Abigail's World

Abigail’s World

It took far longer to think of a suitable artist study for Andrew Wyeth than my other artists, partly because I have neither the skill nor the inclination to paint as he does and secondly because of a lack of inspiration. Wyeth was inspired to paint ‘Christina’s World’ based on observations from looking out his window. Unfortunately I’d have to wait a long time to see someone with polio crawl by my window, so for this artist research I’ll take inspiration from a photo I took a few Years ago.  It’s almost two years since I was in central New York  City and noticed a young woman sitting in Herald Square looking off sadly into the distance, I took a photo of it thinking one day it may make a good painting. Alas I cannot paint, however the image has stuck with me in the back of my mind, for my artist study of Wyeth I will create this image in paper. I've always enjoyed and had a knack  for collage and it seems to be a good way to capture this scene, I can be influenced my Wyeth’s imagery and thought provoking themes but not his chosen medium. Like Wyeth’s work the image puts the viewer behind the subject so it places them in the subjects mind-set, also like Wyeth’s the subjects face is obscured and she is looking away from the viewer. The work links to Wyeth’s work very well and also touches on my underlying theme in this project of the use of engineering in art because I’ll base my collage on a photograph taken by a machine to preserve a memory. Personally to me doing this artist study will give me a chance to complete a piece of art I thought of nearly two years ago and I’ll be able to branch out from my normal 3D mediums. The girl in my photo will need a name, unlike Wyeth I don’t know my subjects real name but to me she looks like an Abigail.