MN GCE Portfolio

This is my third and final action project for my Humanities class, Endurance. Throughout this class, each of us had to ask ourselves what our mission in life is, how we can work towards our mission and what are we willing to endure to reach it. The mission that I have decided on for myself is to become a better artist. For me, the next big step after I graduate is to start art school. This project is a survival guide, breaking down what it takes to pursue my mission. As this is one of the last action projects I will ever do, it feels fitting for it to be a plan for my future. The previous project for Endurance was a video documenting 12 hours of work on our mission. That project was more rigorous and work intensive than this one but reflecting on it helped me better understand what the work I will be doing next year will be like. Knowing that made it easier to create my survival guide. If you would like to watch my video click here . Bellow is the final product and culmination of this...

In every person's life, each person is presented with a challenge. When faced with that challenge they must surrender or endure. For my class Endurance, we discussed and studied how others have endured challenges great and small. For our first project, each of us decided upon a mission for ourselves. The mission I set for myself was to become a better artist. For this project, we had to dedicate 12 hours to our mission and document the process. I spent my time working on one painting and it was both easier and harder than I expected it to be. I have worked on a number of paintings in my life and going into this I was already aware of the mental blocks that come with creating art.  The greatest challenge of this painting was the size and scope I set out with. With a 4x7ft canvas and 6 figures in the composition, I started to regret my ambitious planning. I am also unhappy that I was unable to finish the painting in 12 hours, though it was not a surprise. I am planning on finishing i...