For this piece, I decided to paint it onto a cereal box. I got inspiration for this piece when I went out for a food shop. When waiting in the queue to go into the supermarket, I noticed several signs with “Essential” written. At first, I thought this was silly as its obvious that in this current state, we must only buy what is necessary. However, when I got into the shop and started collecting the food, the first item I went for was the Kellog’s Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. I thought nothing of it, until I went home. This experience for me opened my eyes at what we think is essential in our lives and how blinded we are at what we need to just get by.
The two people in the top right corner of the piece, is to show the glass barriers in the supermarkets and to represent a scene I witnessed. That scene being, I man coming too close to a member of staff, and when asked to step back got aggressive towards the member of staff. As this scene was unfolding, you could sense the panic and anger in the store, with people getting frustrated and wanting to keep a distance.
I do like this piece and feel it was successful, however I feel I made the piece too literate at what I wanted to show. Also I feel the colours used are too dark and in the future try more lighter colours, as I feel the background colour drags everything down. With all the artwork I’ve created before this piece, I haven’t planed out, however I decided to plan this one out before hand. With planning this piece, it helped me to think on what I wanted to show and represent, but I feel it wasn’t as personal due to the fact I planned in. Where as with the other pieces I created out of emotion.
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