Elise B. Concentration
For my concentration, I chose to explore the meaning of swimming not only as a sport, but as a lifestyle. More specifically, I wanted to explore the impact swimming has had on my friends lives along with my own. Swimming for the past 11 years, I've created some pretty incredible memories with my friends, I wanted to take those ideas and turn them into both abstract and realistic versions of my friends and my thoughts and memories.
To pursue my essential question, I took moments and thoughts from my swimming life, and turned them into different pieces of art. I used both, abstract thoughts and ideas along with realistic images, for my portfolio. Every piece of art in my portfolio represents an idea or memory of me or my teammates during practice and meets. Each piece represents an different perspective of swimming and what it means to certain people. For piece 12 I created a mermaid because of memories of pretending to be mermaids with my friends. In image 9 I tried to portray how stressful a practice is, with weight belts, flippers and a swimmer looking tired and confused. Through all the stressful moments and all the happy memories, swimming is a major part of my life and represents who I am as an artist and a person. My art reflects who I am, and who I am is a swimmer.
To pursue my essential question, I took moments and thoughts from my swimming life, and turned them into different pieces of art. I used both, abstract thoughts and ideas along with realistic images, for my portfolio. Every piece of art in my portfolio represents an idea or memory of me or my teammates during practice and meets. Each piece represents an different perspective of swimming and what it means to certain people. For piece 12 I created a mermaid because of memories of pretending to be mermaids with my friends. In image 9 I tried to portray how stressful a practice is, with weight belts, flippers and a swimmer looking tired and confused. Through all the stressful moments and all the happy memories, swimming is a major part of my life and represents who I am as an artist and a person. My art reflects who I am, and who I am is a swimmer.