Artist Statement:
I decided to create an entirely new logo than what I submitted for the exercise because 1.) I just did not like any of them and 2.) after looking at commonplace logos again, I realized that it really needed to be simpler. I still wanted something that would compliment the image that my daughter created but could also stand on its own. The concept of "honeybee" is important to me but I did not want to be too cliche or obvious about it. Honeycombs are common, but simple, so I tried to get it to call to mind a honeycomb without it dripping in honey. I decided that the word "honeybee" is overutilized for mawkish crafts and such, which I want to avoid. So, I used the Latin version of the word, which is Apis. I will be using this logo for things that I create, some of them GIS-related but not all of them, so I chose to make the title broader in application.