Wonder
Wonder is a drawing with Copic Marker and ink on Bristol board. I used a combination of my own photography, stock images, and digital editing to create my reference image. As usual, I draw freehand while observing my reference image. "Wonder" is drawn in a more illustrative style, so I utilized my imagination and a more free-flowing technique to create the fantastical garden.
2D Fine Art (Drawing)
11 x 14
$1,700.00
A short statement of the proposed artwork's relationship to the theme of "Summer In the Sun" (150-500 words).
“Wonder” was drawn towards the end of 2020, in the height of the Covid Pandemic. The sheer purpose of this artwork was to inspire joy in myself and others. I simply wanted to indulge in a fantasy about the magical beauty of the outside world, as I was stuck in quarantine. I designed “Wonder” to incorporate as many marker colors as I could cohesively put together. I wanted to express a colorful, child’s dream version of the natural world. The curious figure sticking her head out into the environment is a reference to one of my earliest graphite drawings of my younger sister, as a small child. I saw revitalizing this theme from the beginning of my artistic journey as a way to celebrate my progress, during a time when I, like many others, was feeling a little bit stuck. “Wonder” celebrates the sense of freedom and joy that the summer season brings. The phrase, “Summer in the Sun” immediately puts into my mind the idea of “stepping out, into the big bright world”. The theme of a summer celebration is especially pertinent to the times, as this is the first summer since the pandemic where we can finally feel safe to go out into the “summer sun”.
