My self-portrait was designed to show how I perceive limitations
in life. The broken border around my painted self is supposed to represent the restrictions
I feel when it comes to school or similar things. I can never really open up to
new or extraordinary ideas when there are so many requirements for an
assignment. But the rare moments that come where there are no rules I can reach
out and grasp some of my better ideas. I feel free to go far out there and come
traversing back with a new idea in hand. I also added personal touches to the
painting. My top favorite colors are green and blue, so those are the colors I
decided to paint for the clothes. I am rarely without a cross necklace, so I
felt it only natural to add one around my neck. In addition to the mental
limitations I feel that come with too many requirements, I included the scars
that came with my knee surgery. That operation was a part of a seven-year
struggle that took up a good deal of my life. I am still healing so that is why
my left hand is still sewing it up.
The
materials I used were reclaimed wood for the frame, with several types of glue
and steel staples to hold it together. Most of the body is cardboard, with foam
core arms. Red thread and a sewing needle are a part of my knee. The
representation of my ideas was cloth. I used oil paints on the once white cloth
and acrylic for everything else.
To make it
deconstructed I painted my portrait on the different levels made up of foam
core and cardboard. Also, I purposely cut an opening in the wooden frame that
allowed the colored strips of cloth to come inside.
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