Lin, ZhiD'Elia, Kathryn P.2014-10-202014-10-202014-10-202014DElia_washington_0250O_13355.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/26818Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2014I am allowing this written thesis to act as an explanation of my concepts and personal journey through the University of Washington's Graduate Drawing and Painting MFA program and through creating my thesis work, a series of black and white photo collages. I will explain the evolution of my artistic and cultural influences, outline my process and working method, and describe the concepts involved in a few of the pieces shown in my Thesis Exhibitions.application/pdfen-USCopyright is held by the individual authors.collage; film; idioms; painting; terms; tropesArt criticismFine artsfine artsThesis