10 words I would associate with my work:
- Colourful
- Morbid
- Gothic
- Symbolic
- Floral
- Death
- Contrast
- Macabre
- Illustrative
- Baroque
I have chosen this image as a representation of my work because I feel that it includes all of the elements that I usually have in my artwork. I am influenced very heavily by Pre-Raphaelite art, tattoo art and the symbolism movement.
There are usually symbolic imagery in my artwork that represent death; this is because death and mortality is something that has played a huge role in my life and changed me as a person. I choose to make these images bright and colourful, sometimes to make it ironic and sometimes to make it quite macabre. It is entirely how the audience views it.
The most prominent colours in my artwork are purples, blues, pinks and greens. I like to include colours associated with femininity. These colours are also present in most of my tattoos and so it is like I am becoming part of my art and vice versa.
Due to being self taught and the only art qualification I have been an Art Foundation, my art tends to be quite illustrative. It is not always accurate or proportionate but I don’t think this is an important aspect of art, it is the message it conveys.
Music, film and books play a big part in the artwork that I make, as whatever I am listening to/reading/watching helps me to convey a mood to the audience often subconsciously. If I am watching something about serial killers it tends to make my artwork darker, if I am listening to music from the 1970’s I tend to use brighter, psychedelic colours.