POR-TRAIT

noun /ˈpôrtrət/  /-ˌtrāt/  portraits, plural A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, esp. one depicting only the face or head and shoulders

After the lecture on portraits I was given a set task to make a portrait of myself,  with a restriction of the biggest format being A3.

The first few thoughts that came to mind was to set up a scene and do a black and white print. 

Then I thought lets challenge the idea of a photograph.  I have always wanted to make a stencil, and my narrative/message would be hidden within the different layers, the limited colour palette and the facial expression.

INFLUENTIAL ARTISTS:

Obama Hope Stencil Collage on Paper,
Shepard Fairey, 2008

After reading 'Context And Narrative' by Maria Short, The idea of layout, structure and form for this particular task came rushing to mind.  

The limited colour palette is something that I feel makes the image have a lot of impact and depths.   There is a feel of life, due to the textured collage.

The one word "HOPE", is what brings the image into one, and they both have a strong impact visually.