Artist Statement

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." -Henry Ward Beecher

The appealing thing for me about art is the feeling of giving life to something that would otherwise be flat and lifeless. Art really is my journal as each separate creation is related to a different emotion, event or thought. This project that I created is based on color psychology. I wanted to take several portraits with various models, each being assigned a certain color, and therefore a certain emotion. I am very interested in psychology, as well as art, and thought that by combining the two an interesting project would be produced. I think most people are familiar with each color and the individual emotions they are gnerally assigned. Through my portraits I wanted to embody these emotions, while leaving room for further interpretation, as I beliefve individual perception is important when analyzing a piece of art. An interesting thought is that although my art is something so personal to me, everyone interprets things differently, so it may mean something entirely opposite to someone else. This is what keeps me interested in art, as no matter what the piece is, there will always be another perspective on it. I believe no two souls are alike, therefore every piece of art is unique, personal and forever intriguing.