This is my first attempt at doing 3-dimensional work. The whole piece is around 8 feet long and 4 feet high. Having never worked on such a large scale before it was a little daunting to say the least when I first started it. I cut my initial shape out of one large sheet of plywood and kept cutting more pieces to laminate them out even further in attempt to add more dimension. For the sphere i just got a large toy ball from walmart. Im happy with how it turned out structurally but in the future I will more than likely be painting it again.
Ridge Crest
Straight on View
Side View
Perspective from Mountains
Heres my artist statement I had for when it was in the gallery-
When I think of North Carolina I immediately think of mountains it is who I am, where I live, and what I love. What is so amazing about North Carolina though is its diverse landscape. Where in just a few short hours you can go from a hot sandy beach to beautiful pristine mountains. This is my attempt to portray such a diverse landscape in a linear and 3-dimensional form. A rising sun resonates deeper for me then in most and is prevalent throughout much of my work. I chose brighter colors instead of the more earthy representative tones for my subject matter in an attempt to create a more electrifying feeling. I went to the extremes on my colors and used a brighter/teal blue to represent the blue ridge mountains that are usually much darker in actual appearance. As for the ocean a lighter purple thats not so dark as the sea: in attempt to better coincide with my choice of a blue hue.
