Guilt’s style is inspired by the surrealism and expressionism movements. It represents how guilt feels; like cream-of-mushroom soup, uncomfortable, and full of regret and sorrows. I used a more monochromatic color scheme to make the piece feel more dreary and heavy, and the figure’s posture is depicted as submissive to their own guilt and pain.

For this piece I started of with a photoshoot inspired by Andy Warhol and Geoffrey Jones. The model is a well known person in our school but I wanted the photos to show a more personal side of him. The drastic pink and purple light gives off a sense of femininity. Both elements together represents crumbling stereotypes and expectations that make one vulnerable to society.

It was my biggest dream as a kid to climb the tallest mountain and drink the clouds. I used that idea to create a piece about empowerment and self-fulfillment. The juxtaposition of the baby head and the adult hand is meant to symbolize achieving your goals using your own devices. I used fantasy colors to support the dreamscape I created. The textural contrast was something I wanted to emphasize, in order to attract the viewer’s eye.

The inspiration behind my watercolor flower was the bright and vibrant colors in the flower and how the the contrast was shown in the picture but the main inspiration was the way my teacher described it and showed her love for that style of art which then made me want to be able to experience it for myself. The message behind the artwork is that u can always find happiness and joy even when there is sadness all around. The process used to create this artwork was I started out with stretching the watercolor paper then sketched out the proportions of the flower then slowly used the flat wash and wet into wet to layer and create details to bring the flower to life.