COLIN ABRAMS : 1st Semester Work for 2D @ RCAD

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-P4: COMPLEMENTS

Artist Statement:

The central focus I wanted for this piece was the orange circle and how it attracts a relationship with the shapes surrounding it, but first I must explain its own contents. Inside the circle are four blue triangles with a blue-grey haze ascending straight then forming a low frequency wave until out of view. The triangles are reminiscent of a logo for my older brothers band. It is meant to establish the importance of music in our lives and it is one of the main reasons my best friends and I found each other in the first place. The blue-grey that emits from the triangles has two similar meanings: one being that it acts as smoke from the many bonfires and the other for the marijuana we so dearly crave. The circle itself represents warmth and serves as both a literal and metaphoric connotation. Considering how cold it gets in the winter, the fire is an essential part of how we still have good times while braving the harsh temperatures. The metaphor I’m trying to express is that our bonds are like a fire that attracts us all even when times get rough and that I know they’d always have my back. Moving on to the section within the neutral clay colored shape you can see four lines radiating outward from the circle and orange circles gathering towards the lines. These circles are symbols of my friends coming together at our regular gathering place for a night of spirits and whimsy. The lines are attracting them closer and suggest the state of our judgment getting more and more diluted as the night unfolds. The lines continue out into the darkness forming zig-zags and eventually into swirls of confusion. This evolution describes the chaos that develops as the night grows late. The last section entails the the light, medium (including the small orange circles) and dark blue area with the thin darkest blue rectangles. The triangles that layer out from the clay shape further reinforce the delirium by giving the illusion of seeing double. The orange circles represent the car lights filing randomly along the quiet woodland road. The dark blue is meant to resemble the way the dusk sky reflects onto the deep woods surrounding the house. The rectangles are the tall pine trees that seem to continue endlessly into the dark abyss of the Pine Barrens.

P5: EMPHASIS