Final Project

              The style of art that I like to portray is beach/surf art. Being lucky

             enough to grow up on the beach filled with me many memories and

             visual images that I will never forget. For my final project, I wanted to

             give outsiders a chance to see the beauty and tranquility of the ocean and 

             beach. When I say outsiders, I mean people that do not live on the coastline of 

             the United States. Personally, I feel people that live on the beach take it for 

             granted at times and do not appreciate its beauty. We forget that a lot of people

             have never seen the beach. I tried to portray a beach setting in my backyard,

              it is ironic because I've had the beach in my backyard my whole life. I wanted

             to bring the viewers closer to the beach through a photograph, giving them 

              the enjoyment of the beach when they aren't actually there.

Inspiration

                                                       Drew Brophy

                                                     Howard Behrens

                                                       Peter Blair

                                                      Nancy Poucher

                                                  Stephen Bartholomew

Final Drawing

Responsive Drawings

Found Objects

Maps

                          For my maps, I took two different approaches. For the top
                          image I layered paper, trying to capture a 3-d effect. For the
                          next image I tried to take a more simplistic approach for simple
                          directions. I took a single piece of wire and bent it in the directions
                          the participant was suppose to follow.

10 foot drawings

                        For my ten foot drawings, I took images that are interesting to me
                        and produced them on paper. They are simple pencil drawings that
                        represent my style and interests.