The artist I used for inspiration for my reflective identity is Gary L. Gordon. Gordon was born in Northern California in 1950, but when he was eight years old his family moved to Germany. While in Germany Gordon was surrounded by a network of artists so from a young age he was able to draw, design, and visualize from an artistic perspective. As he grew up he was continuously encouraged to be creative by the artistic community surrounding him, because of this his drawing skills and watercolor abilities flourished. Gordon’s parents loved to travel so they often went out to the European countryside and camped out in their VW bus. All this traveling gave him a great sense of perspective and a love for the architectural beauty of Europe.
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He had reflections in sunglasses, large silver balloons, mirrors, and bottles. A lot of the reflections are of landscapes except for the reflections in mirrors. But I think even though most of the reflections show landscapes that they still explore identity. Instead they are just exploring the identity of the land. The specific piece I chose though is a picture of a mom and her child in the reflection of a giant silver balloon. The balloon has a lot of texture in the wrinkles in the front of the picture. The proportions of the mother and her baby are skewed, but that is because they are in the reflection of a balloon. The colors are very naturalistic and realistic and the balloon reflects multiple colors. The balloon does not only look silver, instead you can tell other colors have been mixed in. This piece expresses identity because it displays the life of a mom. The mother in the photo is holding her baby. The facial expression of the mom shows a sort of struggle, but at the same time there is a slight smile. The pictures expresses how a mother loves her child/children and struggles to create the best life for them. She is obviously trying to keep the baby happy by getting him a balloon. So I think this piece expresses identity because it shows how a mother puts her child’s needs first because she wants a good life for her child. I think the piece accurately depicts an important part of …show more content…
The concept of my pieces is that there are many different sides to a personality. My first piece is a reflection of my face in a mirror. On one side of my face my hair is straight and I am wearing makeup and on the other side everything is natural. My second piece is a reflection of myself in a full length mirror, this picture represents the student side to my life. My third piece is a reflection of myself as a lacrosse player in water, this picture represents the athletic side to my life. My fourth piece is a reflections of myself drawing in sunglasse, this represents the artistic side to my life. My fifth piece is a reflection of myself dancing in the form of a shadow, this represents the mix of my athletic and artistic life. My sixth and final piece is a reflection of myself on the side of a car, in this picture I am dressed in a way associated with a “bad girl” act, this represents my desire to break away from trying to be perfect. The reason I took these pictures is because I wanted to show that every person has different sides to their personality. I wanted to put on display that people can have multiple identities. I thought of my concept by just thinking about the life I live. I have friends in many different friend circles, but my main friend group has always been considered to be the “populars,” whatever that means. At the same time I have always been the girl who has
He had reflections in sunglasses, large silver balloons, mirrors, and bottles. A lot of the reflections are of landscapes except for the reflections in mirrors. But I think even though most of the reflections show landscapes that they still explore identity. Instead they are just exploring the identity of the land. The specific piece I chose though is a picture of a mom and her child in the reflection of a giant silver balloon. The balloon has a lot of texture in the wrinkles in the front of the picture. The proportions of the mother and her baby are skewed, but that is because they are in the reflection of a balloon. The colors are very naturalistic and realistic and the balloon reflects multiple colors. The balloon does not only look silver, instead you can tell other colors have been mixed in. This piece expresses identity because it displays the life of a mom. The mother in the photo is holding her baby. The facial expression of the mom shows a sort of struggle, but at the same time there is a slight smile. The pictures expresses how a mother loves her child/children and struggles to create the best life for them. She is obviously trying to keep the baby happy by getting him a balloon. So I think this piece expresses identity because it shows how a mother puts her child’s needs first because she wants a good life for her child. I think the piece accurately depicts an important part of …show more content…
The concept of my pieces is that there are many different sides to a personality. My first piece is a reflection of my face in a mirror. On one side of my face my hair is straight and I am wearing makeup and on the other side everything is natural. My second piece is a reflection of myself in a full length mirror, this picture represents the student side to my life. My third piece is a reflection of myself as a lacrosse player in water, this picture represents the athletic side to my life. My fourth piece is a reflections of myself drawing in sunglasse, this represents the artistic side to my life. My fifth piece is a reflection of myself dancing in the form of a shadow, this represents the mix of my athletic and artistic life. My sixth and final piece is a reflection of myself on the side of a car, in this picture I am dressed in a way associated with a “bad girl” act, this represents my desire to break away from trying to be perfect. The reason I took these pictures is because I wanted to show that every person has different sides to their personality. I wanted to put on display that people can have multiple identities. I thought of my concept by just thinking about the life I live. I have friends in many different friend circles, but my main friend group has always been considered to be the “populars,” whatever that means. At the same time I have always been the girl who has