I need some help with my artist statement?

Question

I need to write a brief artist statement (25-50 words) for a postcard sized painting that was assigned to me last week. My painting is supposed to portray my journey to the college that I am about to attend this fall (Mass Art) and I am just not sure how to go about writing an artist statement that short. What am I supposed to put in there? Am I supposed to explain my painting,or do I write about why I chose to use paint, and why I painted what I did? If you're interested, here is a link to my painting, I would appreciate some feedback on my painting as well.

http://audreyjayne.deviantart.com/art/abstract-1-94653221

Answer 1

An artist's statement can be tricky to write, and the length restriction makes it that much harder.

Sine the assignment was to portray your journey to the college, I think you should write about how the image that you painted relates to your academic journey.  Is there a specific symbolic meaning to the image?  If the meduim was part of the assignment, you should not waste space talking about why you chose to use acrylic paint.  

I really enjoy the painting - good color choices, and I love impasto paintings.  I think you are moving in a positive direction compared to some of your earlier work (but that could just be my personal preference for this kind of work).  I enjoy your "cubist experiment" as well.

This reminds me of some tiny abstracts that I've done - http://austinartgirl.com/images/painting... for one example.

Congrats on going to Mass Art!