My most recent explorations in printmaking have taken me into the realm symbolism. While taking a course at the Worcester Art Museum, I was challenged to create a symbol that represented who I was. I began by sketching things that I related to and images that represented my thoughts, passions, interests... and very being. From there, I worked to simplify, re-sketch, re-work, and re-examine what it really was that made me.. me! In the end, I, as well as the others in the class, had come up with a symbol that encompassed who I was on a level that went beyond outward appearances and casual conversation to explore the deeper parts of me that lay hidden to the world.
As if the creation of my personal symbol (shown at right) was not enough, the class was then given the task of using that very piece of ourselves in a series of artwork. I call my series "Symbolic Me."
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