I’ve created this masterpiece because I feel ad though it has a great meaning to society. It also brings a food for thought type of message .  While working on this project I realized I have achieved my goal in creating a visual representation. For the message that I have been trying to convey to society. When you see a trash can there are multiple things that come to mind. In an artist's perspective it could mean throwing away inner struggles. Or keeping things inside or to talk about that bad things about something or someone. Although that’s not what I have intended for the viewer to think about. Making this 3d sculpture I have achieved my goal in making an actual representation of society. This project has no correlation to my previous work or to any other piece of art that i’ve made. I first made a drawing of what I wanted my 3d sculpture to look like then i made  a rough draft of my work with clay. Then I made a Final draft more improved with more detail and it’s colored. The whole base of making this piece of art was to represent the world I live in. Trash, complete and utter trash. The actual sculpture is empty and has no real trash in it. You can simply imagine the metaphorical cans and wrappers that represent what’s wrong with society. A lot of our society is bad but there is always a little bit of grey in the middle. My grandfather was shot and killed in cold blood and no murderer was found to be given a trial. He received no justice. My art gives people something to think about. Think about themselves, think about the way society is structured, think about their own happiness. Having a certain technique can bring out a different feeling in your art. I added sharp detail and edges to create a deeper feeling for my 3d model. I learned how to make a functional 3d sculpture.

I created my art piece because I wanted to try to put my feelings into my art.  That is why I decided to draw a heart and make it to look a little scattered. My overall vision was  to understand the making of the limited palette painting. What I would like to communicate to the viewers is that there is some confusion in my heart. I feel like I achieved a few things while creating this work. I was able to show people how I feel. Compared to my previous work I honestly feel like my artwork was a lot better this time around because I put more time into it. If I had to pick an artist that my work fits in with i would say that it fits in with Sam Francis because he did a little bit of splatter painting.

As I started my work I first looked up how to draw a heart with spirals in it. After that I drew it out in my art notebook and transferred it to the piece of wood. I then made the colors I wanted to use and put it on the heart that was in my notebook. After that I painted the heart and used the splatter technique. My work shows that I am lost and all over the place but even with that I am still moving on. When I started to talk to my mom again I didn’t know how to feel I felt lost with no direction. I feel like my work can show many young adults that they can do anything even if they aren’t good at it. When making the painting the technique was important I strategically chose not to have the spirals in a specific place, I had them all over the place to show that I was feeling scattered. I was excited to learn how to do the splatter paint. I watched a lot of YouTube videos so that I could see what other people did while using the splatter paint technique.

I created this artwork because I wanted to work with materials that I never worked with before. My overall vision for my work was to artwork an artwork that was different and unique. I think my artwork communicates a positive and happy feeling. I think I achieved a positive feeling through this creation of this work. My current work relates to a previous artwork that I did in middle school with paint. My art work fits in with still life contemporary art. My artwork is very similar to a painting by Marc Dalessio named Two Roses. During the process of creating this artwork, the process of creating this went very fast. With already knowing what kind of design I wanted to do. Carving on the linoleum palate only took two days. I struggle with making a print with figuring out the perfect amount of paint to use. My inspiration for my image came from https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2434/4048317339_24c1be827d.jpg . My artwork reflects my own life because I live an happy and positive lifestyle. My artwork can influence and make an impact on the world because it creates an happy feeling. During this process the technique that was most important for creating my artwork was the way I held the carving tool. I used three different carving tools which were all used for different things. The smaller carving tools were used to make finer lines throughout my artwork. A new technique that I learned with this process is that you do not need to use a lot of pressure to curve out the linoleum palate.

Overall, I enjoyed making this artwork. I just wish the process didn't go as fast as it did. I had fun using materials that I never worked with before. I hope that I am able to work with carving tools again.