In this first picture, I am standing in Covington, Georgia with two of my very best friends and we are taking pictures to have memories of all of us during the holidays. I took this picture and to me, it is a work of art. My two best friends are absolutely gorgeous so what’s more to say other than they are the art? I think that them laughing in this picture and the lights shining in the background relate to happiness and brightness just like as if were a painting or sculpture. My first impression makes me see the happiness in them and the setting as well. I think it is about them living their life and being happy and beautiful. I am the artist for this particular picture so what I was trying to bring out in this specific picture was happiness and beauty because I believe that that is what art is all about. I believe that the Christmas trees in the background let viewers know that it is during the most wonderful time of the year, with smiles on the girls faces, lights in the background, and even in front of a store let people know that this is a happy photo.

By looking at this picture, you can come up with hundreds of different observations on why this picture could be a work of art. I know its not a painting or anything like that but something doesn’t have to be a painting or statue or anything like that to be considered “art”. The angle and lighting of this picture really show what is taking place. The colors really bring forward the happiness showed in this picture as well. This picture shows elements from how bright the colors are in the photo and how the photo was taken with different lines that make this photo the shape that it is. As we can observe, I wouldn’t say that this photo has any type of “texture”.

This is the next picture I chose from 2 years ago in Saint George. We see a picture of my boyfriend and I standing on the sand beside the ocean at the beach. This picture was just on my camera roll but I found that it was perfect to do this assignment on. Most people took pictures of paintings and things that actual artists did, but I would rather use my imagination from my own photos to represent the work. In my opinion, this picture represents a couple that both has smiles on their faces enjoying a great time at the beach with such a pretty view in the background.

I love the colors of this photo because we are both wearing something kind of blue and the ocean is blue as well so I thought it was just a cool picture. It shows us celebrating life and it shows the happiness of our lives as well. This photo has a good representation of elements and colors. I think of texture when I think of the way the sand and ocean feels. This is a very cool picture because there are so many different possible things to say about it and how art is reflected in this picture.

In my opinion, art is something that can define you. Art can be something inspiring, it doesn’t always have to be just a painted picture. Art means so much more than that. It is an expression that communicates an idea of something in your life and what that reflection means to other people. Art is what you do. It is creativity that you find and it is a way for you to see things that would go unnoticed. Art is passion and visualizing things that you want to see or things that mean something to you about your past, present, and future. It can lead to the feelings or expressions that someone may be feeling. I see art as a way to express your inner feelings that lead to something more. I think of art not just with a picture but with hair, fashion, technology, decisions, sculptures, paintings…. art can lead to so much. The way I see it, hair really expresses some people. From dying your hair, cutting it, letting it get long, you are changing your whole appearance based on one thing. It is what makes you, you. I think that hair is a beautiful thing being that it can take up to hours styling, curling, combing, washing and arranging the hair. Hair art is a way to symbolize yourself and your inner beauty.

This is a picture of my hair taken by my mom a couple of weeks ago. My mom is a hair stylist and she does the best work that I have ever seen. She does an amazing job on everyone that she does and I see that for her, hair really is art. She transforms people’s hair into something that they love that personalizes them into someone that makes them feel more confident about themselves. Sometimes, she will have women that come in and have no idea what they want done. They will tell her to do whatever and she visualizes what work of art would look the best on them and demonstrates an art piece.

From this course, I have learned that art is so much more that what it really is. You can actually go into a very deep thought process over the topic. There are so many things that have to do with art and so many people that think art is different from how other people see it. It is actually crazy to me to think about how long ago these artists painted or sculpted works of art and what they were thinking in the time of making what they call “art”. I do not think that we will have a specific definition of what art is because art is life. Everyone sees it as something different and we will never truly know the actual definition of art because of how many things art actually is.

From what I learned personally in module 3 relates to how I feel about art as well. It actually helped me to get a better understanding of why art is so powerful and has been created to go beyond words. I feel as if it is something that has been going around for many many years and it is something that also defines events that have happened in history.

Lastly, I think people are naturally attracted to beautiful things and beauty is subjective to each person. Some artists choose to create something unpleasant to look at but I think that they do that to get attention and for us to wonder what on Earth they were thinking when they created their so-called master piece. I do not think that everything has to be considered beautiful for it to be art. I do not think it is what we see visually, I think it is what that piece means to someone and how it can relate on a personal level to someone. Art expresses ideas.

My current major is Pre-dentistry and I would like to be a dental hygienist. My career goal is for me to work in a dental office in a larger city and enjoy what I do. I do not want to be one of those people who just work to make money. I want to enjoy and appreciate what I do. After I get my associate’s degree from Perimeter college, I would like to transfer to Clemson University and get the full college experience. After college, I plan on starting my life and being successful at whatever I do. I currently feel ashamed that I do not have a background in art other than taking art classes in high school, but I definitely am willing to learn more. My favorite non academic past time would have to be spending time with my dogs, working out, and of course….shopping!