Portfolio 2015

“At the Bar”

 

“A Thought on the Wind”

 

“Confidence”

 

“Lake Bell Study”

Artist Statement

 

The only reason I got into art is because people said I was good at it. I know it hurts but it’s something I can’t b*******, and if there’s one thing you can’t do an art it’s b*******. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t love art. I mean yes of course that if nobody ever told me I was good at it. I would have most definitely never picked it up, or kept working at it. My drive growing up was mostly to try to impress people. What grew as just a small boy looking for acknowledgement of talent. Turned into a love of art. A new realm of loving art itself that was once never even believed possible. All the beauty, horror, and history inside art was absolutely astounding. It opened up doors in my life that I did not know where possible it let me meet people that are astounding, and in my darkest times it was my only constant. The one thing I would keep going back at. Art is a part of me and no matter how much I change, it doesn’t. Because when I draw it seems to give me a feeling of purpose. A reason to challenge myself to push myself the try to do things that I did not think I could do. To go beyond my boundaries and search my deepest feelings and express them. To try to find answers to questions I didn’t even know that I’ve needed asked. Art even sometimes brief makes me feel like I’m not alone makes me feel like there’s a reason to everything. Even though I know that most likely there isn’t it still gives me that feeling and I like that. There’s very few things in life that will give you that feeling. for me there’s only two things flying and drawing. Now that I think about it maybe that’s why my art is so slow. I like to stay in that moment for as long as I can. Art sometimes feel like a momentary separation from it all.

                       Austen S. Thomas

Elevator Statement

My mind is full of taboo and I want to share it with you. My childhood was calm. Growing up never really gave me too many challenges. As a result not too much was heaped upon me. As a result I never learned to challenge myself. My young mind discovered that as long and I waited good things would come to me. I knew as long as I stay out of trouble, and tried to be a good person, happiness will come my way. I knew that this is a flawed way of thinking, but still I acted out the role. I hated it no one would ever truly challenge me, ever needing to speak my mind. No one ever telling me to do the difficult thing. Barley anyone ever forcing me to go against my will. As a result I became afraid of challenge itself.  That’s why I was so attracted to Art. Art is the only medium where I could consistently challenge myself and enjoy doing so . And no one ever had to tell me to do it. Art was something that I did on my own. Trying to make each and every drawing that I do look better than the last one. Getting praised for my teachers and friends of how good it looked. It was the driving force that kept me going. It is the driving force that still keeps me going. Even when I want to stop  I keep feeling  this desire  the challenge myself. And I can’t get away from it, it keeps calling me back , it keeps resurfacing in me. Another reason I found out I do art was not just because the praises but because for the first time I could show my wants and desires to people. And the things I showed them was a something in my house household that was considered taboo, but I loved the thought of it so much. SEX.

Final Project Idea (Their Invitation)

Here is my idea for a final project brainstorm for Drawing 4. (Their Invitation) the drawing will be of two beautiful women sitting down both looking at the viewer with smiling faces. They are meant to give the viewer a invitation to come join them for a night of partying and fun. They will also be flank in the top and bottom corners of frames of cannabis and other drugs.
I the idea is to have give the viewer the felling of fun possibilities. With all the Morally wrong ideas drugs, clubs, and fast women, most of the fantasy that pop culture says is all that we want. Things that current culture says we want the question is do we want it? Do you?