Controversy Is The Only Versy I Serve In This Dojo...

I happen to like art that goes against traditional standards of what is typically considered art... like some really girly flowery landscape or a Georgia O' Keefe painting that suspiciously looks like some female anatomy. I think that these pieces of art are individualistic and say something about the artists. The Picasso piece is well... why would it be controversial? I can see that there's nudity, but alot of other famous pieces have nudity and I don't see them on this list. When I saw Takashi Murakami's work, I seriously thought, "What are these people smoking that makes it controversial?"
It's really kind of crazy what people think is this way... don't they realize that art work is an expression of the artist and not of them?

Round TWO!

I have four concentration pieces and about twenty Breath pieces. My biggest weakness that needs to be worked on would have to be keeping with pieces and not to say their done once they are turned in. I also need to work on figure drawing and getting proportions right. My best memory from first semester would have to be when we were making still life pieces. That is also my favorite project :). I have learned that i am not as bad of an artist as i thought and that art is an expression of yourself. In order for your art to say something, you have to put that emotion into your work. I have no idea how I can answer the last question. I'll let you know when I figure that one out.

The Begining of the End

I wish...:
-I had been a bit more productive and on task.
-I had spent more time on a few pieces.

My Goals For Next Semester Are:
-Work more efficiently and stay on task.
-Take extra time to finish pieces to better quality.

The piece that is my strongest is probably the one that I am most proud of. It is my still life of tools done in conte.