Final project and the End of the BS degree

 Final project

Self-portrait

30x30

Graphite

I have been working on the concepts behind my art  and the idea behind this piece can be taken in two ways. I wanted the piece to portray who I am as a person, as an individual, and an artist. 

The first idea is similar to being trapped by the expectations of others and given stereotypes. Everyone is stereotyped by the world and the people around them, just as I have been. I am labeled because of the things I do (feet panel), how I look (butt panel), and how I think and what I believe (head panel). I have been trapped within the stereotypes, and the walls that those labels have been placed upon me before and I want to break free. 

The second concept follows along the lines of an 'artist' block. When an artist reaches a point of being stuck and has trouble moving forward in their art. Our minds can't reach out of the box or 'think out of the box' because we are limiting ourselves, our thinking and our ability. We are getting in our own way of being successful.