Approach

I approached this assignment by trying to work in the style of Sam Francis. I did not want to directly recreate the artwork exactly as it was. This artwork brought out a strong emotional response in me, and so I wanted to try to focus on that response and re-interpret the artwork in my own personal way. However, I also did not want to completely drift away from the style of this piece, and I wanted my work to look recognizably quite similar to Sam Francis’s piece and style. I wanted to keep the compositional elements the same, but wanted to somewhat change the color scheme to reflect my own personal choice. This is what I attempted to do in Photoshop by keeping the artwork as a reference on the side but not exactly copying it in order to develop my own personal interpretation of the piece.