Sooo as stressed as I am..
getting away for a few days in the artsy world has given me a breath of fresh air!!!
Just being imersed in all of the art, talking to all sorts of people and learning about the production and selling of your work...just a big ol learning experience bundled up into one thing!!!
         Witnessed first hand how presentation is everything, and my friend found a fabulous frame for one of my pieces!
          Got tons of feedback on my work, which was GREATLY needed..lots of people liked my style- even though I randomly put in a few newers works and some older ones last minute due to an unexpected artistically emotional breakdown the day before-
and that was awesome to hear because even if no one bought my work, people were interested and fascinated by my work! It did something for them!
And surprisingly many asked how much for my "Paradise" (New York Piece)...that was phenomenal to hear because that is a personal piece! I guess they noticed and that made it more attractive?
 So much happened in two days...
And the beautiful thing is, that I feel fresh on art. Even thought I'm not encouraged to finish my projects for school I am inspired to create for myself!
        And i can't wait to take a ceramic class! Those mint mugs were so adorable :)

arn't we..."victims of society"?

Who decides...
what is okay?
Thin is good.
The American Dream?
Society- concludes everything. But if we are all amounting up to what society expects us to be, then how will we ever know what we actually are?
It seems to me that everyone is a people pleaser- especially with the case to please there parents. Why is it that these people who have raised us- determine what we do is not good enough? And as much as we don't want to- we try to please them. make them proud? Is it engraved into our system that we have to outdo them and be acceptable to their standards?
Because arn't parents equivilent to the whispers of society. No one plainly writes out, what is okay. and what isn't. But if not everyone is doing it, it's wrong. insane. mental?
What if those who are mental- are actually right. They see what is real.
Because what even is real?
If we are blinded by societies preconcieved notions about what the norm is, or what is okay...then we are all victims of society!
Why can't we go for what we want...because someone we love doesn't want to?
To try and please someone else? Because we are afraid of losing them...
we are afraid.
That is the reason we succumb to societies expectations.
We are scared to be different, to lead the way, to try and amount to what we hope to be..and possibly fail.
If we are afraid, then we are scared of something not quite real. Fear.
Fear makes us victims of society.
Bravery, the cure to expected.

Abstract Practice

"Sometimes you need a little rain"

Originally, the painting was suppose to be this way- horizontal. That way the orange represents rain, across the contrasting blue. I wanted to make it represent a falling, but a balanced and controlled falling. It reminded me of rain, and sort of that yin and yang theory of one not being able to exsist without the other...

However, my family liked it this way- so i thought I'd show it vertical as well.

I wish it wasn't so controlled...i would like it a little freer- but I didn't know if there was anything else i could do to it...maybe ill go back to it in awhile..

Art Therapy

A little painting for feeling...

I did this when i was in the zone..all my emotions were raging and I was pretty pissed off.

I have been trying to loosen up and just let me work with the paints by feeling- and

this happened!

"Set Fire to the Forest"

I originally was going to make it a forest scene- realistic. Then i just kept going with the energy and my mood and it became this.

I still think it looks like an abstract forest. But more passionate, and burning...

It looks great hanging up on my yellow bedroom walls!

Wind Blown Dress Sketch

So i stumbled upon this website that people post "looks" on and then they get 'hot' and you can rate them and etc. And since I am obsessed with the human figure- and like photography and fashion is intriguing me...this site called 'lookbooknu' is where I found this picture posted and decided to sketch it for fun.

The paper is originally this color, (as seen above) and I couldn't photograph the details that well...

but yeah. So the dress is gorgeous in the picture! I wanted to capture the flowyness of the entire scene...

sketch practice!

I'm thinking about doing a series on these? Maybe in watercolor? Just play a little bit.

I love it when people say...

"I don't get it...anyone could do that."

I love it when i hear people say this. I seriously just chuckle to myself. People are telling each other all the time, "I could've painted that!" or  "how is that art? That looks easy"
 Well guess what. You didn't do it yourself. And it is art.

i do understand where people are coming from...some paintings look like a second grader could have made them, and others are just lines..etc etc. But the simple fact is- is if the artist intended it to be art...and created it- and it has meaning to them? It is art. And someone else, could not do it. They could not do it because they could not experience the EXACT same feeling or drive that compelled them to produce a piece of art...

There is a beauty and a grace, i think, that lies within the idea of art itself. it is almost like meditating. I am unsure if any artist honestly thinks- im going to create the best painting in the universe- or sculpt the most awesome sculpture ever... and im sure some do- but i think the desire to create is just a natural one, and by fullfilling that desire- comes works of art.
Some people throw paint at a canvas, and yeah you could do it too. But the reason the artist did it- is probably not the reason someone else did it..

And in a sense everyone is an artist. Anyone can create. Everyone feels. It's just the idea of tuning into your creativity, and emotions and experiecing art that defines what artists do...

Understanding this universal communication, through expression and emotion- it's not something everyone is going to understand...so go ahead, and claim it's not art. But you just don't like what you don't know:)

Design Cover FINAL Proj

So this is suppose to be our final Design Cover for my Design II class...

The sketches and the process is shown below. It is suppose to reflect and represent us and be in a triadic color scheme. I chose to paint mine because painting is what I do- and I am computer challenged when it comes to illustrator. I wanted to do something that is my style of painting and at the same time incorporate elements of design into the cover. This last phot is suppose to be the final- with the words "Design II by Corbie Leiker" however I did not have access to transfer the words at this moment- so I will upload them later...and I'm still deciding if I want to add the bricks...