JULIANNA ROMANO
PROFESSIONAL PRACTISE
2000 word critical self-reflection on own practice and presentation of final year work, evidence of personal planning and development in career aims, supported by relevant promotional materials (examples include ‘portfolio’, show reel, CV, business cards website, other entrepreneurial activities).
JULIANNA ROMANO
PROFESSIONAL PRACTISE
PRE-MAJOR PROJECT (PMP) In the PMP I made a series of drawings in which I used landscapes as symbolic carriers for the chosen theme of Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. The most beneficial outcome was the extension of my visual language; especially mark-making and pencil line qualities. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time”. ~Thomas Merton
Julianna K. Romano Illustrator & Image-maker currently based in Bournemouth, UK. Originally from Finland but grew up in Belgium. Speaks Finnish, English and French. My work is inspired by people, places and stories. The re-occuring themes of cultural beliefs, relationships with our environment, childhood memories, quietness, nature, transformation, dreams and dichotomies. Their interpretation take the form of a landscape, so the composition itself is the carrier, the metaphor.
Throughout the PMP it came clearer to me that the success of the final images was attributed to the importance of drawing as a primary source of research and as a means of evaluation in itself. The exploration in PMP encouraged me to further develop my drawings, making more challenging and complex compositions and improved my confidence of line. It encouraged me to focus upon an individual project as a means of exploring and clarifying concerns for remainder of my level 6 studies (PMP A2), and clarified theoretical and practical areas for exploration during the subsequent Major Project and in relation to my self-development and vocational aspirations (PMP LO2). I enjoy my work being driven by some kind of a narrative.