Visual Production Final Exam

Matthew Ieraci Visual Production Fall 2013 Kathryn Kelly

Graphite

Charcoal

Watercolor

Fine Liner

Conceptual Portrait

Pop Art

Marker

Inspiration

The artist that served as a source of inspiration for my project is a painter named Predrag Damjanovic. I discovered his art on “Saatchi-­‐Online” and was immediately amazed by his work. His work is very unique with a very large surrealism influence. His work, although it contains very realistic representations of the world, has an extremely dream-­‐like feeling. This creates fluidity in his work. He also uses very few lines and detail in order to create his pieces, yet as a viewer we have no problem understanding the image being depicted. Damjanovic is a very interesting surrealism artist. His work conveys meaning through the use of shocking images that, although have realistic representations, are very warped. His work served as inspiration to me because I was inspired to create warped pieces of art. I chose to use a surrealistic approach to this project and push my creativity to a new level by experimenting with this approach. Predrag Damjanovic is a very influencial artist and continues to make art that evokes thought in its viewer, which has influenced me to attempt to do the same.