Touch: Pain and the Hand

ARTIST'S STATEMENT: In this piece, I wanted to explore the motion and "optical illusion" of pain, as discussed in Touch. I explored the rapid peaks and valleys of pain and its sharp but fleeting nature. I used red to represent the vivid, acute sensation of pain, the sensation itself invisible to the human eye, as the illusion lays beneath my hand.

Touch: Hair

ARTIST'S STATEMENT: My intentions of this piece I made on Adobe Illustrator, Airess, were very similar to those in the "Hair" section of Touch, which states: "loose ends in one's head signal loose ends in one's life."  Likewise, my goal for this piece was to give a sense of weightlessness and unbound freedom in this work; I desired to experiment with flat shapes and soft shades to achieve a calming, loose, and tranquire effect on the piece.