For the past third trimester, I was able to freely experiment and discover the subjects that I have been interested in using for my art. Among many of the subjects, I painted an image that I personally took in New York City, an image of Rihanna, and a photograph by Aaron Huey.
Over Spring break, I was walking down 11th street on 2nd avenue on a rainy, foggy day. I was waiting for the walking sign at the cross walk as many other people usually do every single day. When I was looking at the other side, however, there was an image that suddenly struck my head with emotions and an indecipherable urge to capture that image. A handicapped man with crutches was standing in the rain with a tiny Chihuahua next to him. I don’t know if it was because he was wearing sunglasses on a dark rainy afternoon, or because he had a cute dog next to him, but something certainly made me pull out my iphone to stealthily take a picture of this 4’ 8” tall man in the rain.
It was more than what I could describe. His posture and stature that I captured with my eyes and phone was just a valuable image for me to paint. The even more interesting part is that I saw him a couple of more times after that rainy day, and he did not carry the same aura he had that rainy day.