An Assortment of Alvin's Amazing Artwork
Artist Statement:
Realism is my thing. The more realistic it looks, the better I feel about it. Not only is real-ness an easy way of judging my works, it’s also quite natural for a non-artsy person to look at a realistic drawing and say, “Hm. That’s pretty good,” as opposed to staring at an abstract work without any idea how deep it is. I prefer realism also because I have no idea how to create abstract pieces. It just doesn’t really click with me. Expressing emotions through art is difficult without anything with a solid connotation already attached to it. Also, colors and shapes hate me. Warm colors, cool colors, geometric and organic shapes, I know all the technical terms, but applying them to create meaning is something in which I am not well versed. I need a prompt, a catalyst, that I can expand on while I’m drawing. Something real that I might enhance. Thus, most all my drawings spawned from my everyday life. Speaking of colors hating me, I also dislike color. Quite a bit. Not because it's inconvenient, as color is a rather handy thing to have. No, it's because using color well requires a certain amount of finesse. With the addition of color comes a virtually infinite number of hues and an even larger infinity of combinations. In order to fully utilize color, you would have to be well familiar with the bounty of variations it has to offer. Sadly, I do not have that familiarity with colors, thus I tend to shy away from them with a passion. Besides drawing, I am also quite fond of more mechanical forms of art, such as carving prints, folding origami, or cutting paper snowflakes. My snowflakes are amazing, at least I like to think so. An inordinate amount of time and effort go into making each snowflake. The same goes with origami and prints; whatever I do, I try my hardest to create something that I would be proud of. And even if they aren’t that great, I enjoy making them because it’s fun. And that’s basically all it comes down to; I create the things that I create because in creating, I find joy. It’s calming to sit by oneself and just make. Maybe for half an hour. Maybe even up to five or six hours. It's kind of a calm, meditation time. Most of the time. Like most things, making art tends to be more enjoyable if you’re good at it, which led me to attend legitimate art classes, in hopes that someday I may be satisfied with my works. |