“Spilling Tea”
🎨 Medium and process: Oil paint
📏 Dimensions: 11x14”
🗓️ Date: September 2023
Assignment: “Painting #1: Chromatic Black, Limited Palette, Warm/Cool Full-Value painting” - ART 120
Prompt: “For our limited palette project, I want each of you to bring a word to incorporate into your composition. Your word/s will be made physical by writing them on an object/s in your view.”
“Akide Sekeri”
🎨 Medium and process: Oil paint
📏 Dimensions: 16x20”
🗓️ Date: October 2023
Assignment: “Painting #2: Full Palette / Complementary Color Still Life” - ART 120
Prompt: “Paint an arrangement of objects from direct observation (not a photo), in full color.”
“Travel the Path”
🎨 Medium and process: Oil paint
📏 Dimensions: TBD
🗓️ Date: October 2023
Assignment: “Painting #3: Landscape/Place”
Prompt: “This painting can be made through various approaches-- observation, invention, levels of abstraction, or a mix of all the above. You may go outside to paint for all or some of the work, or the painting may fully be a studio conception.”
“Leyla”
🎨 Medium and process: Oil paint
📏 Dimensions: 11x14” MDF panel
🗓️ Date: November 2023
Assignment: “Painting #4: Self-Portrait” - ART 120
“Journey of Aspirations”
In "Journey of Aspirations," I delve into the abstract representation of desire and success through a vivid tableau of mountains, waves, and human figures interacting with them. The painting portrays organic, mountain-like shapes, each a metaphor for a personal challenge or goal in human ambition. Scattered among these symbolic mountains are silhouette figures, each struggling to reach the peak. Central to this composition is the image of a lone figure ascending a ladder towards the sky, breaking free from the earthly constraints of the mountains and waves. This figure symbolizes the idea that, while many are engaged in the tough climb of their chosen challenges, true success is boundless, and with the right purpose, one can transcend traditional paths to achievement.
🎨 Medium and process: Oil paint
📏 Dimensions: 3x3’ canvas cloth
🗓️ Date: December 2023
Assignment: “Painting #5: Final”
Prompt: “DESIRE. What does desire have to do with painting? What does desire have to do with creating, seeing, or wanting to be seen or ‘heard’?”