Posts about how I create the art(specifically my reflections on the process and maybe an actual guide to how I made the art)
I’ve realized that each month is easier for me to encapsulate based on a theme. The theme for this month was: find my theme. I know, very interesting stuff. Very theoretical stuff. Very long-standing-internal-conversations-type stuff. The short version is that all throughout my artistic career as a student, I painted …
This semester, I am auditing the ART460 Advanced Independent Studio. It is both exciting and intimidating. We started out as a class by creating a group syllabus(exciting!) and individual statements of purpose (intimidating). It’s been a long time since I’ve completed a finished piece, and longer still than I’ve done …
Exhibition processes is in a limbo period between two shows:Showing/Thinking and the Senior show. We’re not exactly de-installing and we’re not exactly installing. I have more to say about the intense anxiety of the Senior show coming later. Point is, we have a little bit of class time to go …
So we’ve taken down the Showing/Thinking show and are putting up the student show. As a senior in the show, it’s a bit nerve-racking. Thankfully for my group, we didn’t have to move the bookcase(and I don’t think we ever will) and minimal painting was required. How I understood the …
Unfortunately, I have bronchitis. Everything was going great until I fainted on Sunday and thus has been touch and go for the week. Long story short, I couldn’t go on the field trip to Whitespace. Luckily, I’ve been there before. Whitespace, as I remember it, is owned by one woman, Susan …
Thursday was the opening of the show, with a one hour discussion with the professors during the community hour. We actually had a great turn-out for the show. I have to say, it was stressful until the last minute. My team and I were still turning off lights that were …
Sabbatical. You know I never actually knew what that meant? This is typical of me. I’m very late to actually grasp the impact/meaning of words in academia. But only in academia. I was never that kid that obsessed over the percentage weight of the homework versus in class weekly quizzes. …
So the piece is done and I’m about two spoonfuls of patience away from taking a nap for two days. This piece is 44 x30inches and done in charcoal, ink, and acrylic on Stonehenge. The figure is done in charcoal, while the segmented face of the limbs are done in …
For our final reflection in this class, I’m choosing to go back and write about my favorite project: The Blind Contour on Screen. It’s my favorite not because it has pretty colors, but I found it easy and instinctual in arrangement and color. Originally, this assignment was to just practice …
For our final project, I have chosen to do the video option. in this form, we are supposed to show a change or transition from one thing to another. These are very Nell-like instructions. very loose and up to ones interpretation. It allows for maximum creative potential. Funnily enough, I …
