Art by Trinity Sutterfield: Advanced Drawing and Developing a New Idea

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Advanced Drawing and Developing a New Idea

So I just had my second critique in advanced drawing. Mostly I've been working on anatomy sketches so that I have a better understanding of the muscles structure of a human, since that's what I typically focus on in my own work. So my teacher, Denise, suggested I continue working with body systems: muscles, veins and bone structures, as a part if my figures, like the artist Alex Grey. I looked at his work and really enjoyed it, although I know that's not specifically where I want to go next, but I am going to try to apply what I've learned about muscle structure to my figures.

I'm still playing around with the idea of modern day fertility figures, however now I'm contemplating combining body systems and birth with them.
Once I get a few solid sketches out, I'll post them on here!

Below are four images of Alex Grey's work I really enjoyed and will use as inspiration. The fifth image is another one of my anatomy sketches.

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Trinity Sutterfield

Feminist Activist Artist from Cincinnati. I currently live in the bustling metropolis of Hebron Kentucky, but spend most of my time at The University of Cincinnati- DAAP (Design, Architecture, Art and Planning).

For many years now I have been interested in the societal beauty demands that women are faced with. My artwork takes a critical view of social and cultural issues. In my work, I explore themes like body positivity and feminism, feminism and the effects of societal beauty standards on women through many mediums including drawing, painting, photography and digital editing/painting. My work is influenced by artists as diverse as Ewan Uglow, Jenny Saville, Sandro Botticelli and William Bouguereau. I am also influenced by many writers, including blogs such as Adipositivity and Dances with Fat. Daily, women are faced with thousands of images and articles telling them that are not good enough, simply because they are not small enough. I do not believe this is true. My work celebrates the plus size body, often showing the attributes that society deems ugly or undesirable as the ideal. I aim to cause social change. It is for this reason that I call myself a feminist activist artist. As a whole my work is typically positive, celebrating the body and teaching my audience to love theirs; however it also tends to demonize society’s thin obsession. I have been focusing on this theme for nearly four years and I still hold the same fervor and passion for it that I did when I first started working with it; however my concept has matured beyond just showing that big women are beautiful to showing that all bodies are beautiful no matter their size. I tend focus on bigger women because there is more of an element of rebellion there in portraying beauty in a figure that society deems ugly or undesirable, rather than in portraying a figure that is slightly more socially acceptable because it is smaller. With my work, I aim to show the world that all bodies are beautiful not only in spite of their size but also because of their size.