Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2008
Capstone Advisor
Michael Sickler
Honors Reader
Sharon Gold
Capstone Major
Art
Capstone College
Visual and Performing Arts
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Art and Design
Abstract
My Honors Capstone Project, Painting Our Portraits, is concerned with the history and process of portrait painting. I was interested in the difference in artistic approach between a portrait of the artist and a portrait of someone else. I created a series of paintings and drawings that dealt with this issue and explored the important relationship between the subject and the artist. In some instances the desires of the subject differed from the desires of the artist. In my case, this created interesting dilemmas. I had to answer for myself how important the sitter’s expectations were if they differed from my own and how I could still create a compelling work of art.
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Caitlin, "Painting Our Portraits" (2008). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 517.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/517
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