Avana Swan Art Bio

This blog will consist of a short biography about my artistic background. This meaning my artistic preferences, likes, dislikes, etc.

Types of art that I like are ones that are relative to me. For example:

I was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and will let it be known anywhere that I go. This painting of  Beale Street brings comforting memories of home whenever I'm away.

This painting is a depiction of old-time backwoods nightclubs, called juke joints. This relates to me because, while I've never been to a juke joint, I've been to several parties where everyone was close together, dancing our problems away, and having some of the best times of our lives.

 This poster was part of propaganda back in the time of war. This encouraged women back home to take care of everything while their husbands and other male relatives were away. While I wasn't alive to see this propaganda in action, it's influence still lives on today. This poster empowers many women, such as myself. It makes me believe that I can do just as much as a man does.

An artistic dislike I have is one that I feel is historically inaccurate. For example:

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 The pope asked Leonardo da Vinci to paint a picture of Jesus and the 12 disciples, but not in the way the book of Revelations described him. Seeing as though Jesus comes from a part of the world where everyone has brown to dark skin, Leonardo decided to paint Jesus that way, but the pope refused to accept that. Instead, the pope forced Leonardo to use his own family and 12 men from the local jail to make this painting. While this painting is a nice imagining of the Last Supper, the history behind it makes the whole painting lose its holy appeal.