For my concentration, I wanted to do something that I would enjoy doing, so I thought about what I love and I love music. So this piece was the first idea I came up with when thinking of concentrations. The song behind this piece is Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles. The song is based off this orphanage Strawberry Field that young John Lennon had by his house. He described the outside as being dark and rustic, but once you step inside it was filled with flowers and almost seemed enchanted. I connected that concept to his childhood, where his dad left him at an early age and remarried, and his mother gave him up to his aunt and uncle, because she felt she was not fit to mother him. His mother also met an untimely death when he was 16. This part of his background was the imagery I used towards the bottom of the piece. Then towards the top I used the flowers he described coming out and around the fence. Over top of it is part of the red fence that belonged to the orphanage. This piece was my first experience in mixed media. I have always wanted to do one because the mixed medias pieces I've seen. Overall, I think the piece turned out pretty good, it was fun to see how the piece evolved as I went through and added aspects that weren't originally planned. If I were to do this piece again I would add more layers and put the gel medium between each layer. I would definitely do another mixed media piece in the future as it was very fun to do. I think this piece was a good start for this concentration.
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March 2018
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