Self-Portrait (Culver's) Painting
For our third painting of the semester, our class was asked to create a self-portrait derived from direct observation or a photographic source. This painting would be completed in a full-color, representational style on a 18'' x 24'' stretched canvas.
For my self-portrait, I departed from the traditional idea of what constitutes an image of self. I instead chose to paint a Culver's location, a reference to my Midwestern identity and to my memories of visiting Culver's with family and friends throughout my life. I used a grid enlargement system to transfer my source image to the canvas and experimented with scumbling, glazing, and Liquin to depict the various textures and light sources present in the composition.
Painting I // Spring 2021
