Rebecca Tennenbaum
Drawing References
I am trying to create atmospheres through a balance of control and lack of control. I respond to the organic occurrences with precise color and material choices. In order to begin a piece, the “uncontrolled” variable must be chosen based on it’s material function and metaphorical meaning. The formal elements of the materials are inevitably involved, but I am trying to push the decisions further than the aesthetic reasoning for them being there. As a result, I’m in a new place in determining my material choices for the emotional atmospheres I want to create.
Since the major drive behind my work is emotional, I’m also beginning to harness the real roots of any given emotion and trying to decipher the reasoning behind specific responses to any situation. I don’t want to leave my work at a place that the emotional response are surface level, or as if I’m not allowing understanding of myself to reach to others. It’s more about the struggle of communication in executing emotions and the ability to reach out to others through different layering and color-based fields.
I am also at a point where I’m trying to get incredibly specific in terms of certain works reflecting different situations. In the past, if I was inspired by a specific person or piece of literature for example, the significance of the inspiration would get lost in the material focus of the piece. This results in a broader range of emotional response from me to the viewer, and is something I want to break out of.
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