The Butterfly Effect

Name: The Butterfly Effect
Date: 1-16-12
Materials: Purple, Blue, White, and Black Acrylic paints, Taklon brushes, 8X10 stretched canvas
About: I made this painting for my friend that used to do self mutilation. To help herself stop she found a way to keep herself from doing it. Over her scars she drew a butterfly and named it after someone she loved, I dont know if its because she didn't want to hurt someone she loved, or the fact she knew that person loved her too that stopped her from doing it. But either way I was proud of her. I painted this to show her that I am proud and I am always here for her.
-Morgan Mckenzie

Metal Rose

Name: Metal Rose
Date: 1-13-12
Materials: Gas Metal, Filler Metal
About: This was a project I did in my Welding 1-2 class. I started by taking special 1/16 guage Gas metal and cutting out 2 petal circles, and two leaves. The stem is made out of a rod of Filler metal, which I attached the petals to with more Filler metal. This is  not an easy task, the stem fell of a few times. Once the petals were on I bent them into a the center, and then the outside petals. I then attached the leaves.
-Morgan Mckenzie

Human Heart: Duo

Name: Nothing Else Matters
Date: 12/28/11
Materials: Red,Blue,Purple,White and Black Acrylic paint
About: My boyfriend Shane and I did this painting together. We sculpted the shape of the heart mostly with the palm of our hands and then added the rest in with our fingertips. I only used a brush on the lettering and a few intricate lines around the heart. The writing is actually lyrics from 'Nothing Else Matters' by Mettalica. "So close, no matter how far. Coudln't be much more from the heart."
-Morgan Mckenzie and Shane Jason

Hand Crawling out of Eye

Name: Hand Crawling out of Eye
Date: September 2010
Materials: Sketching Paper and Pencils
About:  I came up with the idea when I was thinking about the saying "The eye is the passage way to the soul".
-Morgan Mckenzie

Tina's Room

Name: Tina's Room
Date: Summer 2011
Materials: Primer, Purple and Grey canned paint, Paintbrushes
About: My friend Tina asked me too paint her walls. She decided that she wanted  a large tree on one wall and birds flying over all the rest. We layed down a light vibrant purple and then did the tree and bird in a light grey. I drew the tree on the walls and most of the birds. Then Tina, Maddie, and I painted them all in.
-Morgan Mckenzie

My Tattoo

Name: Feather and Breaking Birds
Date: 7/08/11
Materials: Sketching Paper and Pencils
About: I'm getting a tattoo for my 16th in about two months and this is what I sketched up a while ago. It symbolizes mostly freedom. I will post the pictures of my tattoo once it is healed up and such.
-Morgan Mckenzie

Stained Glass Panda

Top Picture: laying on a flat white canvas
Bottom Picture: resting agianst my window
Name: Stained Glass Panda
Date:
Materials: Turquiose, Black, and White Baroque glass, Copper foil, Solder
About: I did this as an assignment in my Studio in Sculpture 3-4 class. I traced ll my pieces out with a sharpie and then cut them out. Cutting them out was very hard and the front legs on the Panda snapped several times. Once all my pieces were cut I grinded them down, to give them smooth edges for foiling and so that all the pieces would fit correctly. I then foiled all edges of the glass and soldered it together. I'm very happy with the outcome and I plan on trying stained glass again.
-Morgan Mckenzie