Having quite a pessimistic view on the world, humans especially, beginning by the end of my first decade of life produced a great interest in the darker aspects of the world we live in. This doesn 't mean I only explored the things lurking in the shadows, but rather hidden truths and malevolent desires that lie beneath even the happiest of exteriors. This brought forth the birth of "Carnival Creatures"
I intend to further pursue and take advantage of this pessimistic view and explore in detail aspects of life/death and good/evil, especially their interaction with each other and the balance or overpowering of one over its counterpart. I plan to produce a series of carnival/circus focused works that depict an atmosphere completely different …show more content…
With the desire to continue exploring my own depictions and interpretations of current widespread ideas, while still maintain a fantastical view, and an inability to reuse the mythology theme the theme 'Carnival Creatures ' was born. Furthermore, I have taken a lot of my inspiration from old 1900 's side show carnival attractions and artists Albert Tucker and Keith Hunter Jesperson, whose application of bright contrasting colours - or in Tucker 's case, strategically placed shaded areas and dull colouring without lose of detail or overpowering of other imagery. Jesperson creates bright and demanding works, often depicting the most beautiful and paradise-like imagery of the earth in a realistic manor accompanied by the use of bold and vivid colouring. While Tucker created a more depressing and abstract view on the world, focusing on the worst events and most dismal of feelings in everyone, even at an amusement park. His works were often comprised of heavy brush strokes of dull or blood and death related colours. Many may see the artists as polar opposites of one another, however though that may be I wish to combine to the application of vivid colouring from Jesperson 's as a method of emphasis as well as a form of masking the darkness often unseen in a carnival. These bold colours will be accompanied by a background of dark and dull shadowing 's and blurred features of the surroundings as well as the malevolent intentions of the attractions and
I intend to further pursue and take advantage of this pessimistic view and explore in detail aspects of life/death and good/evil, especially their interaction with each other and the balance or overpowering of one over its counterpart. I plan to produce a series of carnival/circus focused works that depict an atmosphere completely different …show more content…
With the desire to continue exploring my own depictions and interpretations of current widespread ideas, while still maintain a fantastical view, and an inability to reuse the mythology theme the theme 'Carnival Creatures ' was born. Furthermore, I have taken a lot of my inspiration from old 1900 's side show carnival attractions and artists Albert Tucker and Keith Hunter Jesperson, whose application of bright contrasting colours - or in Tucker 's case, strategically placed shaded areas and dull colouring without lose of detail or overpowering of other imagery. Jesperson creates bright and demanding works, often depicting the most beautiful and paradise-like imagery of the earth in a realistic manor accompanied by the use of bold and vivid colouring. While Tucker created a more depressing and abstract view on the world, focusing on the worst events and most dismal of feelings in everyone, even at an amusement park. His works were often comprised of heavy brush strokes of dull or blood and death related colours. Many may see the artists as polar opposites of one another, however though that may be I wish to combine to the application of vivid colouring from Jesperson 's as a method of emphasis as well as a form of masking the darkness often unseen in a carnival. These bold colours will be accompanied by a background of dark and dull shadowing 's and blurred features of the surroundings as well as the malevolent intentions of the attractions and