The Holiday

Today, I spent my morning working on my new piece. It is called "the Holiday". It is inspired by how people can feel around the holidays which is not always so good. For me, this Christmas was not the best one so thats why I chose to do a painting that highlights the negative impacts of the holiday. It is on a 5 feet by 3 feet cement board placed horizontally. The four people in the middle represent a "family" that has had a miserable holiday. The first one on the left is drunk so as to avoid the stress and negativity of the holiday, the next one is just fed up and bored, the one after that is sad but is trying to not to show it, and the last one is so frustrated and stressed that his head blows up. Out of all the pieces I have ever done this one seems to be the most controversial and interesting. I plan to use a variety of media like in "the Departure" (i.e- newspaper, acrylic, and possibly fabric). This afternoon I worked on my landscape piece. I am very close to finishing it. All I have left is those finishing details, which does take a lot of patience. Tomorrow, my sponsor and I will meet with Mrs. Jambor at the Gries Center to discuss the logistics of the show.