IB Visual Arts LINCOLN SCHOOL Costa Rica: SOFIA GARCIA IB Visual Arts 2015 Lincoln School Costa Rica

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

SOFIA GARCIA IB Visual Arts 2015 Lincoln School Costa Rica

The Artist Statement

by Sofia Garcia

Being an introvert person it’s hard to explain how I am feeling and show who I really am. Since I was little art has showed me how to express myself and how art can reflect my inner thoughts and concerns. IB Visual Arts was an opportunity I knew I had to take, although I knew it was going to be a challenge. I tend to focus on cultures as well as emotions in my projects, I like to express what I am feeling and show experiences that have influenced who I am. I believe my biggest achievements have always been in terms of design: as I learned different techniques such as oils, acrylics paints, water colors, india ink, printmaking, photography, etc. I had different difficulties, I believe my biggest challenge during the course was creating the different values as well as getting out of my comfort zone. I overcame this challenges by trying to be free and ignoring the posible outcomes, I decided to liberate my restrictive thoughts and I believe I obtained great results. One artist’s style who I think is reflected in most of my artworks is Chrissy Lau. She is an illustrator from England whose artworks are inspired in Chinese heritage. Her work shows an exploration in line qualities and various patterns she also likes to draw portraits and include a few colors but focus mainly in black. After researching about different techniques and obtaining different results, I found printmaking and exploring different line movements to be the most rewarding techniques. At this point I believe my artworks reflect who I am, and what techniques I am able to master. I found art to be source of freedom and expression.