systems abstraction

the premise of this project was to create and abstract a system for myself, from which this evolved. i tried to keep a balance between its chaos and organization, and working with so many layers was wonderful (though i wish the depth was more apparent in the photograph). acrylic on canvas, 40x40

baltimore buried

for one of my assignments we had to combine traditional painting with elements of a photo. i ended up painting almost the whole canvas, and only leaving photo elements in some areas in the trees since i wanted to teach myself more about realism in the rest of the painting. i definitely learned a ton of lessons from this project and really want to do more of it!

improv.

for my color abstraction class we did an assignment with improvisation using a dominant hue. this was mostly an experiment of techniques, and i definitely discovered some new methods that i'll continue to use! this one is a bit larger, around 40x48, acrylic on canvas. had a little difficulty getting the camera to justify the textures.