Rationale

I chose to do my Self Portrait on Inline Hockey because it is my life outside of University. I wanted to portray myself with my biggest achievement which was representing New Zealand Last year. I chose my artist model Ariana Perez as I liked her soft water like Line paintings and thought the aesthetic would work harmoniously with the New Zealand Uniforms Design with the similar paint washes and splats in their design. My Short Biography discusses being flooded with all the game plays and Strategies before the game and I represented this with the scattered X, O and Arrows symbolizing the Playbooks and Whiteboard sessions. I picture myself during the Pregame in the Changing rooms sitting in my head; I decided to convert this visually into a dark airy room with focused light on myself with the black shadow creeping in showing me being trapped in my thoughts alone. The Tartan Background is my Scottish heritage sneaking through.