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Thomas Onley

B.F.A. Drawing

 

My work of art and my mind are about one in the same; they can both be chaotic. My mind races with numerous amounts of thoughts and emotions that I need to find a way of expressing with. The question is, is how can I express my emotions in a positive manner? What I’ve found was that art is among one the ways I can express my thoughts and emotions; and the particular style of art is graffiti. Painting and drawing graffiti is one thing, but taking it in a direction as a form of abstraction is another. Creating pieces with collages of numerous amounts of tags with each and every one of the letters looking different relates to how my mind functions; It is a never ending cycle of constantly changing from being happy, angry, cheerful, depressed, to aggravated; each word in my art pieces representing different emotions. Creating these pieces of art possess a variety of elements relating to my busy and complex mind which reflects the chaotic nature my mind goes through on a daily basis.

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