AP Studio Art Concentration

AP Concentration 

(12 pieces) 

                My concentration takes the theme of death and rebirth in my life. It takes an abstract look using different mediums: acrylic paint, egg tempera, marker and ink. It is the story of the death of one’s lower self that is trapped in depression being reborn to one’s higher self. It ends with the promise of hope and the continuation of this cycle. This concentration takes a sense of loneliness and isolation and transforms into one’s inner joy through the process of meditation.

            This story starts with the embodiment of depression and the acknowledgement of death (image #1, #2). Much of this discontent is caused by being trapped in the world of duality and time (image #3). This time is then transcended through remembrance of past lives and past experiences (image #4, #5). The dream state continues this journey, showing one that life and death questions freedom in the physical world (image #6). Yet only when a person discovers their true self are they able to unify with their inner happiness (image #7, #8). Then humans are able to transcend the lower self and transcend death all together (image #9) and set out on the true journey of soul (image #10). The soul or true self is then reborn into the embodiment of joy (image #11). The story ends with the reborn soul coming back to the world of death, but is now the teacher and brings with it the key to the journey -- the hope represented as the crane (image #12). This concentration started by depicting my depression and facing of death as seen through the monochromatic and subdued colors. It evolved into paintings that are joyful and show a rebirth of spirit. In ends with the embodiment of power and using the reborn spirit to guide others.