Anise Bergemann
In these past two years I have been pushing my boundaries when it comes to art. I’ ve been involving my peers in lots of mini online polls regarding my experimentation, making my journey very interactive and fun for people to take part in.
Furthering my interest in portraiture, such as playing with size, blending different mediums and styles, has deepened my passion for all the various kinds of art available at this school. My work began with portraits in a hyper-realistic style, using paint or coloured pencils to create a meticulous likeness to the original images. Now, I have tried so many techniques and have learned that a recognisable and arguably more impactful expression is able to form out of abstract chaos.
I find human faces so expressive, exciting and unique, and I have found that using realism to capture only the essential details in a face allows for abstraction to make up the rest of the individual’ s identity. I am so interested in how lighting and photography effects translate into other mediums, so my work for the IB has a major focus on colour and distortion using coloured pencils, oils and acrylic paint.
My goal is to make observers look twice to determine what they are looking at, with depth, layers and visual effects that blur the lines between realism and abstraction. I want to represent, as accurately as possible, the emotions, character and soul of the sitter in a way that is more insightful and impactful than simply seeing a photograph alone.