Art Portfolio

PORTFOLIO SUBMISSIONANASTASIA MITROPANOU

When I first entered the IB Visual Arts course I never believed that it would be so easy to me to be creative in differ-ent ways both in two dimensional and three dimensional media. I learnt to become inspired by another artist’s work, which changed the original direction of my work. I was surprised to be making paintings. I always thought of myself being more of a 3D person. However, my first attempts at creating Abstract Expressionist canvases with layers of paint and masking tape, that create multiple surfaces, made me realise how much I enjoy painting and how much I can ex-press myself through it. This comes through even in the observational still lives I have painted and in the more expres-sive portraits I have done. The art movement, which was my basic inspiration for the last two years, was Expressionism and the main artist influ-ences came from Kathe Kollowitz, Munch, Richter and Emil Nolde. But the artist that I distinguish from all the others and helped me more than any other in my personal work is Sakay-an, because of the way he uses colour and depicts facial expressions which communicates to the viewer a clear emo-tional direction. Most of my final pieces are portrayals of women in angst, my personal depictions of grief and loss, as I have personally experienced a very significant loss in the last year. This triggered a large series of works, mainly in two dimensions, but as I realised later, my three dimensional faces in mixed media, with pins, screws and melted wax, are all the product of my personal life experiences.

Harlequin, acrylic colour on thick cardboard, 34cm x 48cmPortrait Expressionist styleOil colour on canvas, 30x30 cm

BirthAcrylics on canvas,80x80cm

DespairOil colour, acrylic colour and tempera on canvas 40x50Workbook page A4 size

Workbook pages, A4 size each

GriefOil colour & Tempera on canvas , 60x80cm

Workbook pages, A4 size each

8. Leather boot, with oil colour and sliced lemons in atlacol. LifesizeWorkbook page A4

Creating SpacePowder paints, acrylics on canvas, 40x40cmAcrylic colour on thick canvas, 40cm x 40cm Gouache and masking tape on canvas, 40x40cm

Observational Still Life Expressionist StyleAcrylics on canvas, 70x90cm

Observational Still Life Acrylics and gouache on canvas, 70x90cm

Abstraction in Space#2Plastic colour, oil colour, tempera, acrylic colour on canvas, 120x100cm

Abstraction in Space#1Plastic colour, oil colour, tempera, masking tape,acrylic colour on canvas, 100x120cm

Are the Dead or Alive?Gouache on canvas, 70x90cm

Grotesque Masks Made by plaster, candles and oil pastels, pins, wax, screws, silicone glue25x15x8cm

1. Acrylic colour on thick cardboard, 34cm x 48cm

Silence is AcceptanceOil colour & Tempera on canvas , 60x80cm

Back to the FiftiesOil colour & Tempera on canvas , 60x80cm

Distorted Grimaces Sculptures by clayLifesize

TextureAcrylic colour on thick cardboard, 50x70cm

Swirl Oil colour, acrylic colour and aquarelle , kitchen rap on canvas, 70x100cm

Workbook pages , A4 size each