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Arantza Garcia
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"My final artwork was inspired by my wish to explore how social media influences a teenager’s mental health and self-perception. The triptych oil painting was influenced by several artists researched throughout my folio. This topic was conceptually appealing to me for its emotive nature, and I hoped to communicate the consequences of a life online. I intended to only use primary photographs, capturing images of the people around me for artistic references. Beginning with an exploration of Adam Neate, I was interested in his saturated blurring technique used to display his subjects confused desperation. I developed a similar smudging technique through an oil self-portrait, appreciating the visual aesthetic of the distorted faces."
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