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Group 1:
1. Brianna Barton
2. Shawnda Beattie
3. Lauren Bergrud
4. Brittany Brennan
5. Mary Carnes
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Terri S.
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1. Shawnda, i think that...
2. Mary, your studio...etc.
Caitlin Tucker
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Bri: The thing I really respond to in your collaborative work with Jackie is definitely the richness and vibrancy of the colors. Maybe pushing that in your own work could be interesting? Also, the push and pull between the richness of the printed parts in “All I Ever Wanted Was Space” and the gouached parts seems pretty haphazard, but could be used to extend the space you create even more. Regardless of subject matter, your marks are just lovely to look at; they are a great part of your work that really draws the viewer in.
Shawnda: Although I think the color in your work is great, I think more care and research could be put into your concepts. You paint very well, but the end product often seems rushed which does you a disservice. Take your time! Your abstract mixed media piece is really interesting, and although you love working with the figure, working in an opposite way could really broaden the rest of your work. I would definitely say to look at Guston, Jasper Johns and Rauschenberg.
Lauren: As you know I think your prints are super rad and I love when you combine lots of weird materials in your paintings. I think one of your strengths is in combining materials and making interesting surfaces, so just keep at it and push even more. And especially go wild with prints, combining types, putting them on stuff, putting stuff on them.
Brit: When looking at your work, the pieces I respond to the most are the ones where you have a difference of materials and color. In your small metals work, the way you choose and combine materials is really lovely, and it’s also really interesting to see in your larger installations how well you use natural materials that might present issues for other people in handling. Also, I think the way you look at your work as self-portraits adds a subtle edge that separates your work from some other “earthworks” type of artwork.
Mary: I really enjoyed the diversity of the work you make. Your small metals work is really beautiful and the craftsmanship is exceptional. I also think in your carved woodwork that the combination of the wood’s natural grain and your mark making are very thoughtful and create a really nice, natural movement. Your drawings are really interesting, but I can’t help except to imagine them even larger. If you aren’t totally done with the subject, it might also be interesting to use wood grain as a stamp of some sort that you could build on with your drawings? Just a thought.
Pam Reimers
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1. Bri I have found your work to be a breath of fresh air in a place full of art students trying to figure out who they are. I feel you have found what styles work for you and I must say that your work is not only beautiful but very sophisticated. I love the way that everything seems to make so much sense. Keep up the great work and the collab work you did with Jackie definitely showed a side of your work that I love!
2. Shawnda, I think you have a special way of applying color to surfaces. You have always stated that you are most comfortable working with figures, but I believe it may be a fear of stepping out into new genres. I think you should definitely explore other techniques.. it could be something that strengthens your work in the future? But overall, work hard and keep the passion you have for painting. I love that you use lots of color in your work!
3. Lauren, I truly admire the way you use colors and textures to your work. I also admire that your work shows how adventurous you are, nothing is predictable and personally, I think that is a strength, not a weakness. I would love to see what you have in store for this semester!!!
4. Brit, you have an interesting way of working with materials. You make them all look as if they belong together. I think that the fact that you use materials that are delicate and of nature is interesting because they may perish or be damaged but that could be something that works to your advantage as temporary art. Temporary art is always interesting to me because it presses the issue of getting out to see it before it is destroyed and will just be a memory. Your work represents you well. Sidebar, One of my favorite pieces was the steel strip with the tree barks.
5. Mary, I have enjoyed your small metals work in metals class and watching you work was art in itself because you have a way of perfectionism that you don't seem to have to force. It comes naturally and the craftsmanship of your work is amazing. I believe that your woodwork is very interesting. There is something about them that still reminds me of your small metals work. Every nook and cranny is purposeful and intended carefully. I also think it was a great advantage that you chose to work large with your woodwork. I hope to see more great work from you this semester!
Sophie Strachan
ReplyDeleteBri- I love your lines and your colors, but I think you could push the spatial aspects even more with areas of high contrast and low contrast. You do have it going on a little, but I can see it going even farther. Also I think it would be wonderful for you to step outside of the rectangle. I’m not sure if there is a reason you’re still in it? But I want your landscapes to invade and interact with the walls.
Shawnda- I think you need to focus on what you are trying to achieve with these portraits, what message you are trying to convey. Your colors are awesome and I don’t want you to ever stop using color, but I think you should definitely experiment with different color palettes. By working with different color palettes maybe you can focus on different emotions or feelings you are trying to evoke. Also think about the environment you have your figures in. I think the flatness of the background in your self-portrait works, but in the other ones it just seems empty and maybe that’s what you were going for? I don’t know.
Lauren- I’m really intrigued by the movement in your paintings and I think the sort of sporadic use of color and mark making helps that. The energy you capture in your paintings doesn’t show in your prints as much but they are awesome in a completely different way. I can still tell that the prints are yours because of the color palette and your sense of drawing. Your black and white and red drawing is interesting, but I’m not drawn to it as much as your paintings or prints.
Brit- I think the work you’ve done with natural materials is very interesting and successful in many ways. The images you capture are especially fun and I’m partial to the night shots rather than the ones in daylight because it sort of highlights the piece and lets it stand out against the darkness. I enjoy Andy Goldsworthy, but when someone sees your work you want them to think of you not him. So I think you should think about different ways to transform the materials even more or figuring out your own sort of niche in earth art.
Mary- I really enjoyed your small metals work, especially the virus jewelry. They’re amusing and beautiful at the same time. When you were talking about carving wood away and adding resin I really liked that idea. The idea of taking away material and adding a new element is interesting. I can see many possibilities arising from that idea. And maybe you should even think about combining woodcarving and small metals in some way.
Shannon Toale
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Bri: As I’ve told you before, I absolutely love you and Jackie’s collaborative work. The only suggestion I would push further which was discussed in class is to make sure that you do not lose your individuality in your own work. Continue to develop on your own as you learn things from working together. I think it is important to spend long periods of time working separately before joining together again. The more you learn separately, the more your work as a collaboration will grow. I am in love with the colors that you both use and am very excited to see what comes in the future. I was so excited to hear that you love Chloe Early who I cannot get enough of. Here is a link to the artist I was telling you about…Ian Francis. He creates deep space but uses more saturated color then Chloe. I thought you might find it interesting. Check out some of his older work also which is no longer listed on the website but can be found randomly around the internet.
http://www.ifrancis.co.uk/
Shawnda: It is obvious to me that you have a natural gift of understanding color and responding to it well. Do not be afraid to explore this more and step out of your comfort zone. Your work clearly shows your talent but I believe that pushing yourself even further in the time you spend both painting and researching your projects will lead to your end product being much stronger. One of the first things that struck me during your presentation was when you stated that your work was not organic or geometric, it was figurative. Do you not believe that figurative work can be either or? This may have just been misinterpreted but if that is what you believe I suggest researching different types of figurative work such as Piccasso’s figurative work compared to Jenny Saville’s.
Lauren: I know that I’ve told you on numerous occasions that I love all the different types of work that you do in your drawings, prints, and paintings. I believe each of them is very different and is strong in different ways. I know that you plan to steer more towards printmaking this semester which I encourage you to keep doing because I think they are awesome (especially the woodcuts). However, I hope that you will keep painting because I believe that the color palette you use while painting is different then most I’ve seen and very interesting. I love you’re combination of different materials and I believe your collage pieces are some of your strongest. I think that the paintings will help you progress the colors in your prints as well. I’m looking forward to seeing what you create this semester.
Britt: I have always admired your work and love that you seem to be able to capture the beauty of nature within all of your pieces. Nothing seems overworked and all of your pieces flow with their surroundings well. All of the pieces I have seen have a certain calming and beautiful aspect about them. While I understand your reasoning for not wanting to use steel, I am slightly bummed to hear that because your pieces involving steel and natural materials are the ones that I enjoy most. I’d encourage you to try to find another material that better suits you which could have the same kind of strong effect when placed with natural materials in your work. On a final note, I believe that your images of the rotating steel eclipse hanging from the tree didn’t do the piece justice. That piece was one of my favorites that I remember from our entire mixed media semester and I encourage you to document it further if you haven’t.
Mary: I enjoyed your large range of work that you showed and it all had very strong craftsmanship which I believe is very important. I thought the STD images in the necklaces was very interesting idea and I would be curious to see how drawings of them would turn out. The carved wooden pieces were very interesting and I would encourage you to try to develop that idea more with more experiments such as resin, painting, burning, or printing.
Shawnda: You know how to paint. That is completely evident. What I would love to see from you this year is a deeper contemplation as to why you paint. More research behind what you are painting and why you are painting it will further the connection between viewers and piece. A large part of the artistic process happens outside the studio. Research artists, or subject matter that you find interesting. Look up cultures and histories that you’ve always wanted to learn more about. I cannot wait to see what you create this year!
ReplyDeleteLauren: I think your paintings are so strong. You are somehow able to create intense movement and color, without losing track of focal points and general composition. With the amount of energy you put into these works, I think that they deserve to be big (I won’t pretend that’s not a completely personal preference. I just think you know how to master that much space—which is something I am still struggling with). Your sense of color is strong, but on some of the smaller pieces, I think you could push the space even more. And eat up the Futurists. They may have been a wee bit Fascist, but they were all about dynamism, which is also very apparent in your work.
Brit: Dude, you already know how much I love your stuff. We are making from the same source and it comes out in so many different splendid ways. If you ever need help with installations, let me know. I’d be honored to work on such charged endeavors. And Andy Goldsworthy is awesome. Don’t forget it. But you are awesome too, and he’s done his thing, and your thing can be whatever it decides to be—but you have just as many ideas, many of which can be brought about in a much more intense way. I love when you use your body as part of the installation, it brings a sense of reverence and apology (for the earth) and ritual to your process.
Mary: I find it so interesting and gratifying to see the meticulous care you take with your small metals next to the more spontaneous approach you seem to take with your large sculptures. Maybe it’s my stubborn two-dimensional brain, but I respond the strongest to your drawings and flat relief carvings (I believe they were carved out of Styrofoam—the ones you showed at final crits last semester). You line and color sensibility really takes center stage and work so well together. It would be interesting to see you apply the same motif to different media (wood, fine metals, etc).
Laurel Patterson
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Shawda:
Your paintings seem very silent, despite the bold colors you utilize. I like the quiet feeling they give, it is very peaceful. I was happy to see in your last piece you moving from portraits and still lives to experiment in abstraction. I would be interested to see how different your work would become if you experimented with more techniques. You obviously are very skilled in recreating what you see it would be cool if that could incorporate with what you don't see.
Brianna:
I really like those bold black lines in the collabs with Jackie. I think that these collabs are Very strong and sound like a lot of fun for you. I am happy that you have decided to work on your own stuff for a while and do more collabs later. They are great to do but could be bad at such an early stage of growing. I love the way you handle paint and i am excited to see how much farther you can go with it.
Lauren:
I really like the movement in your work. The drawings, etchings, and paintings of the running animals are so beautiful, I can actually feel the speed in that place. In my opinion your collages are not as successful but the concept is definitely there. I hope that you stay in the realm of those oil paintings that had all that dimension cause they are really awesome.
Mary:
Im sure that you already know that i think you're a little crazy (in a good way of course). You're attention to detail and dedication to overwhelming tasks are intimidating. IE i could never do what you do. I think you were really able to conquer that wood and i would love to see what it would be like if they were free standing forms. Your work in small metals is beautiful....i really think you should stick with that because you have a gift.
Britt:
Working pretty closely with you for the past two years i have been around to witness many of your processes. I know that you have almost always used outside materials from nature and brought them into the studio. I am very pleased to see that you are know doing things on site. It really makes more sense. I think that this decision has brought a lot more depth to the work and will allow for much more "room to grow". lol. Im excited to see what happens this year.
Bri: I'm not quite sure what to say to you about your work, because I think I'm biased from being too close to the process (it is difficult for me to take an objective step back at this point) or I've already said it. The comments from those before me that seem the most pertinant, considering what you've told me about your goals for your work, are:
ReplyDelete"your marks...draw[] the viewer in"
"Continue to develop on your own as you learn things from working together."
"push the spatial aspects even more with areas of high contrast and low contrast."
Also, Pam said "feel you have found what styles work for you." Which reminds me: be careful about getting too comfortable with that pen and those motifs. I love them as much as you do and they totally reflect your brain (they are honest) but do at times push yourself to move outside the marks and manner of working that you are used to.
Shawnda: We have talked about our mutual love of color, and I liked watching you go back there late last semester and indulging in what you love about painting. However, when you describe your work, it is evident that all your ideas for content are flowing but haven't yet congealed. I think you should use your passion for color and paint as a vehicle to flesh out the themes and issues you find important this semester. Try to better articulate what is going on in your head when you paint (write) and focus those thoughts into a purposeful piece.
Lauren: I really enjoy the element of play in your work. You seem to have no fears when it comes to what is possible in art, both in terms of medium, composition, and the subject of your expression. Your paintings are fun to try to deconstruct or figure out as I look at them longer- you give your viewers a lot of opportunity for discovery. The only criticism I have, which I am not even sure about, is that, at times your compositions can be overwhelming or without focal point. There may be some value in that, though.
Brit: I think as long as you continue to think outside the (white) box, you'll be fine. It has been exciting watching you develop your reasons and language for your art over the past year. Visually, I think you still have many discoveries to make that will enrich the work down the road. However, I think you are in the perfect place mentally (open-minded and passionate) for growth to occur in the upcoming year.
Mary: I like your willingness to try such a variety of media and content in your work. It was surprising to see you fluctuate between gargantuan hunks of wood and foam core and paper and jewelery all in a single year. I see your jewelery as the most sophisticated: clearly it is a good outlet for a meticulous and detail-oriented personality. While at times such a breadth of territory covered in a single year of working seems scattered and unfocused, I hope you do not lose your sense of adventure in the work you make from now forward.
m.carnes
ReplyDeleteShawnda- I liked how you incorporate bright color details to emphasize your paintings and their context. Your work tends to be realistic, however by using an unexpected color combination you take your paintings to a different direction. It’s as if your playing tug of war between a realistic approach and an abstract approach, which I find interesting and fun. Furthermore, I loved how your color pallet added emotion to the figures in their surroundings, which emphasized a narrative, and created a deeper context in your work.
Brit- After viewing your work the artist Anya Gallacio immediately popped into my head. I want to recommend her to you because she also uses natural materials and focuses on decomposition, which happened to come up a lot in your work. I loved your installations, specifically the two different spheres you showed. I hope you continue working on installations; however, I wouldn’t want you to focus primarily on installation because I think your small metals work is just as exciting. And I admire that your work is broad and that you are expose to a diverse amount of materials in your work.
Brianna- The large piece you first showed had whimsical qualities. (Which you probably hate hearing. sorry) But I absolutely loved it. Although your drawings tend to be loose, each mark seems intentional and careful considered. Nothing looks mistakenly made or out of place, which I find remarkable because your work has such depth and fluidity. I hope you continue working as collaboration because the pieces developed were exceptional and the process in which you work together is intriguing.
Lauren- I was immediately drawn to your work after seeing the first image. The idea to use your appreciation for horses and your curiosity for dissection in your work is great concept. Another aspect of your work that I enjoyed was the mixed media that you incorporated, because it provided dimension and texture. I also think that it’s fantastic that you combine printmaking and painting and hope you continue working in this process.
Lauren Bergrud
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Bri your drawings and prints from last year totally captivate me, especially the one for fellowship. They remind me of familiar places I’ve been but can’t recall the exact location. Like a memory that unlocks a rush of hidden thoughts and feelings. In your collaborative work I absolutely love the tearing apart of a finished piece and enjoy that myself. It is just as crucial as the making of a piece because it separates importance without making it any less so.
Shawnda your work seems like a direct response to the relation and feeling towards your subject. To be able to communicate those feelings that clearly in a visual work, through composition and color is a remarkable achievement. The still lives have such a great working space that the objects look like they could be handled. It was also very exciting to see your abstract painting. An abstract painting of a portrait would be interesting, something familiar in a new way.
Brit your outdoor installations are awesome and it is really nice to see work done with so much thought put into the objects and their placement. The use of natural objects in nature, symmetrical designs, and idea of decay all worked really well, together or apart. The idea of decay is of special interest to me because it is just as important as life and development. Even if someone where to come across an installation and it was half burned or washed away the traces of it’s existence are all they need to know.
Mary your work is very well crafted and professional. The small metals have nice detail and form. I love the size of your woodcarvings and how you combined them with the drawings. Have you ever tried printing them? It is interesting how the photos of the viruses look similar to aerial photos, which I believe you were using to do the drawings and wood cut. Sorry if I’m wrong about that, but your work reminds me of aerial photographs and works really well as a group.
1. Brianna: You began to really develop your own visual language toward the end of our junior year. And then you began to invent this, very seemingly, methodical process to create these huge mixed media drawings. And then you did something that I really admire, you let go of the “preciousness” and tore your work apart and then began creating the collaborative pieces with Jackie. You both seemed to get a lot of this partnership. For me, you and Jackie have a very similar aesthetic, which makes the collaboration an obvious one but at the same time, I felt that I wasn’t really surprised by the work. If you want to pursue more collaborative endeavors in the future, maybe working with someone who’s work is dramatically different would push you toward even further exploration and maybe even vulnerability.
ReplyDelete2. Shawnda: There is no question that you are a very talented painter. The last series you did last semester, the 45-minute portraits where your goal was to capture the essence of the model, were truly fantastic and a dramatic step away from the meticulous portraits you were previously creating. I loved the gesture and playfulness of those portraits; I was disappointed that you didn’t include any images in your slide show. I think it would be great if you continued in that direction.
3. Lauren: After sharing a studio with you for almost an entire year, I think that I had only really seen a few of your prints. I was blown away. I am always more naturally drawn to things with a graphic quality, so I am not surprised that I am more drawn to them than your mixed media work. I love your use of animal imagery, they seem extremely playful and at the same time serious to me. I especially love the diptych with vertebra and the spotted dog. I am happy to hear that will be your main focus for the year.
4. Britt Brennan: It was nice to see you all of your work together and all photographed so nicely. I really like that you document your outdoor installation/poetry work so well. The image quality of the poetry work is especially nice. I am not a fan of how the words are written out because it seems too obvious. I would love to see some type of video footage of you working with someone reading your poetry over it. I thought of this when Jackie said that the best part of your work in San Francisco was actually watching you create it.
5. Mary: All of your work from small metals is beautiful. Your level of craftsmanship is pretty impeccable. I really love the simplicity of the branch with flowers. The copper flowers and it’s simplicity really make it a classic piece. I can see your interest in pattern, and repetition of forms in your senior thesis work, but I feel like it needs to be pushed further, in my opinion. It feels very ambiguous. I want to know what these locations are and what they mean to you. Working from maps and aerial views myself, these are questions that I often ask myself. They also seem very spatially flat, I think more levels of dept, more push and pull with the foam board and even the wood would add more interest.
Bri:
ReplyDeleteI find your individual work very creative and beautifully done. You really know how to make things come together in ways I would never think of which is really refreshing. I think your collaborative work with Jackie is good too but I feel as though your own personal artwork is a lot stronger and works better.
Shawnda:
I love the way you paint and watching you work is inspirational, you’re so passionate about your work and I see it through your paintings. You definitely know how to use color. I know you love working with the figure but the abstract piece you made was wonderful and I think you should try and slowly incorporate that into future work.
Lauren:
The way you incorporate different materials in your paintings to get certain textures and a great way of using mixed media. It really works well with your subject matter too. I like the way exaggerate the structure of horses in a surrealist way.
Brit:
Your installation pieces were really good. I liked the first piece you showed (fire pit). The colors you used for it made it stand out. I love the fact that you find everything you used in nature. Your small metals work is great I hope you continue with making more.
Mary:
Your jewelry pieces are absolutely beautiful. You have a natural gift for small pieces and putting a lot of detail into it. I love the designs you made from working with wood and cardboard. But what stuck out to me the most were your small metal pieces and I think you should keep going with it.
Courtney Coolbaugh
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Shawnda is very interested in painting the figure and capturing the emotions and personality of each individual. She creates a lot of contrast by using dramatic lighting on her subjects. She tends to paint her still lifes more realistically and her figures more gingerly. There is a sense of movement present in her figures that is absent in her still lifes. Since Shawnda said that she was very interested in color, I would like to see her push the color further.
Lauren Begrud
Lauren uses an array of different materials to build up both the surface and the color of her paintings. There is a great sense of movement in most of her work. Her paintings seem very alive and her print work seems very crisp. Her use of collage seems ingredient-like – every piece contributes. I like seeing the horse without actually seeing a horse. I like her bold colors and gestural line work.
Mary Carnes
My favorite pieces by Mary are her pea tree dish necklaces – it is a clever idea that was executed well. I would like to see more of this – maybe woodcarvings shaped in the patterns formed by different diseases.
Brianna Barton
It seemed like most of her Ten Lies could be truths. Her work could represent a utopia world inspired by the subconscious mind of a child who longs for magic, feeling small and overwhelmed by the great big beautiful natural world. I liked the process she used when she worked on her fellowship piece – bit by bit until the size of it was too large for just one person to hold. I like the idea of the collaborative pieces being the result of the destruction of her artwork, and how in each piece the spirit of both women is recognizable.
Brit Brennan
Brit’s artwork seems to have a lot of biological, social, and political elements, which are addressed in a non-aggressive manner by juxtaposing natural objects with welded/manipulated metal or other materials. She effectively translates her idea of the melancholy of nature in her pieces by suspending her hand-made objects inside a natural environment, asking the viewer to consider the boundaries between humanity and nature.
Brit Brennan
ReplyDeleteShawnda, in your work I have found your colors to be sensual, and earthly. The figures you capture feel both relatable and personable to the viewer. It's not often to find contemporary art students today so interested in working traditionally, but it is a unique endevour. Your paintings give a calm, painterly mood.
Mary, I enjoy the elements of humor and sarcasm in some of your pieces. I'm always afraid people are taking their art too seriously, but you demonstrate your knowledge of technical skills without being overbaringly professional about it. I noticed that the miniscule aspects of the microscopic works reflects the line and form in your areal landscape wood carvings. I didn't really feel any sense of personal or emotional attachment evoked from the work - and this is a refreshing things to experience.
Lauren, I love your use of color, texture and composition. Your use of space defies laws of perspective. There is a sense of motion in your paintings present in the mechanical aspect of the horses, and a sense of anxiety and struggle or urgency in a lot of pieces. They feel like layers of moments in time, and I am enthralled by the worlds you create.
Bri, the etherial nature of your imagery excites me. You are on to something here, kid, and I hope you use all the beautiful breath taking sites we saw this summer to your advantage. I can see so many blossoming possibilities, and I know you are already beginning to incorporate new imagery into your already defined style of drawing. I like the sense of deterioration in your collaborations with Jack, trust is a unique important element to have in creating works. They are beautiful, and I hope the two of your can continue the level of visual appeal and add some content.
Bri- It was hard to tell which of your truths and lies were what. I very much enjoy the size of the large painting you did and it feels like it creates an environment. I also think it was a very good idea to do collaborations with Jackie. In some of the work you can differentiate who made what, but your styles compliment each other. The work you do on your own feels very free spirited to me
ReplyDeleteShawnda - I admire the way you use color in your paintings. The way you use color in your portraits help give a feeling and mood to each of the people. I would also say on a person level that you have progressed so much in your painting over the past year.
Lauren - Someone told me before that the best work comes from things you are passionate about, and it is very obvious what you are passionate about. The marks you make are very expressive and show a lot of movement. The only thing I am curious about is the mixed media pieces and why you chose to use what you did.
Brit - I have enjoyed your pieces in studio over the past year, but I feel as though the direction you are moving in now is on the right track. I know you had a problem with complicating things and putting to many ideas into one piece but I feel like your newer work is more simple and makes more sense.
Mary - I very much enjoy your small metals and it surprised me a lot when I saw your wood carving because I didn't know you had an interest in wood. I thought the disease pendents were very clever and you have very good craftsmanship.
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ReplyDeleteBrit- Seeing all your work photographed in its specific locations completely transformed your work in my mind. Especially having it with other work, the cement walls of the school don’t do your work any justice. I feel your small metals work is where you really shine. Though your voice is louder in your other work, I feel your craft in metalsmithing should not be ignored, or neglected. It’s beautiful and i hope you keep with it, even perhaps in use with your other studio work
Bri- Your use of color is beautiful. The large mixed media work you did for fellowship is spectacular. I think it brings together all the other elements in your work, collage, and mixed media in a more refined and directional way. the whole piece comes across as entirely deliberate… there are obvious signs of process and planning (which are totally important) that I particularly liked in that work.
Mary- the level of craft and care in our work is something I have always admired, there is a cleanliness to the textures you create that I love, especially how it carries though all the media you choose to use. I found the std jewelry line to be one of my favorites, probably because it catches you off guard. I wouldn’t shy away from exploring some more things like this. I think its incredibly successful.
Shawnda- there is a lovely quiet quality to your work, carried though in gestures, colors, and subject. Your figure work is incredibly strong and though id like to see where your abstract work will lead you and think you should explore it further, to experiment with color and process.
Lauren- The abstract painting you have been doing s very compelling, and your prints are lovely. Have you tried abstract prints? Or perhaps painting into your prints? I think you should if you haven’t already. Because they are both so beautiful but they are very separate and I personally would love to see them merged… just sayn’.
Natalie
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I find it courageous that you are painting figures, portraits, still lives and reality because it is something I do not like to do, and it is tricky. I find that people can more easily criticize realism because the objects are identifiable and always compared. I think that if you combine your abstract/ mixed media work with your portraits something new will be born. You can even give the individual portraits a personality just by adding a certain color, or painting in the same color. I can see an African/ African American / ethic vibe coming from your paintings. I can see you painting famous black musicians or leaders, and making them funky with patterns and color. I am excited to see what you will do next, if you decided to combine your skills.
Lauren-
I can see a tribal/primitive influence coming through in your work. Other words that came to mind as I viewed your work were, mysterious, dark, multi/mixed media, nature/natural, wild, energetic, animals, intense. I truly believe your best work is in your Charcoal drawings. They have much more power for me than your paintings. I think you should try to paint more like you draw, adding in a pop of color. The shaped paper was successful as well; I am a strong advocate for going beyond the rectangle. I love to peek a boo bones in your paintings and drawings; I think that adds a certain mysterious creepiness.
Bri-
I find your work to be very beautiful and Dream-like. I would like to see your drawings expand beyond the rectangle and dissipate into the wall. You should think about doing installation such as, a fountain, grass, soil, sand, and make it a whole environment because of the nature of your work, I don’t think it should be confined, it is massive! I also think that making tunnels or holes into the wall, or behind your work would be very interesting, like a passage way kind of like Duchamp’s piece in the art museum. I can see you doing a stop animation/journey through the vast worlds you create. It is very admirable that you can pay such attention and have such dedication to detail on such big drawing. You’re collaboration work is getting better as well, You seem to understand Jackie’s work better and flow into each others work better.
Mary-
I can really respect he amount of time and energy that goes into these pieces, because It’s so different from my aesthetic and the fact that I’m not fond of doing 3-D work, especially little delicate pieces. I am very interested to see your ideas in action. Combining your sculpture with your jewelry work. Adding colored resin into carved out pieces of wood, it will be amazing, it will be “your thing”. I really would like to see what the turns into. I really loved the “std” necklaces for the pun, it was clever and a social commentary which gives it life and meaning. You could even take that idea further and use the resin idea for them as well and carve the disease cells into wood, because I think they were successful pieces, and you sold out!
Brit-
I think that the photographs of your work and equally as strong as the sculptures themselves. There is something special you can do with photography, and your touching on it. I think you should do an installation of a large “fairy /gnome house”. When I was younger, I went to camp. We would have activities to choose from, One of the activates was to go into the woods and make little house out of found natural objects, first of all It was so fun, second it was so intuitive and interesting. I think a large scale version of one of those would be really cool, (using moss, grass, sticks stones, etc.) and for you because you love to build and use natural materials, I would love to see you build little habitats that you can then take pictures in, or put your other sculptures into and make a very successful composition.
Jamie Moore
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Bri: After your presentation I didn't quite understand your work. The collaborative work is beautiful, but I wanted to see more works that were your own. You spoke about the work before it became part of a collaborative piece, but I couldn't get much out of it because I didn't see any images. Be careful working collaboratively too much. You may start to loose your voice and instead develop a strong group vocabulary and it's important to have both. It is hard to have an equal collaboration. So I warn you, yet wish you the best of luck.
Shawnda: I enjoy the importance of the model's pose and expression in your work. "My work is geared toward traditional portraiture with a twist of sensuality within concept." This is a very exciting idea and is portrayed clearly in your self portrait. You spoke how color is very important in your work, but why is color important? There were some great points in your presentation when you spoke about color. You explained the color in one of your paintings was chosen becuase of a specific emotion you were feeling at that time. Your color exploration was very successful. I feel if you incorporated that into a final piece without translating to cubism portraiture, that would be a very strong piece.
Lauren: "My paintings are constructed of discarded objects to create images of a changing vantage, showing glimpses of a fast paced life." This is a very exciting concept but I feel like the work needs to feel quicker with more depth. I feel you achieve depth in some of your oil paintings and in your people with ropes print series. That depth could add to the success of your collages. There is physically so much depth in your collages, it would be great to push it father.
Brit: I really enjoyed seeing your work photographed. I feel that putting your sculptures outside and photographing them, although it may just be documentation, it becomes a piece in itself. I understand the way you are drawn to natural materials but just be careful not to create a cliche for yourself. Some people see environmental art, especially more two dimensional art, they think of Andy Goldsworthy. Where it works really well is where you're sculpting with natural materials instead of creating flat images with those materials.
Mary: I've spoken to you about your work for the past two years. Both your fine art and jewelry work is very strong, but I feel like you really bridged the gap with your thesis pieces. I think it could be great if you incorporated the both together, perhaps a wood carving with semi-precious metals.
Jamie Moore
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Bri: During your presentation you spoke alot about your work before it became part of a collaborative piece, but I couldn't quite grasp your work because i only saw images of one of your pieces. Be careful working collaboratively too much. You may start to loose your voice and instead develop a strong group vocabulary and it's important to have both. It is hard to have an equal collaboration. So I warn you, yet wish you the best of luck.
Shawda: I enjoyed the importance of the model's pose and expression in your work. "My work is geared toward traditional portraiture with a twist of sensuality within concepts." This is a very exciting idea and it is clearly portrayed in your self portrait. You spoke alot about color in your work. At one point you explained that in one painting you chose specific colors to reflect an emotion you were feeling at the time. Color seems to be very important in your work, but why? Your color exploration piece is very strong, I feel it would be very successful if you incorporated those ideas into a piece without translating to cubism portraiture.
Lauren: "My paintings are constructed of discarded objects to create images of a changing vantage, showing glimpses of a fast paced life." This is very exciting concept but I feel like the work needs to feel quicker, with more depth. I feel you achieve great depth in some of your oil paintings and people with ropes prints, that could be really interesting in your collages. there is physically so much depth in your collages it would be great to push it farther.
Brit: I enjoyed seeing your work photographed. Putting your sculptures outside and photographing them, although it may only be documentation, it becomes a piece in itself. Just watch out people see environmental art and they think Andy Goldsworthy. Where it works really well is where you're sculpting with natural materials instead of creating flat images with those materials.
Mary: Both your fine art and your jewelry work is very strong, but I feel like you've bridge a gap with your thesis work. I think it'd be interesting if you incorporated the two together, like a wood carving with semi-precious metals.
amie Moore
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Bri: During your presentation you spoke alot about your work before it became part of a collaborative piece, but I couldn't quite grasp your work because i only saw images of one of your pieces. Be careful working collaboratively too much. You may start to loose your voice and instead develop a strong group vocabulary and it's important to have both. It is hard to have an equal collaboration. So I warn you, yet wish you the best of luck.
Shawda: I enjoyed the importance of the model's pose and expression in your work. "My work is geared toward traditional portraiture with a twist of sensuality within concepts." This is a very exciting idea and it is clearly portrayed in your self portrait. You spoke alot about color in your work. At one point you explained that in one painting you chose specific colors to reflect an emotion you were feeling at the time. Color seems to be very important in your work, but why? Your color exploration piece is very strong, I feel it would be very successful if you incorporated those ideas into a piece without translating to cubism portraiture.
Lauren: "My paintings are constructed of discarded objects to create images of a changing vantage, showing glimpses of a fast paced life." This is very exciting concept but I feel like the work needs to feel quicker, with more depth. I feel you achieve great depth in some of your oil paintings and people with ropes prints, that could be really interesting in your collages. there is physically so much depth in your collages it would be great to push it farther.
Brit: I enjoyed seeing your work photographed. Putting your sculptures outside and photographing them, although it may only be documentation, it becomes a piece in itself. Just watch out people see environmental art and they think Andy Goldsworthy. Where it works really well is where you're sculpting with natural materials instead of creating flat images with those materials.
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ReplyDeleteShawnda-Your figurative work is moving. It's got an energy about it You're really one hell of a painter when you go at it. I like your use of primary colors in your abstract piece. It is simple but very playful. It looks like it took more concentration to create that piece versus the figures that you have the skill to effortlessly and effectively paint. The abstract work is my favorite and I hope you will continue to explore that route.
Bri-Never stop painting in gaush, it makes the work so vibrant. I hope you are going to incorporate your woodblocks into your next pieces. I would like to see you make some smaller pieces that could be framed to supplement the giant ones. You could do a close up of an area on one of your big pieces and do insane amounts of layering and ink details, i think it would be pretty sweet.
Lauren-You have made a couple of paintings in particular which I absolutely adore, however I think some of your work loses focus in the pursuit to capture so much energy and movement. I think your prints were very successful and maybe looking at your prints as a reference for paintings could help you simplify your paintings a little more.
Brit-Definitely do more photography. The photos of your work were great. I want you to make pieces that can move, spin or blow in the wind like the giant brach ball you made. I want the movement of these pieces captured to show the beauty and flow of nature.
Mary-Your jewelry is so beautiful and elegant. I don't know anything about jewelry so I cant give advice. The wood carvings are beautiful. I would like to see them painted in washes or shellac. Terri mentioned making casts out of the carved area which would be fantastic. You could reproduce so many versions of your intricate woodcarvings that way.
Brianna
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your pen work. Your figurative work is amazing I noticed that when you paint the figure you pay attention to the detail In a very subtle way. Your fellowship piece was captivating. As you work I notice the many sketches you have accomplished before the final work was complete. In reference to collaboration I feel it was very successful in terms of understanding different perspectives of other artist; also stepping outside of your comfort zone, Therefore I think you should use that as a stepping stone to focus on your individual Ideas for your thesis; Or just in general for senior year.
Lauren
You have a lot of energy and movement within you paintings. In think the color you use to describe the movement has a wonderful quality of the warm earth tone which create a beautiful atmosphere or place. Your sketches have a rich quality if line a accuracy which are evident in your paintings. Your prints have a subtle but clean quality that shows you understanding of the medium. I think your two very large paintings are your strongest pieces and these pieces are full of energy and movement.
B.Brennan
I feel you are connected to your inner self that it shows with your work. I loved your statement “ these pieces of work are given to the earth as a gift” I admire you free spirit. I also admire the materials you use in your work which are in some cases directly from the earth. The fascinating part is you manage to present it in a new naturalistic way that is very interesting.
Mary
Your jewelry was astonishing, very original and has a professional quality that you can take in to consideration as a professional career in the future. The drawings also show your ability to focus on detail which is evident in the beautifully crafted jewelry. I don’t feel your carvings are as strong as your other work but it has potential if you look in to other wood to create that effect.
Shawnda
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I enjoy the work that you have accomplished but I would have love to see you push you fear to the side and try color within your fellowship piece. I suggest color because in some cases it gives an attractive sense to be looked at and observed in more detail. I also like how your knowledgeable about you subject matter or concepts. I enjoyed the multi paneled piece at the end of your slide it was interesting how the panels , lines, and warm colors played off of each other to create an amazing image.
B.Enright
You have an awareness of anatomy and the figure as the drawing is very well done. I think that add to your sculptures that have a figurative sense because your able to see the figure in its 3D form through the use of 2D. your sculpture have a sense of story telling I feel you should keep going with your sculptural work and where it would take you.
Jaime
You have improve a lot in your paintings and recognizing color in the completion. I really enjoyed you working on the “mirror” concept. As I have said many times before you have a great eye for detail and if always call you an “illustrator” but you have blossomed in to a great photographer “omg” I loved the photos you took during your internship. In feel you should explore photography as part of your thesis.
Danielle
Hey Danny, I like your freedom and liberty with in your work I admire the way you create you work without hesitation. But , this my opinion , I would love to see more of you beautiful abstract work. I really enjoy the way you capture depth and space, and movement I really enjoy your abstract work. Hopefully we will get to see more of the aspect of your work.
Julie
I think there is a lot of energy in you sculpture. I appreciate the passion you have for clay, even though it’s not my area of expertise but I love the fun and innovative and traditional ways you create pottery. I didn’t know you were into metals and jewelry. I thought the necklace was charming. I feel you should keep pursuing sculpture because it’s something you love to do your strong in that area.
Courtney.
Your glass work that’s painted are amazing truly enjoy I think that painting on black glass reveals all of the color an technique that you bring to the paintings. I wanted to tell you that the patience level that you have for painting with a palate is amazing. I feel that your mix media was very thought out and innovative. I would love to see the birds put together to create one body of work. I think you have a very unique way of painting that will.