I am part Native American and I am attempting to incorporate that into other parts of my spirituality. I'm using symbols like the wolf, nature, bright light and shadows to create drama in the piece. The images will tell of the white buffalo woman. I do not consider myself very religious, however I am spiritual. I have wondered about this idea for a while. I hope to create something that shows my interest in the subject. I know that this side of my faith is very important to me and I want to commemorate it in a way through these images.
Ann Hamilton and Shahzia Sikander are my influences for this piece. Their works are anthem pieces that are self reflective. Hamilton's works are dark and personal and Sikander uses visually intriguing ideas. Shahzia Sikander did an artwork on a Hindu goddess. I love this idea and I would like to incorporate it somehow. I would like to add mathematics to the imagery if possible. I think a combination of their artworks would work well for my idea. Mel Chin is another influence but not as much as the other two. His mathematical, conceptual art is in my mind, but not prevailing.
Some of Ann Hamilton's work can be found here
http://www.annhamiltonstudio.com/
Sikander's "Writing the Written"
I am most likely going to use whatever images I can find that fit the white buffalo woman's story as well as use my own images for the one of me. The two images will be replicas of each other, but one real and the other fiction. I want to use a water reflection technique but it depends on how the images turn out.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/water-reflection/
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