January 20, 2009

I am back in Sweet Home Alabama! I had the most incredible time traveling Europe and really enjoyed spending my last semester of college in Florence. 

I am now a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Art degree! (War Eagle!) I am now working part time and painting the rest of the time. It feels so good to be back in my studio! 

Making art in Italy was a really good experience for me. It was a much needed break in my art education experience. I was able to pretty much start over without having expectations from professors who knew how I have painted for the past 4 years. It was like a breath of fresh air! 

I experimented a lot in my paintings. I was limited in my resources and decided to take advantage of those limitations and really push the materials I did have. Mixed media and vivid colors ended up being a strong theme in my paintings.

All in all, my time in Italy was a fresh way of looking and painting for me. I am very excited to apply what I discovered in Italy to my paintings now that I am home!