2d foundations

2006-12-08T09:10:00.000-08:00

Image Essay #15
Color is certainly one of the main elements in this piece by Andy Warhol. There is color working as with every thing as a whole and then color working within each individual square. Each square is a separate element and are given a border by negative space around neighboring squares giving a sense of containment. Even though they are separate they form one shape together because of their proximity. Primary color schemes can be seen in such squares as the middle one on the top row. There you see red, yellow, and blue. These hues, however, are not pure but rather somewhat subdued. This scheme is also in the one to the right on the middle row. An analogous color scheme is present in the square in the middle on the bottom row. There violet, blue, and blue-green are the colors used. Each square has a different mood and feel based on the colors used. I see more glamour in the bottom right hand square because of the high contrast and warm pinks. Some squares, like the one on the right top row, are not very glamorous at all. The colors here are disjointed and clashing. There are complements along with colors next to each other on the wheel next to shades of the same color. That square is harsh and unattractive.

2006-12-08T09:04:00.000-08:00

Image Essay #14
This is a Van Gogh self-portrait painting. Van Gogh has a wonderful use of color. The main color scheme is this painting is complementary with all the blues and pops of oranges in his hair. However if you look closely at almost any section you can see there is far more than a single color being used on and one surface. The background for example has mostly blues, greens and purples giving it an analogous color scheme. There are also little hints of yellow found throughout the piece that help unit the whole thing with Van Gogh’s face. Layering of colors makes for a more complex and sophisticated color. If you step back your eye will mesh all of these colors together to make a single color. The coat has almost the exact same colors as the background but it is separated because of differences in values and texture. Van Gogh uses both value and color to create allusions of space. In some areas things are pushed back my a darker shade and then in some instances warm, light and bright colors are used to pull things forward. This can be seen on the wrinkles of his coat.
The orange hair is contrasting with the blue hair which is why the colors scheme is complementary. There are also complements in the face. Right under the eyes and in the darker areas of the face there are hues of greens. These complement the bits of red found in the beard.

2006-12-08T08:56:00.000-08:00

Image Essay #13
This is an image by the artist David Hockney. In this particular image he is using the analogous color scheme. The colors he has selected for this painting are, green, blue, and yellow. Blue is the dominate color at it is found in the water, a chair, the ground, and the shadow on the wall. Green is subordinate, being strongest in the plants and one chair. There is also some green the walls but this is somewhat muted. Yellow is the accentual color being only in the horizontal lines and the swerving lines in the water. We associate these elements together because they are the same color and both kinds of lines but there is a contrast between mechanical vs. organic which adds some tension making the image more dynamic. The man in the water is not that far in color from the wall he is standing against. This is because both colors are fairly light, mute, and pastel. However there are hints of oranges in his body, especially in the right leg and wrists, which helps him pop out against a blue background. Out of the analogous colors used blue and yellow are farthest apart on the color wheel so they therefore have the most contrast. The highest area of contrast should be the area closest to the viewer. The closest area to us is the water. As the water comes forward it becomes a deeper and more saturated blue making the yellow really stand out.

2006-12-08T02:43:00.000-08:00

Image Essay #12
This is a painting by Lucian Freud. He uses the analogous color scheme in this piece. The only colors he uses are shades and tones of yellow, green, and blue. There may be little touches of purple in the dog, and maybe a little orange to dull the curtains but the main colors are quite apparent. One thing to note about the colors used is that they are muddy and there are not bright, saturated colors. This makes for a dreary piece that conveys a similar mood of lifelessness. If you look at the woman’s face it’s very plain and dull. Nothing about this work is extremely appealing and that is mostly because of the use of color. The dominant color is this sick looking green that few would find to be attractive. That color along with the yellow of the robe is just an unattractive combination. Those two colors alone would not be so bad because they are both earthy. If they were paired with a warm brown perhaps this would be a different painting. However these two mixed with an unnatural blue/white makes the whole thing clash in a terrible way. You can’t really find any other colors of the painting in the dog and door. Something about it just looks misplaces and it really bothers me. I’m sure Freud knew exactly what he was doing and it was his intentions to make an unsightly work.

2006-12-08T02:20:00.000-08:00

Image essay #11

This is a painting by Caravaggio; a master of value. This is an example of a low key painting because there are more shades than tones causing it to be very dark. The darkness of the painting gives it a certain mood. Caravaggio then uses light colors to add areas of focus. The man stands out so well because he has very light, bright colors against and almost black background. Furthermore his face pops out even more because it has accentual areas of very dark shades and light tones. His hand also pops out because it is pulled forward by saturated colors and lights tones against a dark background. It is these values that tell our eye that the hand is coming towards us, thus creating an allusion of space. As a general rule the things closest to us will have the most detail. The chair, table setting and table cloth all have this detail because it is close to us. The foreground also should have the highest area of contrast. On the table cloth you can see almost pure white against almost pure black. Then in the background the shades are much more subdued. If you look at the wall or the upper left side man’s robe you can see how the background has a much more limited range of value.

2006-12-08T01:12:00.000-08:00

Journal Entry # 5

I absolutely love this artist. What most impresses me about her work is her use of line. Even the edges of her shapes have so much movement to them. There is something really fluid about her work but it is still painted flatly. It really reminds me of art nouveau in this way. I love how some of them look like prints because there are only shapes of solid color with not real shading. I also like the abstractness of her work. It is all very ambiguous and open for interpretation.
Dominance is used differently in her different pieces. One reoccurring structure she has is to have the dominant positive shape towards the center of the page and the dominant negative space around the edge of the page. You can only see this in one of the images I have selected for this blog but it is present in a few others. In some of her work the dominant positive structure is being overlapped by the subordinates. Often the dominant structure, positive or negative, will be one solid color. Space between flowing lines is where the accentual negative space can be found on many of her pieces. These organizational patterns help with moving your eye around the page.
The human form is very interesting in Essenhigh’s work. Her figures look like they have no bones and are painted incredibly smoothly. It looks like they would move like they would move like syrup. The figures have a very dream-like quality about them. I would describe them as globular and oblong. They are identifiable as people because they have the right traits such as legs or hands but the break the laws of what is possible for a human body to do.
This really makes me rethink our final project for this class. I want to portray a kind of wonderland but not just by having a world full of bazaar things. I love how surreal her work is. This is much more impacting than just juxtaposing odd things together. She has inspired me to focus more on style not just content.
Inka Essenhigh uses a lot of monochromatic or analogous color schemes in her work. Some of her pieces have achromatic color schemes with a few little splashes or orange or red. I can really see how the different uses of colors create different moods. Some of the pieces are fairly similar, especially the ones that are more abstract. However two pieces with close compositions can have completely different feels because of the colors uses. For example the piece with the dark rich blues has a much different mood than the one just below it that uses war colors and white. One color scheme I think is working well is the one that had teal and red. These are almost clashing colors but are used every effectively. One way she had done this is to pull the blue slightly closer to green and pull the red slightly closer to orange so that the colors are pretty complementary really making them pop.

2006-11-30T17:15:00.000-08:00

Image essay # 10

This image is by a photographer Tim Roda. This is and example of a low-key value pattern. It’s really not all that dark because there is quite a bit of middle grays but it certainly has a lot of black and pure white is used very limitedly. The darkness around the corners is containment from the principals of gestalt and keeps your eye on the page. Because this photo has no color value is critical element. Value is used to show the relation of objects to one another. Take the string running diagonally from the top of the page to the bottom. This is lighter than the objects it is in from of so it stands out. You can tell that it is getting closer because it get wider as it reaches the bottom of the page. Typically the bottom of the page is going to have the foreground. This image doesn’t have anything immediately close to the viewer but there is layering of grounds that can be found because of values and overlap. The floor and string would be the foreground. The boys and box are in the middle ground. In the background is the walls and then there is also deep back-back ground beyond the door.

2006-10-17T13:18:00.001-07:00

Image Essay #5

This is a picture by Michael Barnes that shows many of the principles of gestalt. I think the most obvious principle being displayed is that of containment. This composition has an outer edge or frame. This boundary encloses all the parts of the competition and thus unifies them. Repetition can be found in the ridges on the tube connecting the man to the funnel of fish. They are all equally spaces and angled setting up rhythm. This repetition is broken in the area the tube is bulging. Breaking the pattern creates a sense of unity and variety making the image interesting to look at. The tube also displays continuity because it connects two compositional parts, the man and the funnel, in a fluid way. Your eye follows along the edge of the tube leading you from one part to another. There is a collection of fish which we group together because they are the same thing even thought they are individual elements. There is also grouping with the mask on the man’s face and the mirror because they are both around the same size and shape and the only elements that are white. Because of this grouping we are lead to make a connection between the two elements leading to deeper meanings and symbolism. There is also grouping between the two elements of the man and the funnel of fish. They are both placed similarly on the page and are close in color shape. This too leads to more connections as to the meaning of the elements juxtaposition.

2006-10-17T13:18:00.000-07:00

Image Essay # 4

This is an image by John Singer Sargent. There isn’t any deep space in this painting but there is an illusion of space through the use of foreground, middle ground, and background. The woman’s lags and dress make up the foreground, her face and body are in the middle ground, the chair is in the back middle ground and the wall is the background. Here we can see a dominance structure in both the negative and positive space. The area above the woman and to the right is the dominant negative space. The subordinate space is on the left of the chair and the accentual area is the small negative space between her arm and the chair. The composition in this image is good because it moves your eye across the page without pushing it off the page. Your eye follows along the edge of shapes and this picture has both geometric and organic shapes to lead you across and around the page. For the most part the shapes are pretty organic, especially the material on the dress, but there are some geometric shapes such as the triangle formed by her knee and the dress at the bottom of the page. Your eye follows along the chair and her arm and then is pulled up by the ribbon leading you to follow along different shapes in the body. The area of gathered accentual positive shapes, like the face and had, give you an area to rest your eye. The are also dominance in the different textures found on the page, some being very detailed and some being more vague.

2006-10-17T13:17:00.000-07:00

Image Essay #9

M.C. is a master of the figure ground reversal. A figure ground reversal is when a positive and negative shape switch colors alternating their emphasis. This image, “Day and Night” by M.C. Escher is a perfect example. Here you can see that on the right side where it is day and the background is white the birds are black. On the left side where it is night and the background is black the birds are white. Furthermore this image has an interesting kind of figure ground reversal in that the negative space between the birds are also birds flying the opposite direction. Escher does this by having tessellation patterens that fit together leaving no space. Each outline of a bird shapes a different bird. If is very difficult to see both the black and white birds on either day or night side. This is because of the gestalt principle of grouping. If you look at a black bird you see all of the other black birds as well. You eye automatically groups them together because they are the same shape and color. The white birds then become a background for the black birds to fly across. If you then look at the white birds your eye will group them all together and push the black ones to the background.

2006-10-17T12:54:00.000-07:00

Blog Assignment # 4

1. In some instances we define place. My room for example has parts of my characteristic within it. A complete stranger could walk in and get a feel of who I am based on the cleanliness, posters, books, etc. I think more often the case is places define us. We act differently in different places. Some areas like a church make us feel spiritually. An office brings different feelings than a swimming pool. Also the places we have been make up out experiences and affect out personality.
2. Richard Serra’s art was partially inspired by ships from childhood memories. He was influenced by their massive weightlessness that he recreates in his large metal sculptures. You can understand how standing next to one of these huge things might make you feel small like a child and bring some feeling of wonderment like he had at the port. The urban artist Margaret and Barry are influenced by art in the city. Barry focuses on graffiti while Margaret looks at hand made advertisements. For them it is important to incorporate the feelings of the street in their work and often still tag because it is a way for everyone to experience art not just the same circle of people. Pepon Osorio used a barber shop as the place of his work. This is where he came to terms with his manhood and ethnicity. He uses this as the subject of a piece that is literally a room. Obviously it must have left an enormous impression on him to recreate it. Sally Mann’s children believe she experiences places spiritually because of a lack of faith in anything else. She said she had a deep connection with the south and water. This can be seen in her work with her children where there is intensity beyond what is seen in the picture.
3. Even if a piece doesn’t show a place it can still carry the connections we have to that place. Like in the work of Barry McGee where he uses elements of street art that take you out of the studio. I also learned how artist can use the weight certain places carry to make a more powerful piece.
4. I had the strongest connection to Sally Mann. I usually don’t really appreciate photography but I loved every single thing they showed of hers. I especially like how her daughter said it is her form of spirituality. I can relate to art being an outlet for those kinds of feelings and I can see it in her work.
5. Richard Serra used large metal pieces. His sculpture must stay in one place. They are huge and part of the experience is walking in and around them and seeing how that changes the composition. Sally Mann had photography. She said she liked to keep it the standard photo size. They are accessible anywhere. Margret’s work tended to be in museums. Barry on the other had did his work on the street to it could be seen by everyone. He didn’t like the idea of his work only being seen by the art community. When it is outside there becomes more to the composition because it’s not only about what he draws but where it is. Osorio’s media was found objects. He created whole rooms and filled them with art and ideas. Everything was right to scale. He also had small models that could travel around and be more accessible.
6.
the tree house – fun
the hospital – terrible
the cellar – creepy
The zoo – amazing
The barn – cool
7. the tree house – There were rough wood, fibrous ropes, thousands of pink soft flowers, pine needles, poorly hammered nails, birds, rabbits, rusted pointy metal fence, and a metal slide that didn’t work. It was shady with beams of light and warm colors. It was in the woods by my house there were other trees all around the same size, lots of evergreens. That place was exciting, dangerous, hidden, secret, unsteady, personal, and beautiful.

1. Aesop’s stories should be passed on. They teach us lesions at a young age. In movies today it seems like the same stories are being told again and again. These aren’t passed on because they are good but rather because they are easy. There are way too many stories to have a favorite; books, movies, the bible, myths, folklore, stories passed among friends etc. Love stories are popular. We like stories about underdogs, victory, defeat, good vs. evil, overcoming the odds, heroes, corruption, the impossible, and fantasy. If I could pass on one story I would pass on the story of the false world. It doesn’t matter what form. I think that is an important idea because it forces people to look for something more deep in life and everyone needs that. It fuels creativity.
2. For a story to be told again and again it has to have morals that are timeless. I think good stories should teach a lesion or capture an important moment. The characters need to be interesting and identifiable. It needs be able to relate to your life. There always needs to be a purpose to the story. If there is no point then it won’t be as memorable.
3. Richard Serra said he used his sketchbook as a way to keep a constant relationship between his eye and his hand. It is a place to store fleeting ideas that may never return. Art is like writing you have to develop your work and a sketch book is a tool to help. I would consider a sketchbook a work of art in a strange way. It’s more about the process than what is actually inside. It’s like a recorded train of thought. I think the better you can see the creation developing the better. All the ideas are connected physically through the journal even if they are not related. Every piece is a fragment of the artist and when they are collected they can make a specific image.
4. We're sitting in the yard making crowns of flowers.Stephanie’s is better than mine but I don’t mind. If I sit really still maybe the people in the trees will come out. Maybe there is a fairy in the center of this seeding dandelion. I hope I don’t have to go in soon. – When I was little I always thought there were creatures in the woods. I still feel a strong connection with nature. I believed in magic. I loved being outside. It made me feel like I was part of the world.

We’re going to the hospital to visit dad to day. I hate the way is smells. I wonder how many people have died in there. I hope we don’t have to stay very long. If only there was some other way. This car ride is going much to fast. -- I dreaded going to the hospital when I was younger. I felt like the building was filled with so much sadness and death. I believed the halls were full of ghosts so I would try and hold my breath to not breath them in. I also though the came out of the floor and tried to hold me down when I was walking.

2006-10-11T11:52:00.000-07:00

Image essay 8

This is another image by Ralph Stedman that shows many of the principals of gestalt. The small circles have grouping. Your eye wants to put them together because they are similar. These circles also have proximity, when individual shapes work together to make one shape, because the circles are closer to each other than anything else and because of the way they are arranged. They way your eye sees them they form a line. This also has a kind of closure to it because your eye is filling in a line that isn’t really there. The line it forms curves across the page making your eye following along. This line moves through the stature compelling you to look at it. The way the circles make your eye move across the page is continuity. Your also sort of group the circle elements in the statue with the other circles but because they are different they really stand out. There is also containment with the splotchy frame around the picture. This same idea can be found in the rail in the background. It has a repetitious pattern that is broke. This break of pattern makes the image interesting. This image also has a clear dominate structure in the positive and negative space. For example the blue in the upper left hand is the dominant negative space. Subordinate space is found between the balloons and accentual space between the balloons and statue.

2006-10-11T11:47:00.000-07:00

image essay 7

This piece is by Ralph Stedmen and deminstrates several principals of gestalt. I think the most obvious principle is grouping. The yellow circles are grouped together because of their similar color and shape. However they come in a variety of sized making them more interesting. The background texture creates containment with a boundary made along the outer edge keeping your eye on the page. This texture also uses the principle of repetition by repeating lines in the same direction or as seen in the center of the page making concentric circles within one another. Variety is used when these patterns are broken by lines going in opposing directions or patterns. The blue lines as well as the splotchy texture in the background make continuity across the whole page. Continuity pulls everything together to show it is part of a whole. The circles are tied into this because they are the same kind of texture as the rest of the piece layered underneath and on top of theme. There is also closure being used in the blue lines in the background because sections of there are missing or fade out. Out minds still connect these broken lines completing them. The blue lines are the lightest value on the page making them pop out. The areas where the light blue line is next to a dark almost black area has the most contrast and therefore stands out greatly. In some spots text and a very thin line is drawn over the blue lines giving them a slightly darker value.

2006-10-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

image essay 6

This piece was created by Frank Stella. He uses both unity and variety to make an interesting composition. The piece is united with the geometric quality of most of its elements. There are triangles, circles, rectangles and angular lines. These are united because they are well defined recognizable shapes. The variety can be found in the texture. The texture unties all the separate sections of the background into a whole and simultaneously separates itself from the objects in the middle ground and foreground. The loose oblong feel of the background texture is repeated in the most forward rectangle where it looks like organic squiggly shapes have been cut out.
There are layers build on top of one another in this piece. That is achieved by overlap and value. An example of where value is used to create 3-demensional space is in the upper right hand corner. There you can see how the farther away portion is darkened to push it back letting the lighter section pop even though they have the same colors and texture. The section popping out is a part of the edge of a circle. In the bottom left hand corner there is also a circle encompassing the main shapes. Your eye groups these two shapes together because of the similarity in size and shape. They work together to keep your eye on the page creating containment.

2006-09-24T20:10:00.000-07:00

This painting by Salvador Dali is called Soft Construction with Boiled Beans. Here we can see tension used in a variety of ways. First there is tension in the subject matter. This humanoid landscape is bazaar and somewhat unsettling. The idea of organic things can be created from inorganic is impossible so we have to stretch our mind to even understand what’s happening here. There is also much tension in the composition of the painting. This structure looks unstable like it might totter over at any moment. It looks like it is struggling to support itself. The box that the whole thing is resting on isn’t big enough so there is pressure building there. The top is big and heavy looking and the limbs holding it up, especially the leg, are thin and weaker looking.
The fact that the main subject of the painting is almost centered, but not quite, also causes tension. Almost all of the structure is contained within the page with a few small areas breaking the edge on the right side. This causes a kind of visual tailgating. Because our eye wants it to be centered but it’s just slightly off it’s uncomfortable to look at. Finally there is tension created by the different kinds of textures and details. The hard angular rock against the soft fluffy clouds is a major texture difference. The smooth rock compared to the accentual details of the face hand and foot also cause tension.

2006-09-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

Blog Entry #3

Before this Blog Assignment, had you ever kept a journal, diary, or blog?
No

Before this Blog Assignment, had you ever written about art before?
A few times

Have you ever written for fun (poetry, fiction or non, journalistic, or research)?
Often

When writing, do you use a dictionary or thesaurus?
Thesaurus

If given a chance, would you rather discuss art verbally or through written means?
Verbally

How would you rate your overall vocabulary?
Average

How would you rate your vocabulary of art terminology?
Average

How would you rate your writing abilities?
Average

How would you rate your writing abilities when writing about art?
Insecure

How would you rate your ability to use specific vocabulary when writing?
Average

2006-09-04T19:28:00.000-07:00

This very famous painting, called The Creation of Adam, was done my Michelangelo and can be found in the Sistine Chapel. Here we see juxtaposed the image of man next to the image of God. This powerful comparison creates tension in itself. You see God as this powerful force coming from the heavens surrounded by angles next to a nude wide-eyed Adam. You can see the speed in which God caries himself because his beard and hair are blown by the wind. Then you see Adam sitting there perfectly still. Where their fingers almost meet, but not quite, is an area of extreme tension. All of your focus is on the well defined accentual contour lines of the hands that are against a solid negative space. Are they going to touch? The question keeps you wanting to look at the painting and helped it become so popular.
Other things creating tension are the well defined contour lines of Adam’s body create tension against the vague shapes of the background. The diagonal composition, formed by steep hillsides, creates a feeling of unease. The contrast of the complementary colors on either side of the painting also helps add to the feeling of tension.

2006-09-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

blog entry assignment #2

My original idea for the assignment was to be a spiritual theme. That, however, seemed confusing during the critique. My largest image on my first was the world. This inspired me to do a space theme. I like sci-fi so it seemed to fit. You know all the planets should be close in size, so by having smaller ones it creates deep space. I thought about having my negative space be black with white cutouts. This would have made them stand out more and the negative space recede, but I didn’t know if that would fly.
I think something about the universe brings a feeling of contemplation. I like that about it, even though I admit it is a little cliché. I tried to mix things up by adding planet Star Bucks. It’s and accentual and the writing on it is even more accentual. It is clustered with other small shapes and negative chunks so I hope your eye rests on it while looking at the picture. I chose to put a Star Bucks there mostly to be funny. I’m trying to make a statement that there are Star Bucks everywhere, even if it seems completely unnecessary. You can see the little astronaut speeding off to go there, by this I’m just pointing out how people are always willing to go there. Maybe someday there will be a Star Bucks planet on the edge of the universe.
Throughout the picture there are a few other accentual areas as well. With those, and some similar angles to draw your eye across the page, I was trying to kill any spiraling tendencies that where so problematic in my last composition.

2006-08-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

This a 2-diminsional image of a sculpture, called Birth Machine, created by H.R. Giger. It is representative of the violence and death associated with child birth, a common theme in much of Giger’s work. At first glace the image is very shocking. That is because of the juxtaposition of the organic fetus-like creatures, usually linked to feelings of nurturing, next to harsh geometric inner workings of a gun, linked to violent emotions. The children are also somewhat disturbing in that they are dressed ready for battle with their goggles, smaller guns, and stern faces. These faces are the focus point on the picture because of the high contrast of black and white on their small accentual parts. There are also arrows pointed at their faces which directs your eye there. Your eye starts at the lowest left face and then, because of there sameness and rythmic orientaion, is pulled up and to the right. It then follows the shaft of the gun to the 4th fetus (awaiting it's delivery from the birth canal) and finally around the loop of the outside of the trigger back down to the 1st face. This creates a circular motion for you're eye to explore the page.

The basic composition of the image is made up of 5 rectilnear shapes. Because they are similar in size and wieght they are able to support each other, creating a sence of balance. The most dominant positive and negative shapes are found in the left most upper corner. The dominant positive shape is made up of the pieces of the triger. The dominant negative shape is created by the absence of any shape at all and is left black, being simultaneously flat and abyssal. This adds to the isolated, dark mood of the image. The sobordinate shapes are largely geometric in nature and make up the vertical, structural lines (mostly on right side of picture). These shapes (as clearly shown in the bottom left corner) are flat and lacking detail or great contrast, therefor making them less important.

blog entry assignment #1 - bio

2006-08-22T14:39:00.000-07:00

I've always liked art, or at least my mom always liked art so I consequentially thought it was cool too. I'm not sure what came first, my interest for drawing or the art supplies that i would recived for every birthday and christmas. Whatever the case, I can easily say art was incouraged in my home, but never foreced. Drawing was always my favorite thing in class, wheather that was what we were supposed to be doing or not. In second grade I remember getting in trouble for drawing pictures of my classmates instead of the working. The first time I ever thought of myself as an artist was in 7th grade when they hung up a water color I had done in the hall. Since then I had enough confidence to think it may be a possible future for me in the field.
All throughout high school art class was a kind of safe haven for me. I met Carol, the eccentric art teacher, who turned out to be one of my best friends. I had her for four years, so starting a new class is going to be a huge change. Our class was very community based. There was always possitve suggestions and a very personal setting. The grades and deadlines were always relaxed so the only motivation we had was our own interest. Now i feel as though all incentive I need to work hard is self satisfaction. It's scary, though, because I'm (an i say this somewhat ashamed) used to being very secure with myself and my art. I realize that I have now moved on to the bigger pond so to speak. However, I'm excited to mix things up and am very open to the change.
To quote one of my favorite movies Empier Recprds "Who knows where ideas come form, they just sort od appear". I'm defiantly am my parents daughter so it's hard for me to tell where my ideas begin and what was just projected onto me by them. But certainly I am also a reflection of the eclectic group of friends I have collected over the years, including my teacher Carol. I am inspired by nature. I must admit I know little about art history but whenever I start learning about different styles I get excited to try my hand at it. I like to make art out of the everyday stuff (like paint, pincels, pastels, ect.) but I also like to use found things (leaves, keys, fabric and really anything i can get my hands on). I think it's more intersting to work in everyday things and that's why I try to use them.
I went to MoMa this spring and it was incredible. More recently I went to my town's local art museum and even had some of my work hung in a student show there. I must say it did change something in me seeing my art on the wall there.
I can only define art for myself and no one else. to me art is someting that creates a feeling. The more it moves me the more artistically i think of it. For this reason I think of movies, games, comics and all that as art. They are all expressions of intangible qualities within people. They are all created so that people can extend themselve in a new kind of time and space. I hate television though. I think it uses art to appeal to peoples hopes and fears in a vicious way with marketing.