Artist Statement
Scenes of Escape
I am inspired to be a visual development artist, and want to share my view as to why it is important to me. And to me it is Art. As Art can be anything that expresses the voice of the people in contemporary society to show what they experienced and how it affected them, regardless of medium used to express the sensations, emotions, and issues. Animated films, such as the ones made by Pixar, that are world renowned, have such powerful and emotionally driven scenes that were drafted through multiple options and then perfected to make it into film. All of the different types of designs of the characters that we are now familiar with and the environments that they explore and use–whether it is for toys, bugs, or the dead–that is visual development.
For my series project I considered what type of art I wanted to voice. What is the current concern that is happening that affects me or what is affecting others. And this issue came up during the planning stage of the project. I chose food as my subject for the series, as I wanted to dedicate this series to a dear friend of mine. Food has been used in art to speak as a symbol or a metaphor of the time’s economic, political or class issues.
I created a set of scenes where characters are fruits, vegetables and a honey bear container that are actively interacting with their environments, trying to break free from the restrictions and managing to escape regardless, but with the consequences of being hunted and are now wanted criminals because of their rebellion.
Also shown, are the scenes that I have done for my specialty class of Visual Development. As I had the choice to work on characters for a short film pitch called Le Temps N’attend Personne translated as “Time Waits for No One”. A sweet story that follows Giselle, a grandmother, and her grandchild Madeline living in a small town in France taking care of their bookstore and each other through childhood all the way to adulthood. And short films are used to express messages the artists find meaningful and relatable to a wide amount of audiences regardless of where they are from such as political views, social issues, or fears and emotions we deeply relate with.