Final Portfolio Choices

It was a little difficult narrowing down my images to just 20, but I did it, and this set of images is going to be my final portfolio for applying to grad school.  Images are not necessarily in final order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Pieces!

Quick selection of pieces for my portfolio so I can see what I'm working with.  I need 20 images in total, so I was thinking one whole shot with one detail shot.  These images are in no particular order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reed Danziger

I knew there was a link to this artist's works and website in my bookmarks for a reason. And I have to say I don't know why I haven't looked at her work since I bookmarked it. It's great! I would love to make pieces that are so intricately layered and designed and decorative!

 

  

Artist Statement that I found:

Within my paintings, a compression of layer upon layer creates a tension between the complexities of the delicately detailed patterns and decorative motifs with an intense bombardment of information repetition. It is my interest in creating a space in which the collision of that which is seen as merely beautiful or ornamental takes on new meaning as repetition and abundance give way to abstraction. It is in that space between organized information and chaos, predictability and disorder, which create a new vocabulary in which to examine the visual world.

Definitely check out more of Reed Danziger's work!  

Reed Danziger 

McKenzie Fine Art Gallery

A High Level of Ridiculosity

So Kerri posted her manifesto from Senior Seminar the other day, and it was so ridiculous!  I definitely got a nice laugh out of it.  Since I was so amused by hers, I'm deciding to post mine up also.

 I am for an art that is:         touchy feely

                                          fun to roll around in

                                          decorative

                                          creamy beige

                                          a collective unit

                                          cubes class on a Tuesday afternoon

                                          bass vibrating through your chest

                                          dancing all night long

                                          birds sitting sideways on a slanted rooftop

                                          breakfast for dinner

                                          wawa at three a.m.

                                          a beautiful breadstick moment

                                          just because

                                          a football game face paint

                                          a late night liaison

                                          brass knucks

                                          secret handshakes

                                          tempting to touch

                                          grip ‘n’ sip

                                          making up new words

                                          not all we had for lunch

                                          all the creamies

                                          a triple treat

                                          sharks

                                          mmm, delicious

                                          amazing like football movies

                                          a love like John Wayne

                                          a standing neck roll

                                          safari vest walking down the street

                                          redux

                                          a bit bigga

                                          inside jokes

                                          busting through your walls

                                          wispy stached

                                          a thunderstorm of wow

                                          night night

                                          earl simmons

 

aka the dog

 

A Few Images

A book, two works in progress, and one print from the fall of of 2008.  Enjoy!

 

Untitled (Book), 5"x5", 2009

 

 

 

  

 Work in progress.  24"x36"

 

Work in progress.

vhewgya9urhobf GRAD SCHOOL!!!

Eeee!!!  Grad school application deadlines are quickly approaching and all I've been doing is slacking!  But I've finally been doing a bit of research and for the moment, I think I've decided on hopefully applying to the following schools:

University of Arizona
Academy of Art University
San Diego State University
University of Florida
University of Miami
Savannah College of Art and Design
Western Carolina University
James Madison University
West Virginia University

So in preparation for applying, since every school requires images for a portfolio, a very awesome friend of mine took photographs of my work for me.  I'm waiting to see how they all turned out, very excited!!

In other news, since it seems like I haven't had an entry in forever, I want to submit to the DCCA Members Juried Show.  I was recently gifted a membership, so all I need to do is fill it out and submit my images by January 22nd!  Hopefully I'll get something in!

I believe that's everything for now.  Images to come later!

A Small update!

Yay!  A small update!  I recently got some work in on my current painting.  I've been adding to it, and it doesn't seem as lost or as hideous as before.  I'm hoping to work on it today since I'm feeling kind of motivated actually!  I need to make it happen!