Drawing I

"See Me"

Size, Magazine Clippings, Glue, 2021

 

My idea started by me just looking through an art magazine and seeing a ton of different paintings and drawings of these well-posed women. I thought the images were really pretty so I wanted to find a beautiful way to combine them. To me, this art piece is all about how women are perceived in society. Between inequality, and different standards society has, it expresses how someone could feel like someone is always watching to see if they are doing things “correct or the right way” I find that collages come easy to me, but the thing I struggled with the most was trying to vocalize my opinion through the art piece. I overcame it by diving right into the project and going with what my gut said to do. If I could do it over again I would probably just start out with a base because I added some of the pictures of the people first instead. The style is surreal and is unique to me because I like to make collages very busy and interesting to look at. I love this piece because I think the colors of all of it look really amazing together and almost feel welcoming and cozy.