Sculpture 1 Project 3

This is my PLASTER SCULPTURE. It is about 7 feet long x 5 feet wide x 7 feet tall, and I'm guessing about 200 pounds! This was not an easy project!

This sculpture expresses my belief, "We should reach out to children regardless of the difficulties that may arise. Sharing old memories to create new memories, and building relationships is certainly worth while."

Sculpture 1 Project 3

Seminar 1 Project #3, March 2012

Shimmer Stutter Space

(Descriptive Statement)

Layers of oils applied to the canvas by brush, knife and torn cardboard, working from darks to lights, then back again. Trying to achieve depth of space, shimmer and stutter. These paintings are loose interpretations of the repetitious pattern of my water bottles.

I applied new layers and glazes to tone down the color palette. I am not so sure these feel completed to me.

(Poetic Statement)

This common, everyday product, found everywhere, abandoned, left behind as waste. When collected and assembled into large groups, the empty water bottle becomes something to be admired and appreciated.

The repetition of the object becomes an intriguing pattern of material with an iridescent quality, as the light reflects from their surfaces and passes through the material of one bottle, then another. The shimmering, repetitious pattern is like no other, unique unto itself.

I love the idea of finding something intriguing about something that others pass by, or discard.

Weekend in East Tennessee

We spent the weekend near Dandridge, TN on Douglas Lake in East TN. We bought new fishing poles, . . . but we took mine back, cause it didn't work!!! While we were there, I shot a few photos with my phone of some fabulous clouds after the rain. So beautiful.

There is nothing like a cloud. You can't touch it or hold it. They are always changing, and are never the same. The thing I like most is, no one can mess them up! Anyone can appreciate a cloud anytime, anywhere!

Seminar 1 Project #2

For this project we were to "MOURN THE LOSS OF TWO BLUE BIRDS." I admit I did struggle a bit with this concept. During critique, it was said that I took it to literally.

Oh well, I enjoyed painting again. I chose to paint the blue birds in a super simplistic manner, using as few brush strokes as possible. I laid them in a repetitious grid. I love working with multiples.

I decided to just leave it simple. I do love minimalism. Well, critique is a blur. I'm not really sure how it went over, but I am ready to move on to the next project.