MY MANIFESTO
For me, as an artist, art should be exciting and should be able to inspire and spark something in a person’s mind and imagination. My work tends to be based around 3D design as I aspire to be a stage designer. My work has always been abstract and I find it’s something that most people initially reject as “art”, but I think if abstraction is given a chance it can be personally related to, as everybody interprets art in a different way, as no two minds think exactly alike.
My ideas for my artwork mainly spark from my everyday experiences, from sculptures I see in galleries to architecture that surrounds me, photographs and quotes I find online, photography has even influenced the way I see things. The list is endless but essentially everything I see, do, touch and hear influences the way I interpret things and comes across in my final piece of work.
When it comes down to my creative process, I have always aimed for one thing in particular. If I can make just one person think “wow” or influence them in some way shape or form then I will feel content and satisfied and this is what drives me to create more and more work. When I saw Henry VIII at the Manchester Royal Exchange theatre, the set utterly blew me away. The way it was so simple yet so powerful, and the way this simple set was adjusted and transformed throughout the play was so clever. Without this, the performance would not have been the same. Ingenious creations like this are what influence me.
Artists that have inspired me over recent years and have grown to become two of my favourite artists are Robert Rauschenberg and Michael Bosanko. I love how Rauschenberg’s paintings are an assortment of found objects boldly displayed against a bespattered background. What I like about Bosanko’s work is that it’s so cleverly composed and to me seems almost dream like, with his use of vivid colours against the dark nights sky are just enchanting.
For me, as an artist, art should be exciting and should be able to inspire and spark something in a person’s mind and imagination. My work tends to be based around 3D design as I aspire to be a stage designer. My work has always been abstract and I find it’s something that most people initially reject as “art”, but I think if abstraction is given a chance it can be personally related to, as everybody interprets art in a different way, as no two minds think exactly alike.
My ideas for my artwork mainly spark from my everyday experiences, from sculptures I see in galleries to architecture that surrounds me, photographs and quotes I find online, photography has even influenced the way I see things. The list is endless but essentially everything I see, do, touch and hear influences the way I interpret things and comes across in my final piece of work.
When it comes down to my creative process, I have always aimed for one thing in particular. If I can make just one person think “wow” or influence them in some way shape or form then I will feel content and satisfied and this is what drives me to create more and more work. When I saw Henry VIII at the Manchester Royal Exchange theatre, the set utterly blew me away. The way it was so simple yet so powerful, and the way this simple set was adjusted and transformed throughout the play was so clever. Without this, the performance would not have been the same. Ingenious creations like this are what influence me.
Artists that have inspired me over recent years and have grown to become two of my favourite artists are Robert Rauschenberg and Michael Bosanko. I love how Rauschenberg’s paintings are an assortment of found objects boldly displayed against a bespattered background. What I like about Bosanko’s work is that it’s so cleverly composed and to me seems almost dream like, with his use of vivid colours against the dark nights sky are just enchanting.
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Doing photography has developed my artistic eye and I always try and see things in their best composition. Being brought up in a major city, most people actually overlook a lot of the architecture of the buildings that surround them. I like to be able to look above eye level and see a completely different side to what surrounds me, which most people will never take notice of, I find this fascinating and almost like an undiscovered secret of my own.
Without art, my life would be completely different. As a person I can change my mind frequently but one thing I have always been sure of is what I want to always include in my life and what kind of career I want in the future, and it’s an artistic one. My ultimate dream is to be a stage designer for theatres and with my passion and drive, I believe I can make this happen.
Doing photography has developed my artistic eye and I always try and see things in their best composition. Being brought up in a major city, most people actually overlook a lot of the architecture of the buildings that surround them. I like to be able to look above eye level and see a completely different side to what surrounds me, which most people will never take notice of, I find this fascinating and almost like an undiscovered secret of my own.
Without art, my life would be completely different. As a person I can change my mind frequently but one thing I have always been sure of is what I want to always include in my life and what kind of career I want in the future, and it’s an artistic one. My ultimate dream is to be a stage designer for theatres and with my passion and drive, I believe I can make this happen.
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