This quarter I am focussing on the concept of materials and how certain fabrics can be portrayed through oils. The idea is that the material I mean to covey is really only an illusion, so why couldn't I just change how the fabric is seen in real life to make it look like something else. To make this more clear, I will share my concept for my first piece that I am currently working on. I have draped plain old cotton fabric in a way that it takes on a structural element. My painting of said fabric will come off as more of a solid form than a free flowing material. We are told all through art school to use the materials you are working with to the best of their abilities and to take advantage of what they can do. For this series of paintings, I'd like to go a step further and depict something that these fabrics are not. I plan to make a clear plastic bag look like glass, a pillow case to look like a sheet metal structure, etc. I will be posting progress shortly! It's a hard concept to explain to anyone but hopefully it will be more clear when my work is shown during critiques.

For some of my past work, you can visit my tumblr to get an idea of who I am.
shannamayo.tumblr.com

Thanks for reading,
Gina