Sara Saito

I happened to get interested in art when I was little upon watching my mother's own creative interests. She would help out at my grade school as an art volunteer aiding my teachers in class assignments. I remember when I was young, we even had a specific room for art supplies and craftwork. It wasn't until after I had taken one semester of photography sophomore year that I began expanding new horizons in art. Mr. Malinowski, a.k.a. "Melon", was the teacher of the course and was greatly encouraging to all of the students. He had entered one of my works in a show, with many artists and it got recognized with an honorable mention. I was so happy, particularly being that I was a sophomore and only an amateur at this. The work I've done for this semester seems actually quite mediocre for me, especially having my attention briefly withdrawn from art due to various events that occurred during the season. I hope to increase the building of my art to anticipate high expectations and to fulfill them. The piece most important to me is the copy of Andy Warhol's self portrait prints because the artist is my inspiration for design; also adding that my current boyfriend is the model in the picture! Every time I look at that piece it makes me feel complete. The most difficult of these four pieces would have to be the one with the hands. - I wanted to capture that moment and enlarge the hands, creating a distinct message. Unfortunately, changing the different colors of the pixels was difficult because I wanted the hands to look realistic and not deformed. All in all, these are my four best assignments I have completed this semester and I hope to create better works next semester.