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TEXAN IDENTITY

Over the last few years, I've been interested in native Texans' relationships with their state. With that in mind, I've been painting a series of portraits of people in my life from Texas and talking to them about their identity as Texans. 

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work examines what the future generation of Southerners, particularly Texans, look like. Being a native Texan, I’ve heard the opinion that all Texans think the same way and come from the same background. As a young progressive Texan, I want to celebrate the diversity and open minded population of Texas that is often overshadowed by the State’s history and continuation of hatred. To achieve this in my art, I take subjects from my life that display the diversity of backgrounds that can be found, especially at a University. I then dress them in western clothing, cowboy hats and boots, and paint them like that. 

 

So far, the work has consisted of representative portrait centered work, referencing each person’s life story. However in the future I am interested in adding more still life or not representative elements to my pieces.

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