Knoshaug, Rachel, artist2007-01-032007-01-032014http://hdl.handle.net/10217/89782Colorado State University Art Department capstone project.Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.The artist's statement: When I was in the process of applying for college, I wrote about how I loved art for the way it can tell a story without words, allowing me to go beyond the boundaries of verbal communication and have a deep and lasting impact on those who view my art. I went more eloquently into the subject than what I really felt was true for me at the time, but now, after four years being in a university art program, I believe in and am passionate about my purpose as an artist more than ever. I make art because it lets me communicate in a way that words cannot. Art can make its point in seconds, getting to the heart in ways that would take hours to accomplish verbally. I believe my art can speak for itself, and I strive to give it a strong voice, give it depth and meaning that is comprehensible, while keeping it artistic and engaging without becoming ambiguous. I am inspired to make my art through a myriad of different visual elements that I have experienced and have evoked certain emotions in me and impacted me in some way in the past. I decide what elements to include by deciding first what emotion or story I want to bring across, then considering what imagery has relayed that information to me before and how to best connect that imagery with the message I want to my art to convey. Many of my works represent something I'm passionate about, something in which I've experienced a depth of emotion and wish to share with others. My personality is such that I feel things very deeply but tend to be awkward and uncomfortable expressing myself verbally, and so my art represents, for me, an instrument that I can use to explain things more significantly and succinctly than I could with words. I make it not only as a way of self-expression, driven by the spectrum of emotions in my past, but also out of a passion to help viewers consider and comprehend the same story and meaning.Student worksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.StillImage