artist statement that wont fit in the 'about me' portion of my profile. lame.

My name is Amy Puzerewski, I currently live in Columbia, SC. I'm attending art school at USC. My work is an attempt to see life simply and humorously and from a very female perspective. I enjoy drawing moments from life that are cute or interesting, or ironic. My work can also be viewed from a design perspective. I focus heavily on composition, how certain colors, lines and text work together in a contained space. I'm influenced by graphic design. I want to grab the viewers attention, if only briefly, just like the designer- and I do this by using bright colors, bold lines, and short bits of text. I'm also influenced by graffiti, because I like the idea  of the in-formalized canvas, and art for everybody. Graphic design as well as graffiti are made for everybody. However my work is made in the studio, but I use everyday materials such as cardboard, pieces of wood, ad foam, most of which I find in the trash. In using such cheap materials I feel I can charge significantly less than other artists for my work. I want to make my art accessible to everyone, not just in understandable content, but in price. I also have the occasional piece of work in which I focus on composition alone, such as my cityscapes, or bubble paintings. I find this work to be very relaxing and I hope for the viewer as well. I think humor and relaxation are two of my favorite things, because they don't happen very often for me and they lead to the best feelings. Like when you see something cute, re you see something depressing, to turn it on it's head and make it funny. I paint/draw using a variety of media including graphite, oil-based paint pen, china marker, crayon, spray paint, but mostly ink and guashe. In the times I'm not painting I'm knitting and crocheting or playing with two super cute doggies.