Habitat

 

My end of the year project reflects my concern on the environment. Again, I chose to look at Malaysia and decided to paint two orang-utans. The orang-utan's are a significant ape race in Malaysia and I also have a personal experience with them from my time living in Malaysia. In this piece, I chose to paint these apes on a wooden board so I could experiment with media a bit more. I found that painting on this board gave a slight texture, however the oil paint ended up masking some of the texture. I painted the orang-utan to be hanging on a branch. However, I painted an old industrial building but created it in a way so it resembles a tree. The "branch" the ape is holding onto is actually a pipe. Lastly, I added physical object to the piece, such as screws, bolts and leaves to bring out a three-dimensional effect and also exhibit how the industrial world is affecting the natural world. While creating this piece, I found it difficult to screw each object onto the wooden board and also adding nails into the board. But I am happy with the result of the project.

London: Fabricated

For this project, I decided to explore media and use different material to make the finished product. For this project, I wanted to use cloth material in the background to create texture and then paint over it. I chose to look at artist Sigmar Polke because he has works that have to do with mixed media and thus I chose to create this piece. I chose to paint the Big Beg with the Tower Bridge because those are two factors that define England, or more specifically, London. I visited London during our Spring Break and I was inspired to paint the large monuments. Not only did I use cloth material to create the background, but I also used small random objects that I found around my house to make the piece a bit more interesting since it is already a mixed media piece. Again, I stuck to using my usual color palette of cool colors and chose cloths that were mainly blue but also had a certain texture to them. I enjoyed this project. However, it took a very long time to finish.