Made To Be

Title: The Made-To-Be
Size: 30 x 42 inches UNFRAMED.
Medium: Ink and colored pencil
Year: 2012
Time Spent: 8 months (~750 hours)
Status: Available

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Hidden Duality (Illusion Explained)

Although this artwork uses colored pencil for most of its form, the final shaping, shadows, and illusions are done dot by dot, connecting it back to Jarrett T. Camp’s signature style.

The Meaning: Marriage as a Forest

The Made-To-Be is a complete metaphor for marriage:

The Forest = The Marriage

Every plant, root, leaf, and branch represents a different element within a lifelong partnership—growth, patience, seasons, storms, and renewal.

The Chain = Adam and Eve

At the center of the artwork is a chain symbolizing Adam and Eve, the beginning of human connection and commitment.

The Right Side = Eve

The right side of the forest formation represents Eve—nurturing, foundational, and central to the growth of the family.

Connection to Stipple Illusionism

This piece is an intentional departure from Jarrett’s dominant art style—yet it still carries the DNA of Stipple Illusionism.

The dual-image effect, the layered symbolism, and the hidden visual meaning all connect to the movement’s core:
multiple truths and perspectives living inside a single artwork.

Fun Facts & Easter Eggs

The chain in the center contains a hidden Adam and Eve structure.
The right side subtly shapes itself into Eve, looking inward.
One chain link is intentionally slightly imperfect—symbolizing real marriage.
The forest is built like a family tree, but much more chaotic and emotional.
The black-and-white areas hide shapes resembling fractured tree limbs—representing a broken connection.

Would you like to be a part of my Journey?

The Links = The Children

Each chain link symbolizes the children — our generations — all connected back to the forest and its origins.

Black & White Areas = Divorce / Broken Parts

The black-and-white sections symbolize the hard parts, the moments of separation, divorce, or emotional fragmentation—the parts of a marriage people rarely talk about.

The Goal

Despite these challenges, the artwork’s true intention is to make marriage look beautiful, because that is what it is meant to be—a sacred union that grows, evolves, and survives.

Medium & Technique

80% color pencil (rare for your body of work—a complete reversal of your usual style)
20% stippling dots, giving the piece structure, life, and illusion
Hand-drawn from edge to edge
Size: 43 x 30 inches

This combination makes the piece unique in your portfolio.

Time & Process

Time to complete: 8 months
Estimated hours: 1,620 hours (8 months)
Dot count in stipple areas: Hundreds of thousands
Mixed technique: precision coloring mixed with stipple illusion finishing

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Price: $78,000 USD

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Artist Quote

“Marriage is a forest — it grows, it breaks, it heals, and it becomes more beautiful with time.”
— Jarrett T. Camp