2016-2017
AP Studio Art: Drawing
Over my Junior year in Denver Academy of Torah High school I was privileged to take part in the AP Studio Art Drawing program taught by the wonderfully talented Faith Williams Dyrsten. The Drawing portfolio concentrates on “mark making”, manipulating the images with strokes, density and shading. The following pieces were created for this portfolio with all of the above in mind.
Breadth Section of AP Drawing Portfolio
The following is a collection of the twelve pieces of art created for an AP Art Drawing Portfolio Breadth 2016-2017. This section is all place to showcase the diversity of styles, materials, and concepts.
Concentration Section of AP Drawing Portfolio
The following is a collection of the ten pieces of art created for an AP Art Drawing Portfolio Concentration 2016-2017. This section demonstrates and explores a specific material and concept.
Artist Statement
Receipts. They tell a story. Although just mundane paper and ink they represent so much more. This concentration focuses on the value or emotions behind receipts and how they affect a person. Through the progression, the focus transformed from common everyday use to deeper feelings associated with excessive purchase. As I approach graduation from high school, I have become more aware of the complex financial world containing both anguish and pleasure partnered with the life of spending.
It is impossible to have everything that we desire. In the first stages of my concentration, the more everyday aspects of receipt are represented through the specific items purchased and the choices we make. I experimented with vellum and layering, creating the illusion of depth while incorporating the physical receipts. Receipts are proof of exchange; we get paid for our labor or expertise and turn around to use that for purchasing food, clothing, and a lifestyle. We trade money in return for necessities and desires, as shown in where we have to find a balance. From this point, I shifted to the emotions behind the ongoing flow of money and constant trade. As the idea developed, the details of the receipts became less of a focus; the receipts transformed into simplified blocks of white paper. There is a constant flow of trade between the things we want, the things we have, and the things we need. I believe this has become more apparent in modern society: feelings of despair arise from the insatiable need. As a young adult, I will have to choose how to navigate a world of modern commerce and exchange.