Artist Statement

Throughout this year, I have created an identity about myself that can be found in the thinking and production of all my works. I became interested in simplistic lines coming together to form a larger, more complex form of art. In combination with various color methods that I incorporated throughout the year, I feel that each piece had its own, unique look yet can all be related back to my central idea. I attempted to stay within the primary colors throughout the year to create my art. However, as the year progressed, mixing of primary colors or lightening or darkening them allowed for gradual  With my theme of simplicity, although there is a certain delicacy about it, it is easy to fall into uninteresting, boring art so I really challenged myself to create interesting work within my theme. In particular, artist Piet Mondrian captured my attention with the way he was able to use straight lines and primary colors in his amazing works. "It is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true." (Piet Mondrian) I find this quote particularly interesting and indicative of his art and in certain ways, my art. Learning to balance seemingly easy lines and the complex intertwining of these lines took time and patience but I found that my work adapted and transformed as I matured to embody some of the qualities that Mondrian displayed throughout his career.