Triptych Artist Statement

Triptych Artist Statement
The theme of my triptych is about illustrating how ambiguous the perception of one’s appearance can have about an individual’s moral standpoint of being a good or bad person as ultimately, there is no definite answer as they coexist in each person regardless of appearance.
Throughout the three pieces, I depicted one generic human figure that did not feature any human characteristics. This enabled the triptych to appeal to a diverse group of viewers. Each piece contains an element or symbolism to help identify it as one of the moral standpoints of “good” or “bad”. The figure that is covered in roses represents the “good “person as its appearance is identified as more welcoming due to the warm tones used and the roses that beautify the portrait. Viewers will perceive it as the good person as beautified figures are associated with a good presence. …show more content…
Specifically, the warm colours are used more towards the “good” figure and the cool colours were used on the “bad figure.” The middle piece, in particular, unifies the triptych by including colours from the other two pieces. The two techniques that helped create textures were sgraffito and impasto. The “good” figure and the “bad” figure feature the sgraffito effect on the body’s figures. Impasto was heavily used on all three paintings as I used a butter knife to slap on thick paint. This is especially seen in the figure covered in roses. Additionally, another technique I used was my artist influence, Gerhard Richter and his method of dragging applied paint across a canvas to create a smooth-like texture. I applied this technique on the white background of each piece with a butter knife to make the background interesting. In particular, Gerhard’s Richter’s is the artist influence on my three pieces as I wanted to capture his technique of dragging applied paint across a canvas to create smooth-like