Description of Work

Morning Noon Evening - 2022 - Digital Painting -

Morning - $300

Noon - $350

Evening - $250

Artist's Statement

Throughout my life I felt as if I needed to rush to the next level as quickly as possible without really stopping to take a moment to breathe. I stuffed in as many projects as I could, involve myself in as much as I could, and worked as much as I could. Though this sounds great in theory, it was not until the pandemic that I realized that I cannot sustain that type of workflow healthily without burning out completely. In 2021 I started to slow down and process everything that is happening around me. I realized the drawing studies I was doing were haphazardly and poorly done, I overbooked myself, and some relationships I made were very surface level and unfulfilling. I was not productively growing I was instead rapidly burning out and distracting it with busy work.

With my piece I take a moment to slow down and pay attention to what is going on around me. I show snapshots of my environment that I work with in a day-to-day basis. I capture moments of peacefulness and beauty in the most common and mundane aspects of my life. I enjoy observing lighting and how it affects the tone and mood of paintings. I made full use of that in my thesis.

This work is prints of a triptych digital painting. From left to right I have Morning, Noon, and Evening. The width of the painting represents how much of my day is consumed by each location and the height represents how long it feels like I am there in the moment. I hope by viewing my piece others can also take a moment to stop, slow down, and reflect on how they feel in the present moment.

If you wish to purchase any of these pieces, please contact the gallery director, Jacqueline Nathan (jnathan@bgsu.edu.)