What if you had to get to know someone but could only choose 3 questions to ask them? You then had to create a "portrait" of that person to demonstrate to what you understood and appreciated about their responses. That is the essence of a project we are testing for ArtSEL.
| The three questions, from the We! Connect Cards, that I chose were,
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The "portrait" will use either an abstracted or non-representational approach. Since color conveys so much emotion, color will be the visual art element emphasized in this project. Color field painting came out of abstract expressionism; here are some examples.
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| Mark Rothko Green on Blue (Earth-Green and White) 1954 | Clifford Still PH4 1952 | Helen Frankenthaler Sacred Theater 1973 |
The artists, as shown above, who explored this approach to painting, were pushing back against representational art and often striving to represent emotions and ideas simply through color, texture, shapes, and lines.
The person I interviewed seemed to radiate positivity which I envisioned as yellow/orange colors with a background of gray and blue, much like the rainy weather we're having today. The first image I made was intended to be this pure golden colors but other colors of oil pastel fell off the colors I was using. I didn't expect this and worked these discordant colors back into the artwork. In the end, this reminded me of our discussion of "letting go of control" which was their answer to the "What is one thing life is teaching you right now?" question.
The person I interviewed seemed to radiate positivity which I envisioned as yellow/orange colors with a background of gray and blue, much like the rainy weather we're having today. The first image I made was intended to be this pure golden colors but other colors of oil pastel fell off the colors I was using. I didn't expect this and worked these discordant colors back into the artwork. In the end, this reminded me of our discussion of "letting go of control" which was their answer to the "What is one thing life is teaching you right now?" question.
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| Taping paper to work surface | Front of the "portrait" Click to view larger image. | Back text: "I started this thinking only of the yellow-gold color I think of with your desire to find the good in people. As I was coloring, bits of black & gray fell off the pastel that I hadn't planned. This reminded me of the "letting go of control" we discussed and how beautiful that can be in the end." |
For the next two iterations, I wanted a simple shape to help better represent the ideas from person I spoke with.
 Post-it notes helped me work through several ideas which I then drew on the paper. (Envision multiple possibilities) |  Ideas sketched onto paper (click any image for larger version) |  Image prior to blending the colors |
Blending the colors using a light oil pastel, here are the other two iterations of this portrait project.
 Front of portrait (click for larger image) |  Back "Your words encourage people...you look for the good & help people find their passion." |
 Front of portrait (click for larger image) |  Back: "Keep lifting people up." |
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