Kaleidoscoped Sisters

Kaleidoscoped Sisters is a mixed media piece of myself and my close friend, Michaela. Growing up as an only child, I have often dreamt of having a sister. This has led me to view my close friends as makeshift sisters, with Michaela being the closest of all. In creating this piece, I wanted to explore the similarities and vast differences between Michaela’s and my personalities. The main way I chose to express this was through color contrast. Michaela’s purple and red color scheme displays her more reserved personality, while my bright green and pink color scheme highlights my outgoing personality. Once I had established our personalities through color, I connected squiggle patterns with each other’s colors to show the connection between the two of us. Additonally many of the concepts for this piece were created while daydreaming on my drive to school; that being said, I wanted emit the feeling of day dreaming thoughout the piece. The childlike design of the flowers, swirls, and worms ties in the aspects of daydreaming. On top of that, the vibrant colors mixed with these elements bring forth a dreamlike nostalgia that portrays Michela and me as refracted sisters, connected through experience rather than blood.