Lady in Red

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Title

Lady in Red

Description

Hi! My name is Makayla Parker, I am majoring in nursing, I am currently enrolled at Craven Community College ADN program and here at East Carolina in the aRIBN program for my BSN. With the healthcare industry continuously growing there is always a need for extra hands. I originally fell in love with the idea of working in the healthcare setting from my stepmom, she is a registered nurse, and I would always love sitting around listening to her tell us about her workdays and the things she got to experience as a nurse. I also loved the idea that I would be an individual who could help improve another person’s health/lifestyle. Some of my interests include cooking, reading, going to the beach, and when I was younger up until my senior year of high school, I loved playing softball. I have zero background in the art world, but I have always been intrigued by the idea of art itself.
For this process it took me a while to find an actual art piece that I wanted to recreate, there are so many beautiful pieces that I could have chosen but the one I picked stood out the most to me. For the red head wrap, I used one of my sweaters and had my mom place the sleeves in the shape of the original art piece. Other than the red sweater I placed makeup on to give my skin a softer matte look. I had my brother stand behind me with a black sheet and my mother took the picture for me.
The artist I chose was Taras Loboda and the painting I chose is “The Lady in Red’ from 2005. I chose this piece because not only was it aesthetically pleasing, but I also really like the details the artist put into this painting. You can see the different brush strokes, and the shadows that create depth, I think the best part about the painting though is the young woman’s face. This picture portrays her as an innocent-looking woman but the detail that takes place in the eyes/eyebrows shows that there is more than meets the eye of the viewer. I feel as if this is in a way a self-portrait because personally, I am not one to express many emotions let alone speak about the things that are going on in my life, looking at this picture I see someone who has a lot to say but choose the other route and that they can easily put up a front like their world isn’t crumbling down on them.
Honestly, I am sure I could’ve been more creative but I think looking past the portrait of this woman and creating a meaning of it for myself is where most of the creativity sparked for me.
I think that this is a very cool project you know, not only dealing with COVID and what is going on in the world today, but I think most to almost all of us are taking this online and will never meet each other outside of these discussion posts.
This was created as an assignment for Susan Ludeke's ART 1910: Art Appreciation course.

Creator

Parker, Makayla

Format

Image/Imagen

Date

2021-03-14

Coverage

Greenville, North Carolina

Item sets

Documenting COVID-19 in Eastern North Carolina

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This item was submitted on April 25, 2022 by [anonymous user] using the form “Contribute a Digital Item/Done un Artículo/Producto Digital” on the site “Documenting COVID-19 in Eastern North Carolina”: http://collections.ecu.edu/os/s/ecucovid19