For an Art History assignment, I needed to create something inspired by an artwork at the Des Moines Art Center. After viewing Georgia O’ Keeffe’s ‘From the Lake No. 1,’ I wanted to experiment with creating a similar feeling of flowing movement. To do this, I used overlapping, fluid strokes as well as overlapping forms. I didn’t want the flow of the blue hands to guide the eye out of frame, so I added the opposing hand to act as an obstacle that hinders the flow of the blue hands. I think this decision creates more tension and allows the piece to have a wider variety of meanings.

This piece was featured in Grand View University’s Student Exhibition in 2019 as well as the Art Directors’ Association of Iowa’s (ADAI) 2020 exhibition (p. 114).