For this piece, I took photographs out of an old album that seemed to be accidents; pictures that were either not in focus, or of family members that are almost completely cropped out of the frame, or appearing unprepared to have their picture taken. It was these pictures that, to me, best captured a moment or the individual's personality. By replication, paper transfer, or cut out of the photo, I gave each one value and arranged them on the wall like how one arranges a picture wall in their entryway to mimic this point. Scrap wood is used to frame these pieces because best reflects the initial lack of value these sort of pictures tend to hold. The wood, especially accompanied with the dried rose, also serves the purpose of showing beauty in age and imperfection. This quick capturing of a moment reminded me of the idea behind Impressionism so for areas that are painted I tried to mimic the gestural strokes and the avoidance of black.
