Work by Elmore DeForge.

I tried a lot of new things this semester. I got to do all my first oil paintings which the best experience. I was also able to experiment with more abstract art which was fun and new. Abstract work is like looking through a window into someone's mind. Using pastels was great too. At first it seemed a little hard because of the type of paper the flower pastel was done on which didn't let you make many mistakes because of the lack of the ability to erase as well as you could on normal paper. For me, with art you can express yourself a lot easier than you could with just words.

First monoprint. This is just something that I was seeing in my head that I wanted to put out paper to try to express a type of feeling that many people might experience sometimes.

This is a picture of the five pieces of art I've done so far in this class. The two on the table are my still lifes, and first paintings. The painting of the landscape on the far right was the next thing I did. I was working with a pallette knife and oil paints It took me a long time to get the texture right and it was a struggle trying to get the right colors as the mountains went further and further back. The painting in the middle I copied off of a cover of a magazine. It was tricky to get her skin color just right, with all the different shades, and I still think it could use some improving. The painting on the right is my self portrait in progress. It's inspired by Frida Kahlo, a self portrait she painted with big green leavers in the background, titles 'Thinking about Death". It's definitely a work in progress. I'm still working on my lips, hair, shoulders, background and improving everything else.

This was my first print. I stared out by carving on a soft cut and then transfered it onto a painting. So far this has been my favorite project.

This is a collection of everything I have done so far. I did the three self portraits from a Andy Warhol inspiration.

This was my third monoprint. I had done a sunset so I then decided to do a night sky in comparison. I used yellow, blue and purple, and after this monoprint I found out that to get richer color I had to use much more paint.