GeorgiaOmovudu

My body of worked has wentthroughthreedifferentideasbuttheyallrelatetothemajor

theme of self identity. I first started to focus on the idea ofintegratingmyculturalbackground
after my know thyself piece. I referred back to who i was as a person and what made mewhoi
am. I have worked in a variety of different mediums suchaspaintings,mixedmedia, sculptural,
and my woksmaintainmanytexturalelementstothemsuchastheuseoforganicmaterials , and
other materials such a spray paint and styrofoam. All my pieces have a similarlooktothembut
are all completely different because of the contextofeachofthepieces.myfirstgroupofpieces
that focused on my cultural background or exploring different cultures was my block print,
drypoint , and artist in the city piece. These workswereinspiredbyartistssuchasernstbarlach,
Hans bettam, and my own cultural background of coarse. Each of these artists have completely
different styles and techniques but i chose thembecauseiwantedtoexplore theculturalaspects
of their pieces, because i believe culture has a big impact on people and what they create. The
artist Ernst barlach tended to createpiecesthatwerebasedingermanexpressionism,whichisthe
reason Ichose toexploreitandmakemyownversionofhispiece.ibelievethattheculturesuch
as german expressionism has shaped and opened doors for peopletoexploretheir creativitylike
it has done formyownpieces.Iwanted toshowcasemyhowdifferentcultureshadanimpacton
me and my work, focusing more on the personal aspect rather than the observational aspect. I
used elements such as movement and color to create moods and communicate emotions. i used
simple but intense colors to highlight the importance of the subject in each of my pieces. I
created balance between my colors and and my line work to help the viewers eyes travel. the
reason for developing these pieces is to communicatetotheviewerhowcultureaffectsyourself
identity. A Lot of the subjects of my pieces are placedrightinthemiddleofacanvasbutnever
at an angle because it lets the viewer grasp the entiretyof thepiece.Thepiecesthatiworkedon
in my senior year were inspired by the idea of the women form and my main theme of self
identity. i spent the time researching the women's form. I was stuck by how differently people
are constructed and the beauty i feel that each women has, This led me to think of how many
africanAmerican womenarenegativelyseenwithinamericansocietyandhowtheirbeautyisnot
highlighted as much as other racesare.Thisledmetocreate myColorblindpieceandmycocoa
butter and hair grease series. For these group of painting i was very focused on the element of
color. which is a major component for my pieces . my piece entitled color blind encomapsses a
variation of fauvist colors used in varying layers. This makes it easier for the viewers eyes to
travel around the piece and examine it from every angle, it helps support the subject of the
painting and the meaning behind it. My cocoa butter and hair grease series was pop art based.
This series of paintings highlighted the positives in african american women features in fun,
colorful and relatable way. This series focused heavily on line work as well as pastel coloring
and varying skin tonesofbrownforeachsubject.Imadesuretherewasa differentiationbecause

i wanted to showcase the variety of the different colors andshadesof africanamericanwomen

comein,andthatnomatterwhatthereisneveralackofbeauty.