The final product of my painting. It will be available to purchase at the Cincinnati Symphony New Years Eve Gala.
Winter Blooms-still blooming
Still working on heavily layering acrylic paint on this piece. Another flower is forming in the corner and I’m slowly figuring out how to handle the bottom lower corner.
Winter Blooms
Above is an acrylic painting that I recently started working on. This started out as an old painting that I began a few years ago. It was of a still life of painted plastic but was lacking contrast. I wanted to keep with the same theme of a still life but contrast the man made form with the natural form of the flower. Stay tuned for more updates!
Lotus Geometry
The above image is a few different color options of a print that I recently put together. I’m working on making more complex prints that have more depth and layers. I also am working on improving my pattern repeat. This pattern is made up of two different sketches that I created. The geometric form was sketched on my iPad in the app Sketch Pro and the lotus was created by hand in india ink. I wanted to experiment with my idea of deconstruction overlapping with a study of the natural environment. I think that the organic curves of the petals makes the abstract form look especially angular and graphic.
Natural Deconstruction
After taking roughly the last year off from painting and focusing on pursuing textiles, I decided to get back to painting. This painting is done in gouache and is a continuation of my senior thesis and the idea of deconstruction. Through the use of line I was able to dissect the organic forms of gingko leaves transforming them into geometric and more architectural shapes.
Final Senior Thesis Painting
Constructing My Canvas…Again
For my thesis final exhibit I want to build a canvas and paint on it, much like I did in my previous larger piece, but I want this to be more three dimensional and stretching out further across the wall. I’m not sure if you can tell but a canvas is hiding beneath the foam so I can easily hang this sculpture when it comes time for installation. This piece is inspired by a seemingly infinite staircase in my family lake house.
Little Things
Lately I’ve been working on new large pieces while simultaneously working on small three dimensional pieces. These small pieces inform the larger ones and are a surface that I can experiment on and try new techniques of paint application. This particular piece has gone through at least five, probably more, total transformations. It is difficult to photograph because the entire piece has a plastic like sheen to it since it’s covered in galkyd medium. The picture below is a detail shot.
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Kirsten Hassenfeld
Kirsten Hassenfeld is an artist that I found through the Jealous Curator blog. Her installations are stunning and completely made out of paper, they really transform spaces.
Yellena James
Artist Yellena James is a painter and graphic designer who creates imaginary eco-systems through the use of patterned organic forms. This particular piece is a print she made.
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