[d e t o x .] - romare bearden project

This piece inspired by Romare Bearden, we had to make a collage and write a story to go along with it. i chose to make my story into a poem. however, only one i can understand.
[poem]
“traveling lands marching eyes,
every word follows me
swirling around
HE always tells me how i am...
making me think i am not
MYSELF
grown from the land and made from
god’s hands
i know MYSELF and i didn’t
expect to love it as much as i do
to DETOX as much as i do”

Luka's Take on Romare Bearden

Artist's Statement: In this piece we were told to focus on a new year's resolution while making a Romare Bearden inspired art technique. For this piece I wanted to focus on self love and appreciation, I also wanted to try and explore different art styles throughout the year as well and hopefully use them more often. In this piece, you will see four people of different body types and shades with the saying, "You can't love anyone else before you love yourself.". I used the beach setting to better represent the bodies without having to place half naked people in a random place. I also figured that the opportunity for different varieties of colors, textures and and representative tactics was large. Here I actually used torn paper for the water, representing softer edges, and cut pieces for the sand; representing rough and harsh edges. I also layered sand onto the top portion of the piece. With this project I feel as if I accomplished a message and used the opportunity to try a different art style and technique. Thus, reaching the goal of the overall meaning and goal of the assignment.