Unit 9
Artist Statement
As an artist I am influenced by my world. My world being my family, the nature around me and what I can do and achieve in my life. I enjoy making work based around my two younger brothers Max and Tommy, they influence my work heavily and my goal is to document their younger years so that in the future they'll be able to look back and see their lives and smile. I am also inspired by the beauty in sunrises and sunsets, their vivid colours at the beginning and end of days encourage me to reflect on my day and whether I've lived it to my full potential; the reason for this is that I struggle with fairly severe anxiety and I am often stuck on whether I should go out and capture what I would like to or whether I should stay in away from the outside world, this can affect my work greatly and hinder myself but it can also help my ideas come forward and present themselves for me to use.
I like to think that my style is mainly photography and pencil portraits, I like to capture people, their facial expressions and emotions, I've found that pencils show depth really well and and I'm able to form a comprehensive piece of art with a few pencils. I also enjoy working with prosthetic make up, I like the fact that you can turn yourself into someone or something different. I'm completely self taught and I often do very gruesome, gory projects. I was inspired by horror films and programmes like Doctor Who, I found the make up intriguing and decided to give try it for myself and I ended up really enjoying it and now it is my favourite medium to work with given that I have the materials, the time and the right idea planned well.
So far on the course I have enjoyed and achieved skills in life drawing, I've learnt how to capture the unique lines and shapes of the human form and present it in different mediums such as pencil, chalk, charcoal, pen, paint and ink. I appreciate being able to show a sense of vulnerability or alternatively a burst of life through my life drawing.
At the moment I'm not too sure about what I want my career to be, I'm using the skills and experience that I'll gain from being on this Art and Design course at Plymouth College of Art to help influence my next move in life, I hope that my career could have something to do with prosthetic make up or perhaps photography, I feel as though i need more experience in both fields before making my decision but something based around either of those areas would be amazing.
My website:- http://megseypegsey.wix.com/meganchilcott
Dzimirsky's photo-like portraits are organic and atmospheric, he uses a mixture of light and dark diffused tones to acquire the beauty and realism in all his work. He uses soft and accurate lines that blend seamlessly together which creates his trademark unblemished human form that he's able to capture with graphite. I am completely inspired by Dirk Dzimirsky's talents and aim to show true, pure emotion in my work just as he does.
