Self Portrait Art Gallery

My Portrait

Media: Digital photo, cut into abstract pieces to form portrait collage

Size: 8.5x11 in.

Artist: William Doran

Title: Charles E. Burchfield at his Desk

Media: Reproduction of Ektacolor slide

Size: not stated

Year: 1996

Artist: Charles E. Burchfield

Title: Self-Portrait

Media: Watercolor and conte on paper

Size: not stated

Year: 1916

 Artist: Majorie A. Wyckoff

Title: Bust of Martha Visser's Hooft

Media: not stated

Size: not stated

Year: late 30s

I chose these three pieces because I liked the difference in them. The first portrait is a picture that was taken, the second is a watercolor painted portrait, and the third is a sculpted portrait, so I thought it was nice to have portraits with different media.

The first portrait, which is an image of Charles E. Burchfield, is actually what inspired me to use a photo as my self portrait as well. I then added my own creative touch to it by cutting abstract pieces to make my portrait look like a puzzle or type of collage.

I struggled for a little while on how to make my portrait creative and different. I decided to do something simple, but not something I have seen before in any of the art galleries that I have visited this semester. My friend is a photographer, so I had her take a close-up picture of me from the shoulders up with her digital camera, then I printed it and cut the picture into different pieces, then pieced them back together.

I think this piece sort of represents me because it is jagged and not perfectly pieced together. This is how I feel mentally right now with the end of the semester and graduating within the next two weeks. My brain is all over the place, so it's interesting how my portrait represents different pieces of me that may be separated from another piece.

There are irregular shapes and lines within my portrait, since I cut different pieces out of the image. The portrait also shows a sense of space, since the pieces are not perfectly fit together, creating some space in between them. 

I didn't mind this project, although I do think that what I enjoyed most about this project was creating my own portrait and trying to add my own twist to it. This involved me being more creative, which I liked. I have always like portraits and how they portray a person differently depending on the textures, colors, and the emotions/feelings that are expressed in a persons face.

I like my final artwork. I love taking photos, so I enjoyed being able to use a photo of myself and like I said, add my twist on it. I'm happy with how it turned out, although I do wish that it had more dimension to it and that it wasn't as flat.