Final Project

Artist Statement

For the final project I continued using the same big idea of emotions. I also chose to do the diptych format because I believe it helped portray my idea well. The theme of my diptych dealt with the emotions I faced when deciding whether to transfer to Ohio University or stay here at Ohio State. It was a very big decision and I was torn between the two schools. Through the whole decision making process I was so confused and frustrated and just did not know what to do. I tried to portray this emotion by taking a picture of a friend from Ohio State pulling me one way and my friend from Ohio University pulling me the other way because that is basically how I felt. I tried to have pictures of Ohio State in the background to represent that I still attend the university. In the end I chose to transfer to Ohio University. I feel like that university is a better fit for me and I am a lot happier when I am there. I tried to portray this feeling of happiness at Ohio University by taking pictures of my friends and I at Ohio University and make them transparent and surround the Ohio University writing on the building. I also made my arms in the shape an O and a U to represent Ohio University similar to the O-H-I-O that is often used to represent Ohio State. Also, the “OS- who” represents how I will no longer be at Ohio State and I am happy about my decision to transfer to Ohio University.