Reunited and it feel so good.

Hip hop honors has totally gotten me pumped for this architecture painting again. I have been ignoring it for the past 2 days and been focusing on my sketchbook but i feel it is time to get back on track.

And if i feel myself slipping again I have banksy's movie to get me motivated.

Summer is here, time to get a collection together.

Morning everyone. Here is the status of my work.

I have 3 paintings completed. All are abstract works made up of geometric figures. Ink on acrylic are used in all.

3 more are in the works right now. 2 I am not crazy about but have potential, they are like the ones I already completed. The 3rd is a graffiti style piece inspired by architecture. I seem to be having trouble with it because it is out of my normal color scheme. But there is HUGE potential. I plan to use paint markers on top of the flat color I have been putting down. It is going to be wild (i think.)

This is the goal: put together a collection of work to be submitted to a Toronto school.

Have a good day everyone

Love,

Renee

Reflecting on the year and anticipating the future.

It has been a while. Too long. My first year at Alfred was an overall bad and good experience. First semester was hard for me, not because of the classes but because I found myself alone amongst a group of new people. Days were spent doing homework and watching netflix, while nights were spent on the computer, chatting away. The problem wasn’t that I was not making any kind of connection with anyone, but that I just didn’t care to take that any further. I robbed myself of any type of college experience. And all of this would have been fine if i was working in the mean time but that wasn’t the case. I did extremely well in my classes, but the importance of that seems to lesson as I reflect on it.

Not to say the entire semester was a waste of time, I set myself high among the pack in my classes, showing everyone what I got. I also found a love for architecture. As my final project for my painting studio we had to incorporate architecture into a painting that extended out of a 32x40 piece of paper. My painting I can say with confidence was one of the best in the class. From then on my assignments reflected in this concept.

Second semester is when things really picked up and I started enjoying Alfred. I found myself with a small group of friends and I spent less time in the dorm. As the weather improved I spent more time outdoors, exploring the campus, and spent more time in the studios. Outside of my group I had other people I started to hang out with and bond, and even managed to hit up a few parties at the end of the year. The grades did slip a little but it was well worth it.

At the end of the year I had bittersweet feelings about leaving. Now that I has having fun if was unfortunate to go, but with the anticipation of a friend coming home and getting away from my horrible roommate I was pumped for the summer.

And now that summer is here I want to go back, I miss having everything I need being within walking distance, i miss the people I have met, having assignments to do and kicking ass in classes. The summer has so far been lonely, but fairly productive. Besides a 5 hour shift a few times a week I spend most of my days in my room, painting and thinking. This normally would be difficult to deal with but with the loss of a very good friend it has made this even harder on me.

But with this loss I am now open to a stronger connection with the people I have neglected. I have been hanging out and talking with friends from high school that I never saw outside of a class setting before. I am extremely optimistic for the future. Thinking time has been shifting into a new focus, which is myself and figuring out who I really am. This next year is when it is all going to come together, I can feel it. I am going to finally polish off the person I have been working towards being. In order to get to this I plan to fall out of love with others and fall back in love with myself. Over 2 years ago I was more independent than anyone I knew, and I cannot wait to get back to that place. I can see myself becoming more confident than ever and honing in on this architectural painting thing.

Right now I feel I am nowhere near that place. But this is MY time and with that I am going to get my shit together, move the fuck on and leave my first year of school behind me. The journey is far from over but I can see a light.

Finally there has been something on my mind lately, something that after a small harmless discussion with a friend has really been making me think a lot about. That something is Toronto. I decided NOT to apply to RIT for junior year becaue I think where I really want to be instead is Toronto. I want to establish myself there now so that after college I can stay. Only time can really tell what these next three years will be like. But whatever may happen I am so pumped for.

I am happy to be back people.

LOVE,

Renee

Lots has happened

I have moved in. I have started class. And atm we are setting up a wordpress blog

Nothing up yet...

Here is the link: http://reneelatragna.wordpress.com/

Hello old friend.

It's been a while since i last posted. There are 2 days left of school and all projects are coming to an end. Blockheads have since died out from my last posting. In place of them i started a traditional self portrait painting of myself, althought pace has slowed due to a bad reference. I am also working with another classmate in a collaborative mural, Our small contribution to the school before we leave. Tomorrow and Monday will be spent taking home work and overall removing myself from the school. Except for a single mural of course.

I'm not very upset about it.

I feel I am ready to move on,

Alfred here i come.

It's official

Yesterday at around 11am I gave Alfred my deposit and got my photo ID. So its a done deal!

=)

It's 6:40 am

I've been sitting on the couch for the past half hour trying to focus on some television in order to pass the time. I sprung out of bed as soon as i heard daddy's voice to get up. I'M EXCITED.

Today is blue and gold day at Alfred! Today is the day I get to see the campus, get registered, and maybe even request my roommate (Ari or Courtney.)

After today (if i like the school that is) I'll be changing my blog description!