I have recently become a father and I often find myself thinking about my own child hood and the pressures that I faced growing up to be something either from my parents or from the outside world. As we grow up we are often faced with the question "what are you going to be when you grow up?" The obvious answer of course for me was "myself." I often find myself wondering what kind of pressure I will inevitable place upon my daughter. I have therefore created a series that focuses on this idea.
In this body of work I have painted a mix of famous, infamous, and non-famous babies. I utilize and bring attention to rough brushstrokes, which are a metaphor for the turbulence of growing up under the pressures of life and the pressures that parents either knowing, or unknowing place upon a child to succeed. These good intentions can have both negative and positive effects on these children. I have also chosen to disperse saturated colors throughout each piece to indicate the innocence of the child. I feel that these saturated colors are a good way to represent the freedom and looseness that we all experience during childhood.
-Kenneth Clause
In this body of work I have painted a mix of famous, infamous, and non-famous babies. I utilize and bring attention to rough brushstrokes, which are a metaphor for the turbulence of growing up under the pressures of life and the pressures that parents either knowing, or unknowing place upon a child to succeed. These good intentions can have both negative and positive effects on these children. I have also chosen to disperse saturated colors throughout each piece to indicate the innocence of the child. I feel that these saturated colors are a good way to represent the freedom and looseness that we all experience during childhood.
-Kenneth Clause