Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts

Monday, 27 July 2015

GREEN

i have a habit of not finishing my art work. the only time i've ever completed a piece is in class when i have to. the day finally came. i finished a canvas! 

voila! 

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i painted the stripes in watercolour as the base a while back and later added the "GREEN" and the trees at the bottom with an oil paint. when i came up with the concept i thought this would be enough but looking at it, i then knew it wasn't. i set aside the piece and let it dry for weeks, unsure of what i had to do to make it look right. i'd been seeing a lot more basquiat online and decided i wanted to incorporate words the way he did. instead of using words all over, i chose to write a poem for the top section. i wrote several poems but none of them seemed to work for this specific piece. one night, i stared at the canvas for a while and repeating the word "green" over and over in my head. that's when the above flowed out. i typed it out as quick as i could in my notes, in case i forgot. the next day, i defined the trees, outlined the lettering and wrote out the poem all in sharpie. when i was done, i felt a feeling i'd never felt before. it was a good feeling. indescribable. i was proud of myself so left it out in my room so i could admire it at any time. my mum walked in and examined. i was nervous. although she knows i love art and creating, she's never discussed it with me or really complimented my work before. this time, she said she loved it and wanted to display it. i said she could have it to hang in her living room, where any guests could see it. i thought i'd felt good before, just for completing something but to have my mum's approval felt even better. i guess it's like the adult equivalent of coming home from school and having her stick your painting to the fridge. i'm rambling now... so i'll close this with letting you know that this is the first but not the last colour themed piece. i plan to have a full collection completed by the end of the year. 

thank you for reading.


Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Monday, 25 May 2015

progress

finally decided to put my sketches on canvas. 

"feeling blue, feeling used"

Monday, 16 February 2015

#wip

currently working on a collection of body image pieces inspired by plus size women

number one

number two

number three

number four

number five





Friday, 29 August 2014

venting session

he made me the person i am today. 
but remained the person he was yesterday. 
i loved when he talked life
not the fairy tale life, real life
it's a beautiful experience to love an artist. 
but sometimes the art doesn't really reflect the person who painted it.
i like honest art
i loved his honest art
but his honest art only told the good parts
his honest art never told the story of his dark heart
it was the type of love that is real good when it's real good
the type of love that is real bad when it's real bad
eventually the bad outweighed the good
it wasn't just him. 
i'll take some of the blame. 
but i refuse to take it all
i will not hate myself for his mistakes.
just like he couldn't love me for mine. 
i'm still so deep in love. 
and i always will be. 
it's too late to turn back. 
because i always thought we could get back
back to how we were in the beginning
when it was just you and me
and the other one didn't matter. 
i loved you and only you
but you fell for any pink matter
now i think back, maybe he wasn't the one who influenced my life now. 
many people had gave me the same advice before.
but he meant something to me. 
so what he said meant something to me. 
anyway, i just wanted to vent. 
i just wanted to let you know i'm a better person now
i'm happier
because you no longer control my happiness
i hope you see this
and i hope you feel bad
because you wrecked me
and i hope you feel proud
because i pieced me back together.

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

we

what are we? 
you have someone else. 
so what are we?
because you still want me.  

tell me what are we?
i love you. 
and you say you love me. 
i can see it in your eyes. 
you do. 
but you love her too. 

until you are free,
i'm afraid we can't be. 
until you are all for me,
there can be no we. 

Monday, 21 April 2014

weak

my eyes are red
but i haven't been smoking
i even went to bed
i do believe i'm just broken

they won't stop
by they i mean the tears
as each one drops
another thought in my head clears

sometimes it's good to release them
whether alone or with company
even if some do not condemn
they are nothing more than somebody

somebody who does not care
is somebody who does not matter
so ignore their evil glare
it's ok to shatter

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

fantasy

i focus on fantasies because in reality i'm afraid of rejection
i couldn't face being told you don't feel the same affection
an unrequited love i shall suffer from
how could I have been this dumb?

i've let it happen again
attached myself to a distorted reality
the side effects of the cocaine
have led me away from normality

they say falling in love is like smoking crack
and once you've started you can't go back
i've come to realise that for myself
this one doesn't have time for anyone but himself

i'll give it some time
i'll eventually recover
when i reach my prime
i will find the right significant other

a broken flower