My name is Maura Montgomery and my concentration is physical and mental conditions. I chose this concentration to emulate the beauty in the physical conditions as what depression and anxiety is really like in the mind. A lot of people secretly struggle with the horrors of anxiety and depression by themselves and do not get help. I want people who struggle daily with the mental or physical conditions to see my paintings and see they are not alone and that they can see the beauty in their conditions.
What Inspires me? I have struggled with insecurities of my looks and struggled with mental struggles as well and it motivates me to make sure someone does not feel alone or does not feel as though they are not beautiful in any way because being in that mind set and position is not fun and at sometimes can be scary. Technique? My technique is a mix of acrylic and oil. After working on the fabric study I started to get into doing portraits in oil after watching videos on youtube of people creating hyperrealistic portraits with it. What do you want the viewer to feel, see, or know when they view this body of work? I want the viewer to see the beauty in the conditions and not just the condition itself. What do you want to learn about your idea/concept through this development/investigation of your theme? I want to learn the techniques of oil and learn how to blend acrylic. I want to learn how to identify the conditions in the real world and to paint them in a beautiful way so people who suffer from them do not feel as though they are self conscious from them. |