Al Polston
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Plop Process
🕑 Added 2024-07-26 17:00:03 +0000 UTCConcept
Plop, like most pieces from my show, are very personal to events in my childhood. This piece reflects on my longing for a home. I have moved constantly my entire life, whether it was from divorce, visitation, our house burning down, or being kicked out as a teenager. All through college I moved every single year, and after that moved multiple times across the country. I still don't feel as though my current house is my home yet and my mind is still anxiously waiting for the next move, that hopefully this time will not come. I wanted the figure to look as though it was exhausted, searching, but also longing. The house is far away off a cliff, but on fire. As if after finally finding a house, it isn't even livable to begin with. But also a call back to the house we were living in after the divorce burning down right after my birthday. The drips of puppies off the dog are taken directly from a disturbing memory of me watching someone drop puppies off our deck as they were born. It was not done maliciously, but out of total ignorance and curiosity. But the image and sounds still sits in my head.
Original Ideas
The original ideas focused mostly on the house burning, reflections on the cause of the fire and my own suspicious thoughts. They are still ideas I like, but I wanted to explore something that would evoke a sadder feeling and less of a spooky feeling.
Final Idea
I landed on this imagery after some doodling and went with an acidic color palette to emphasize the unlivable conditions. Living in the PNW during wildfire season the sky would turn yellows and orange as the smoke covered everything.
On Canvas
Final Image
