture in order to convey emotions, mood, and tone. I was especially fascinated by all the portrays that use abstract colors and texture in order to paint a face. While no features are drawn, they are visible through the use of texture. Inspired by this I wanted to create my own texture portray. While mine did not turn out anywhere near as good as those that I saw I had a lot of fun playing around with different mediums including acrylics and oil paint in order to create this piece.
One of my art teachers once told me that a good artist is able to see the things that aren't there. Evidently, this is a broad statement and can be interpreted in many ways. In my opinion, art is extremely subjective, and such thing as a good artist or a bad artist doesn't exist. I do believe however that it takes a lot of skill to come up with concepts and visualize them. Especially when considering cartoons or other forms of unique sketches where the artist is pushed to visualize things that they have never seen before in person. I often try to come up with unique concepts like these in order to push my creative boundaries to see what I can create. Here is one of the sketches I have recently created:
The piece resembles a large collage consisting of red and gold condoms of which each contains an individual face. The golden condoms faces were altered to look like a devil, which juxtaposes the crucifix form in which they were assembled. The piece is a reactional piece towards the Catholic church sex abuse scandals. The piece addresses the hypocrisy of the Catholic church and how they have continuously committed a cardinal sin. My piece is meant to provide an intrinsic voice to the scandals, while it might be unpopular it must be heard.
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