My
Personal Statement
Pablo
Picasso said; “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary”. This quote has
inspired me to work for what I want in life due to the fact that the quote is
basically telling people to express how they feel, their thoughts and express
it out loud. This is how I feel I could be if I was to achieve my goals. My
aspiration is to be a graphic designer in the future. I have found that it will
be difficult to accomplish my ambition but I am still enthusiastic that with
hard work and dedication, I will be able to stride into my chosen career if I
work for it.
I find delight in undertaking art as a form of
voicing my state of mind in a creative way. I believe I have the accurate
skills and the correct frame of mind to be able to achieve high in the career I
am aiming for. I know that throughout the duration of my life there will be
more to do than just painting pictures all day. There will be essays to write,
research to do and all whist building my portfolio up into something that will
help show my skills off to the world of business.
From the
year 2001 I have been devoted to working hard to collect as many achievements
as possible to help better me for myself and my future. These consist of; Sure
Start Logo Competition (2001) Young Leader Award (2009), Playing For Success
(2010), Junior Achievement Award (2010), Peer Mentor Attendance Certificate
(2011), Peer Mentoring Award (2012), Work Experience Attendance Certificate
(2013) & also UCB Mentoring Project (2012-13). From all these occasions I
have gained many expertise. For example; I am responsible, very well organised,
I have good time management skills, abilities in the 3D & Textiles areas of
art, I have a good computer background, I am good working on paper and I plan
before doing things so there is not many occasions where it goes wrong. For
example; getting to know the design cycle again well enough before I start a
new project so I know the root I will take to get to my outcome correctly.
I have
used these skills in many types of jobs and voluntary work since 2009. These
were the following; being a volunteer at Barnsley Riding for Disabled
Association, being a newspaper distributor for the Barnsley Independent, my
year 10 work experience as a shop assistant at B.Mills & Co. in Wombwell and
finally, working as a peer mentor at both Barnsley Academy & also at the
Barnsley Summer Challenge scheme run by the YMCA members.
The
artist which have inspired me are; Bob Ross, Picasso, Van Gogh, O’Keeffe,
Warhol, Matisse & Rennie Mackintosh. All for many reasons, firstly they may
all be passed but still famous and recognised, secondly they all have their own
techniques and methods to do art but they are all at the same level in my eyes,
and finally they have all undertaken different obstacles in their own lives but
overcome them and carried on. This is very inspirational to me as an artist.
I have
visited many places in my 18 years of living but none of them can compare to
when I visited Cairo & Luxor in Egypt. The Pyramids, The Sphinx and also
the museum I went to with my family was amazing. All of these combined factors have
made me keen to try and use the Egyptian theme as often as I could.
My
artistic ambitions are to become either a graphic designer or a cake decorator.
No matter which one I finally choose, my main aspiration will remain the same;
to have people buy my work. To have this come to pass, will be more of an
achievement than anything I could imagine in the world of work. To have people
come to me and ask me to create either something special for the wedding,
birthday, special occasions etc. or either someone asking me to use my skills
to create something that will be seen by many people would make all my hard
work worthwhile.
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