2D Studio Art - Painting & Drawing
This thesis addresses the use of furniture as a canvas. My experience with furnishings is informed by my exploration of interior design. Ending my adolescence and entering my adulthood with a home at a young age, had introduced me to a love for interior spaces and how they are constructed. In those experiences, I have employed a variety of furnishings as well as arrayed multiple inner spaces. The majority of the furnishings were collected second-hand through Goodwill, Craiglist, Facebook Marketplace, and even dumpsters.
My media being furniture and paint allows me to repurpose these found objects. Instead of repurposing them for their intended use, I alter the overall function of the object. I do so by orchestrating a scene with the pieces outside of their intended purpose.
To reach these scenes, I begin with my creative process which starts with the piece of furniture. I then make repairs to the furnishing as needed and proceed with taking away and adding to the piece. When pleased with the outcome, I then start to stage scenes by combining and removing objects until satisfied.
My creative process is influenced by maximalism and other types of interior design as well. Maximalism, much like my work, is filled with an excessive amount of color and is compacted with decor. Other influences that inform my work include artists such as Jessi Reaves and Sarah Braman. Their work includes a collection of furnishings and other objects in erratic arrangements and bold colors.
Ultimately, my work’s focal point is to take second-hand furnishings and disrupt their intended use by painting, adding to, removing from, and arranging them. In doing so, breaking the piece from its original context.
"Step on me", acrylic on cotton rug. 4 x 6 feet
"Step on me", acrylic on cotton rug. 4 x 6 feet
"Glue Can Fix It", hot glue and ceramic, 17 x 15 x 10 inches
"Veiled", acrylic and gesso on fabric, 65 x 27 x 28 inches
"Veiled", acrylic and gesso on fabric, 65 x 27 x 28 inches
"Like Butter", acrylic on wood, 33 x 17 x 42 inches
