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2025-05-20 Welcome To My Website
I want to give a shoutout to some of the sites that inspired this one:
https://legowelt.org/
https://www.pi.fyi/home/top
https://jbarton.us/
https://reneekaostudio.com/
https://whatheysay.cargo.site/
2023-05-19 Art Instagram Post Archive
A couple of days ago I finally got around to developing a roll of film that I had started on my Mom’s old SLR camera back in 2018. I couldn’t entirely remember what I had taken pictures of, so it was a fun surprise getting to see what was on it.
The portraits of me were for an AP Photo assignment. I’m pretty sure we were asked to recreate a self-portrait of a famous artist. I chose to replicate Andy Warhol’s Self Portrait in Drag (1981) because in a few of the photos from that set Warhol wears a wig with feathered hair that resembled my hair. I ended up using scans of Polaroids instead to get a more accurate recreation (the original set was done on Polaroid), so this particular set of photos from that day was left untouched.
The clock photos must have also been for that AP Photo class. I can’t remember what the prompt would have been, but I do remember attaching the clock to a fishing rod and taking photos of it in the Menomonee River. These photos were likely inspired by a poem* I had handwritten and taped to my bedroom door when I was younger. I completely scratched this project after getting poor feedback on photos I had taken on a different camera.
I can’t say that at the time it would have occurred to me that these two sets of photos would go well together. However, I think my heavily delayed retrieval of these photos is what makes them compelling to me now—it’s unique and somewhat ironic that they’ve been trapped in time on that roll for over 4 years. This new interpretation of old work makes me curious about exploring the use of “time capsules” in the artistic process.
*Okay, so I know I said “poem,” but it wasn’t actually a poem at all. In 5th grade, I played the remaster of The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on my 3DS. In the game, before you unlock the ability to play a song called Serenade of Water one of the characters says:
Time passes, people move
Like a river's flow, it never ends
A childish mind will turn to noble ambition
Young love will become deep affection
The clear water's surface reflects growth
Still sits on my bedroom door back home today.
2021-12-26 Art Instagram Post Archive
Unfortunately, it has become rare for me to sign on to this Instagram account. When I would check up here, I always felt mixed feelings. This page had become a reminder of the complicated relationship that I had found myself in with visual art.
At the beginning of the semester, I was an on-the-fence advertising student. I know it sounds sort of weird, but I saw advertising as a way for me to continue working as a visual artist. However, once the year started, I realized I really had no interest in the advertising side of things. During my first two semesters of college, I had taken and enjoyed audio courses. Audio work was something I had become fairly familiar with through music production, but I hadn't been sure it was what I wanted to pursue. On a whim, I switched to the audio arts program after my first week of the semester. It is because of the various audio courses I switched into, particularly the audio science courses, that I have confirmed that it is the right path for me. I am more eager than ever to educate myself in audio and have even begun to explore the possibility of continuing my education after college with a graduate degree related to science or engineering.
The byproduct of this decision has been an unintentional departure from visual work. I haven’t deliberately worked on art in a while, and it kind of bums me out. I thought I didn’t have anything to show for the semester—that is, until I remembered that I had doodled in my notebook nearly every week. I went back through this notebook today and saw just how much art I had created. This prompted me to make a collage out of some of my favorites of these doodles. I had so much fun throwing this together. What I love most about it is that it serves as a new reminder to me that no matter what happens in the future, I will always be carrying my love of visual art with me.
I have thoughts for the future of this account. I’d love to expand this page into more than just fine art and graphic work. Perhaps we will see the return of artgsharp in 2022 :)
2021-01-17 Art Instagram Post Archive
Sometimes I’m so hard on myself when it comes to creating art that it sucks the fun out of it. Often, I put pressure on myself to be perfect at something that, for the most part, is a relatively subjective expression. In addition to this being a poor thought process to have as an artist, it makes it extremely hard for me to motivate myself to continue to create. It sucks ass. I’ve always wanted to paint, and I’ve tried before, but I didn’t believe I was good enough at it. One day in Chicago, I said “fuck it,” ran over to an art store, and bought as many painting materials as I could carry. Even after buying the materials and taking steps towards starting, I was so in my head about it. I still thought that I wasn’t good enough at it to do it.
After seeing [@danreedermusic](https://www.instagram.com/danreedermusic/) begin to post some of his paintings, I was not only inspired, but it helped to relieve some of the pressure I had been feeling. I realized that it was completely unreasonable for me to expect perfection out of myself in an activity that I’ve sunk very little time into. My work will never be perfect because the perfect I’m striving for doesn’t exist. I’m sure that to some degree I will always be hard on myself, but I shouldn’t let that discourage me from playing around and having fun.
Lately, I have enjoyed painting greatly. In a way, it kind of feels like I’m back at square one working my way up. I’m sure I will have more to share as I continue to paint and improve, but for now, here is some of what I’ve done.