Max Boyd
Art is important to me. In so many ways, it’s part of me: it’s ingrained in my personality, it’s in the personality of my friends and those I want to call friends, it’s in my mentors, and it’s in life in general. My art is my favorite part of myself and I love having people like Mr. Gilmour supporting as much as he does. My art has taken so many turns in the past years but this year I feel like I have truly refined my style and what my art means to me. And I feel confident in that.
For the pieces I have submitted to you today, we have “Madeline No.1, a portrait of my best friends eye. After weeks of art block, I drew this in colored pencil and focused on the beauty in personality behind the eye while working on it. It made me admire my best friend more and I loved working on this piece because of it. Secondly, I give you “Blorange Jellies.” This piece is done in gouache and acrylic paint pens. I was going for a more loose design on this, as I love jellyfish and wanted to incorporate my two favorite colors into The piece. This one does have any deeper meaning other than showing my love for blue and orange and jellyfish.
Third, I have the third peice in my “Bert” series. Bert is a character I created in my freshman year and who I have incorporated into many aspects of my art, most notably my signature. This piece is a portrait of him with a mini him on his shoulder. It’s supposed to represent me and the little voice in my head telling me what to do artistically. Second to last we have my Fruits revealed. This set is one of my ongoing projects and favorite ones at that. This project for me is to refine my painting style and practice it on the best thing to draw: Fruit! I love this set and alike the Bert No. 3 it is done in Gouache.
Lastly but certainly not least, is the “Great Danish Heron.” This piece was done in watercolor and colored pencil, in my old sketchbook. I hadn’t done much mixed media before this piece and doing something more realistic while still keeping my style was very fun and good to learn from. It’s called the great Danish Heron because I was in Denmark when I painted it visiting a friend. I truly hope you appreciate my art as much as I do. Thank you for considering me for this scholarship!
