Energy of Life

Maria Clark

ARTIST STATEMENT

The title of my artwork is "The Energy of Life". The original piece was supposed to be very geometric and symmetrical, but eventually I started over my rough draft. The first thing I drew was the tree on the right side. After that, I knew I wanted my piece to contain more organic shapes and elements from nature. I added flower shapes, curved lines, and circles while still keeping the geometric shapes in the background. The large circle shape next to the tree represents the sun. The different flower shapes throughout the piece were placed to give it an overall nature feel. I drew all the different patterns in a specific way, because I wanted to give the piece a organic flow while still keeping the geometric aspect. The flow reminded me of energy, which would not have been achieved if I decided only to use geometric shapes. Energy in my eyes is busy and organic, not straightforward and geometric, so I tried to capture that in my artwork.