My project was inspired by Frank Stella’s many cardboard sculptures. (Please look them up they’re amazing!) When I look at them it almost feels like something I can’t explain. There are pops of colour and pattern in his work that are so vibrant and captivating. I wanted to try and go for a similar vibe/feeling for my personal project.

I started out by cutting up the cardboard into triangles, circles, and rectangular curved shapes. I then used acrylic marker to color the squares with a checkerboard pattern. For the rectangular shapes I used oil pastel over white acrylic paint. After the cardboard material was gathered, I painted the entire background by blending different acrylic paint together. Taking the cardboard I glued it down proportionally. The last step was painting on the abstract shapes on the canvas.

To align with what we learned in class, I used cardboard to create some 3D aspects to the canvas. On the right corner, the cardboard extends out from the canvas as well. Doing research projects in this class helped me find new inspirations for my own work and see the process of different successful artists. My project seems to be pretty successful in my eyes but there are some changes I would make. Overall, I think there are too many empty spaces that could be filled in with more abstract details and color. I did want to add more but maybe should have taken more time to dedicate for the project.