My approach to this self portrait was from the angle of the art making process itself as telling of the artist's character. Excluding Contemporary Studio all the studio courses I have this semester are based in new media so for this piece I wanted to use a medium and material that was more hands on. I really enjoy using charcoal because of it's flexibility, looseness, and painterly qualities. To me there is always a poetic element present in charcoal mark making and it is from here, the mark making, that I wanted to allow the individual to be realized.
For a self portrait I try not to think about or be influenced directly by any other artists works as I think it wouldn't be true to the essence of what a self portrait is. That said I feel that anything that affects us in anyway becomes a part of who we are and will come out in what we do indirectly.
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