The document details an art portfolio focusing on the representation of women through various artistic styles and mediums. The artist explores themes from mythology and literature, using techniques like watercolor and oil paint to convey emotions and narratives. The final pieces emphasize the individuality of women by presenting them with minimal backgrounds to highlight their unique features.

1. Faith
AP Studio Art – 2D-Design Portfolio

2. Breadth
Section

3. Grand prize winner of the Congressional Art Award 2014

11. Concentration

14. Winner of State VASE Gold Seal Award 2015

15. Concentration
My concentration focuses on women. I wanted to convey the many unique types of
women, depicting them in various environments and situations from fantasy and
mythology to literature, eventually isolating the figure with little to no background for
emphasis. Throughout the process, as I painted each piece, I tried to illustrate each
scenario with techniques and materials that best told the individual's story. Each piece
has a unique style with which it depicts each situation.
In pieces 1 and 2, I showed women in mythology. I experimented with watercolor
and different mixed-media elements to create a lighter color scheme and simpler
design to evoke a fantasy-like environment.
Next, I moved into examining women in literature in pieces 3 (based on “Aunt
Jennifer’s Tigers” by Adrienne Rich) and 5 (based on Medea by Euripides). Both of
these writings describe the confinement and past position of women as the lesser sex.
Since these focus on a more serious topic, I chose to use oil paint to establish darker,
richer colors and more detail. Because these works are also fictional, I continued to
employ mixed-media elements with a more abstract depiction.
Pieces 6 and 7 transition from exploring woman in fictional environments to focusing
only on the woman interacting with her environment. I used space and movement to
tell the story.
Finally with pieces 8 through 12 I deliberately concentrated on the individual. I
painted as realistically as possible with minimal embellishment and simple
backgrounds to emphasize the uniqueness of each woman's face and body.