Artist: Khaled Ben Slimane
Location: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/k/khaled_ben_slimane,_ceramic_pl.aspx
Bullets:
- Arabic writing
- very diverse
- elegant/graceful
- primary colors
- simplistic shapes
- religious
- symbolic
- traditional
Community Connection #5
Artist: Ellen Silberlicht
Location: http://www.ellenatit.blogspot.com/
Bullets:
- animals
- muted colors
- exotic animals
- dark claybody
- incorporation
- electric kiln
- similar shapes
- wheel thrown
Artist: John O’Brien
Location:http://www.johnobrienceramicartist.com/
Bullets:
- bright glazes
- summer
- fruit and nature
- simplistic shapes
- very detailed cravings
- technique with underglaze
- flowers
Artist: Christa Assad
Location: http://ferringallery.com/dynamic/artist.asp?artistid=376&CategoryID=ceramic
Bullets:
- detailed underglaze
- drawings on pottery
- neutral colors
- similar shapes
- paint buckets
- unique glazing techniques
- gold glaze
Artist: Brenda McMahon
Location: http://www.artfulhome.com/artist/Brenda-McMahon/6224
Bullets:
- porcelain artworks
- raw clay tiles
- nature
- sticks as handels
- japanese influence
- natural materials
- glazing techniques
- wall murals
- saggar-fired pieces
- potter’s wheel
The first thing that caught my attention about her works was her glazing, I could tell it was not glaze because it didn’t have drips or a glossy appeal or anything to it, it looked very random and spur of the moment. When reading up on her, I found out that she surrounds her porcelian works with natural materials from earth which produces a variety of smoky colors. I was so fascinated by this, because you never know the outcome of the piece until it’s fired. It really is a different way to decorate the ceramic piece. I love how create it is, because in my opinion glazing can become quite boring and repetitive. Also, sticking with her nature theme, instead of pulling handles for the tops of her pitchers, she uses stones and sticks. I thought this was a little strange but I think it definitely works well with all her ceramic creations. Besides the pitchers, she has collections of tiles which together create these beautiful ceramic murals, or just a wall of tiles. She uses subtraction and addition to make them stand out, as well as a variety of brightly colored glazes. I think they’re a fresh and new approach compaired to her other works.
Artist: Noi Volkov
Location: http://www.noivolkov.net/gallery/3765/One+of+a+kind/
Bullets:
- abstract/unique
- under glaze
- paint
- famous artists
- cake
- glass and mixed media
- extreme details
- decorative
- realistic
- cartoons
Artist: Barbara Gerson
Location: http://barbaragerson.artspan.com/gallery/15953/Ceramics-?ssst=1&pos=6&pos=0
Bullets:
- sculptures
- nature inspired
- gold/platinum accents
- handkerchief bowls
- functional
- decorative
- unique
- design
- spirals
Community Connection #4
Artist: Peter Lane
Location: http://www.studiopottery.co.uk/profile/Peter/Lane
Bullets:
- fading
- light colors
- form
- spring/mountains
- carving
- porcelain clay
- landscapes
Looking at Peter’s work I was amazed at how perfect all his pieces looked, at at first I was very confused as to how his glazing was so detailed and perfect. He must have a very wide range of underglaze that is featured in all his pieces. Many of his vessels resemble sky or mountain landscapes and have beautiful shades of blues, purples and pinks. I also noticed many of his bowls tend to have a very small, narrow base and lead out to a wider top. I like this because they appear to be delicate and balanced as if they are capable of falling over at any moment. It also reminds me of those toy tops that must continuously spin in order to stay balanced. Then some vessels he has very detailed carvings etched all around them. I really enjoy/appreciate that because I know it must be really difficult to do and I would love to learn more about it.
Community Connection #3
Artist: James Makins
Location: http://jamesmakins.yoworks.com/index.html
Bullets:
- unique
- cat in the hate
- tall
- skinny
- bright colorful/dull
- porcelain
- wheel thrown
- delicate
- balance
- imperfections
James Makins really stood out to me because of how unique some of her ceramic pieces were, even the the photos you can see the detail of the delicacy. They seem to tower pretty tall but they’re extremely skinny. They group of pieces I’m looking at aren’t functional but they are so creative. They really remind me of the cat in the hat because they are so tall and look like they are trying to balance themselves and I could definitely seem them as an image in one of Dr. Suess’ books. I love that theyy aren’t smooth and have lines of texture to them. I also love what looks like a random choice of colors, but they all reflect eachother so well. He also has many interesting different colors of glaze not usually seen such as gold and bright red and multiple shades of purple. He tends to do them in sets and then photograph them all together sitting ontop of a plate which has a cracked, usual look to it. I really enjoy all his unusual techniques overall.
Community Connection #2
Artist: Joy Tanner
Location:http://www.etsy.com/shop/joytanner?page=2Date: 10/4/11
Bullets:1
- clay
- blending glazes
- neutral colors
- technique
- design
- texture
- nature
- leaves/wood/dirt/water
Community Connection #1
Artist: Leanne Venier
Location: http://www.leannevenier.com/index.php
Date: 9/14/11
Bullets:
- abstract
- vibract
- organized
- oil on canvas
- color therapy
- soothing
- emotions
- series
- psychcology
- influence of color
- balance and peace
- connections to the human mind
- oil paint
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Spring 2011
Community Connection #6
Artist: Sara Gross
Location: Art Show
Date: 5/26
Bullets:
- barbies
- heads
- mixed media
- craft sticks
- unique
- childhood
- attractive/catches the eye
- crazy
- bright
- toys
What stands out most about Sara’s art pieces and just her installation in general, is the strong relationship to her childhood and past. Although that might not be what she was trying to portray, all the barbies and stuffed animal heads makes me think of my own childhood… sort of in a creepy way. She takes a very different approach to her art and is daring in a way with some of the stuff she does. I really admired her one huge piece she had hanging up, it was collaged with mixed media. It had a variety of colors and for some reason really spoke to me because collage is always something that attracts my eye. Overall she had an interesting way of installing her pieces, with the newspaper and blue tape. It was definitely something that attracted all the kids, and I think that may be her target for the kind of admirers she is trying to attract, even though she didn’t mean to.
Community Connection #5
Artist: Dolan Geiman
Location: http://dolangeiman.com/artwork/mixed-media/599/wooden-sketchbook-amelia-longhorn
Date: 5/10
Bullets:
- mixed media
- cartoon
- recycled paint and objects
- nature
- animals
- dull colors
- collage
- text
- 3D
- print making
I mainly focused on his mixed media collection which was a wide variety of work. I really enjoyed the fact that he used recycled paint, as well as a majority of his media seemed to be recycled. It seems to be very vintage and old fashioned, there is not a lot of bright colors or anything too bold that stands out. I like that about his work but at the same time I can only take so much until I get a little bored with it. One thing I did admire about this work was print making he did. He used it on some of the backgrounds and such and I think it created a really cool image. He also has some really cool diptychs and triptychs which also tends to grab peoples attention.
Community Connection #4
Artist: Tom Judd
Location: http://www.clarkgallery.com/artists/tom-judd
Date: 4/27
Bullets:
- mixed media
- graphing background
- geometric
- layout/blueprint
- sketching
- recycled paper
- construction
- accuracy
- neutral colored backgrounds
- drips/runs in paint
- oil on canvas
- maps
Community Connection #3
Artist: Celia Durand
Location: http://pixelgraphs.com/gallery/gallery.htm
Date: 3/14/11
Bullets:
- Nature
- Winter
- Flowers
- Realism
- Precise
- Close-ups
- Use of white space
- Simplicity
- Backgrounds
- Acrylic paint
- Canvas
- Accuracy
- Connections/paintings tying together/common theme
The first painting that caught my attention by Celia Durand was one of a reflection of a pond. The setting is winter so it looks really icy and cold however I love how she was capable of capturing the reflection well enough so that it actually looks realistic. It is actually a pretty simple painting, like most of hers are; however the multiple shades of colors she uses makes it look so peaceful and beautiful. When viewing her online gallery I found that all of her pieces had a common theme, of nature. She tends to either paint winter scenes, or animals, mostly only birds. However, there a few paintings of spring and all of her flowers look like spring flowers. Another thing that really stood out to me is her painting style. Contradicting what Mr. Miller always tells us, she pretty much always has one big image of a flower in the center of the page, with a surrounding background of colors. So while her paintings are quite good, it actually seems to bother me that they seem kind of dull or boring because they don’t really jump off the page, they just sit there. However a really neat thing is that some of her backgrounds are buildings and places. She tends to make them very discreet but I really like it because you it isn’t a typical background when painting a large flower. The last skill that I admired by Celia was her use of open space. A skill that I always wished I knew how to do, she used the empty space to create her images. That is something I find interesting and wish to learn more about.
Community Connection #2
Artist: Jonita Griffith
Location:http://www.jonitagriffith.net/
Date: 2/28/11
Bullets:
- vibrant
- colorful
- shading
- cartoonish
- children
- lively
- imagination
- everyday life
- fairy tales
- happiness
Jonita Griffith is an artist that first caught my eye with her very bright and lively use of everyday acrylic paints. Her paintings remind me a lot of a childhood, not particularly mine, but I feel as if a lot of kids could relate. Many of her images depict paintings I would possibly find in a children’s book because she includes a lot of imagination into her work. Her work feels very safe and warm, it is something that welcomes you in. I also picked up on her use of shading, shadows and fading colors to make her work look really 3D. I love how it looks as if it has a texture and you could reach out and feel some of her paintings; it really pulls the looker in. Another thing she is really strong at is her composition, which varies from piece to piece. Some are framed which seems fit, while others are bursting out of the edge which I personally admire. It would be interesting to see her do some other work besides the more cartoonish paintings. That is when I realized she had more abstract works and such that I really enjoyed. She is really good with playing around with patterns and I believe that contributes a lot to her work.
Community Connection #1
Artist: Robert Smithson
Location:http://www.robertsmithson.com/drawings/draw.htm
Date: 2/14/11
Bullets:
- variety of works
- blueprints
- down to earth
- recycled
- unique
- 3-D
- mixed media
- black and white
- blueprints
- sketches
- shapes
- scale
I chose to use Robert Smithson as my community connection, I found this artist on Mr. Miller’s website. Usually this is the type of art I would pass over, and sort of ignore. However i was deeply intrigued by Smithsons very different approach to all aspects of art. He has a wide variety of art pieces ranging from drawings and sketches to sculptures and earthworks. Starting with his sculptures, these are not only simple 3-D objects. He has taken something as simple as a pile of shells and set them up as a piece of art. With the mirror surrounding the back it creates a very full and balanced look and is quite interesting. This idea of piles and mirrors and mimicked throughout much of his artwork. His other artwork, such as the drawings, are very unique as well. Some of his drawings, which I do not like as much, are done in crayon. In my opinion it gives it much more of a little kid look. However he has many other pieces done in simple black in white which remind me of layouts or blueprints. Some look like little doodles while others look like architecture. So I am very fascinated by Smitson’s approach on artwork. I believe he has created a well rounded portfolio including several approaches to what art is to different people.
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Community Connection #4
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim
Location/URL:http://www.dennis-oppenheim.com/drawings/241
Date: 6/1/10
Bullets:
- water color
- colored pencil
- labels on artwork
- vibrant and colorful
- blueprints
- vibrating
- motorized objects
- large public pieces
- repetition with works
- fiber glass
- electric
I found this artist off your website and the first thing that really caught my eye was how his drawings had the appearance that they were vibrating. It almost reminds me of a 3D image, when your not wearing 3D glasses. All of his drawings all very vibrant and filled with a variety of colors. Some tend to look like a blueprint for a bigger project. When looking through his sculptures I found that some of his public pieces actually were his drawings. Whether he did the sculptures or the drawings first, I am not sure, my best guess would be the drawings were done first as an outline. It’s so fascinating how you see a single, flat sheet of paper turn into a full blown, life-size sculpture. I also found many of his public projects very interesting. He tended to create one piece multiple times. It’s called the electric kiss. When I first saw it my first thought was that it looked like a Hershey kiss, because it’s based off of that shape. It’s a fairly large piece, which is open so you can actually walk inside it. It’s located in Korea, Italy, and I’m sure many other places. I would love to actually be able to go and see one. He has many other public projects which are very interesting. I don’t usually find many public sculptures that fascinate me, but he definitely has quite a few. They are so eye catching and I really enjoy how you can actually go inside of the art.
Community Connection #3
Artist: Nancy Nicholson
Location/URL: http://www.nancy-nicholson.com/limitedproduction09.htm
Date: 4/26
Bullets:
- glass
- landscapes
- paints
- fired in kiln
- unique
- colorful
- structures and buildings
- nature
- light projections
- images from photos
- illuminate
- dimension
- stained glass
As I was looking through the artists links on Mr. Millers page, I came across this artist Nancy. What first struck me about her work was how many individual pieces she had yet how alike they were. She creates stained glass but has a certain way of going about this task. She first photographs buildings, structures, nature, etc. then she sketches out her photos. From this she finally completes the piece by using stained glass, which she fires in a kiln. I really enjoy her pieces because they are very urban looking and show a lot of the city while the stained glass approach gives it more of a vintage, down to earth feel. She mentions that stained glass is usually associated with religion based pieces. But she really changes the whole idea of stained glass with these urban city pieces. I also was fond of her work because there is so much you can do with it. With her pieces your able to just hang them up, suspend them in a window, or have them in a light box. Aside from the series of city pieces, she did a silhouette tree series. I love them because it becomes a sort of patterns or pieces all fit together. I enjoyed looking at her work because it was filled with fresh ideas of art that I don’t typically look at.
Community Connection #2
Artist: Mildred Chapin
Location/URL: http://www.artquiver.com/artist/mildred-lachman-chapin
Date: 3/16
Bullets:
- bold lines
- very colorful
- contrast
- texture
- hidden objects
- canvas
- energy
- variety
- expression
- backdrops
- grids
In order to find this artist I used the same site as before, I find it to be a really good source for art and art galleries because it is really realiable and shows the art pieces in a creative way. Not only does it post the gallery, and allow you to zoom, but you can read what the artists have to say and what others say about them. So it’s really kind of interesting. But this one artist I chose was an abstract artist. Her pieces really caught my eye at first because of how bright and colorful they were. As I began to look through her gallery, I really admired all her work. Each piece is so very detailed and there is so much to look at and discover. Something as simple as a backround, she is able to make so eyecatching. One other thing I really love is her use of texture, it really makes her art stand out as well as the contrast in colors. Something I found interesting was how she published a book of haiku’s to go along with a number of her paintings. This also reminded me of what we were doing in class, making out surveillance stories match up with our charcoal sketches.
Community Connection # 1
Artist: Tracy Silva Barbosa
Location/URL: http://www.artquiver.com/artist/tracy-silva-barbosa
Date Submitted:2/22
Bullets:
- lively
- bright
- paintings
- landscapes
- tells a story stories
- nature and animals
- buildings
- diverse colors
- canvas
- modern environment
- paint drips and splashes
- layering
I had a different approach to finding an artist this time around. Considering there is so many artists to choose from, I decided to take a survey of paintings and let the website choose what art I may be interested. It seemed to be pretty accurate because I ended up choosing Tracy from that final list. Her artwork is very intriguing and really pull you in. She uses very vivid and lively colors which drag your eye to her beautiful creations. Each piece has a different background and holds a different story. They mainly landscapes but at the same time they are kind of abstract. You can see the various layers of paint and images that Tracy built up to her final creation. Each of her artworks differ, yet you can diffinitely see the similiarities in them. I also love the way she uses the paint splatters and drips, they aren’t found randomly scattered. But each drip and splatter has a set purpose whether it’s a bird or tree or a piece of the sky. I love each of her vividly beautiful creations.
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Fall Semester 2009
1/10/10
Name: Rachel Bruni
Artist name: Alice Burton
http://www.artq.net/ArtistWork.asp?artist_id=PVADI140286481107216
Bullets:
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abstract
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mixed media
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bright
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acrylic
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landscapes
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blurred
-
meaningless
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drips
-
paint runs
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typical
When searching for an artist, I chose Alice for 2 reasons, the first because she has abstract pictures which remind me of many seen in class, and second because of her 4 pieces of winter, summer, spring and fall. Her gallery of artwork is pretty small, and I definitely would like to see what else she has to give. But of her 4 abstract pieces, they really called out to me because they look exactly like what we have been working on in class. It’s amazing to see artists who could have been doing this much longer then us, still create similar pieces. I really enjoy her abstract pieces and it seems she has done some work before. I like them because I can relate to them but they’re something new and fresh. Another reason I chose her was because of her other 4 pieces which were the 4 seasons. I kind of laughed to myself as I saw this, remembering how you talked of people who would do seasons for their assignments. And I must say I agree with you. When I see something like that it makes me think, what purpose does it have? It makes the artwork completely meaningless. Typically you are able to percieve art however you wish, but when you see 4 paintings, all labeled Winter, Summer, Spring, and Fall, it just takes away the meaning. It leaves you unable to interpret it because it is simply just another season. So I have mixed feelings on this small art gallery. But I would definitely say she needs to be a bit more creative.
12/15/09
Name: Rachel Bruni
Artist name: Kathleen Thoma
http://www.transcendentarts.com/transpersonalsymbols.html
Bullets:
- overlapping
- colorful
- paintings
- illustrations
- monotypes
- mixed media
- dreams
- hippy
- symbolism
- collage
- sketches
- nature
Kathleen has a very interesting variety of work. It varies from paintings and mixed media to sketches and monotypes. My favorite set would probably be under the symbolism. Each piece is very different yet you can still see her consistency with the theme. From reading her statement, she tells of how she gets her ideas. Each piece is usually based off of a dream she has or a thought during meditation. I find her thought process interesting because she is not inspired by a certain person, but of her unconscious mind. Her paintings are also very spiritual. Many are of angels, or what seems like gods or the heavens. Each one is definitely related in some spiritual way so once again you can find a common theme here. I found really fascinating her other technique for paintings. She referred it to ‘archetypal realm of shared human consciousness’, where she remade images she had already seen. What I love about her symbolic mixed media is how a lot of it is layered. Not only that, but the paints seem to be transparent, allowing you to see through some areas and keeping the rest most dense. Her work is very spiritual and down to earth and that makes me really enjoy it. It’s eyecatching because there is a lot to look and you are able to interpret each one in your own way. I really liked looking at Kathleens work and it might have given me some ideas of my own.
10/26/09
Name: Rachel Bruni
Artist name: Kate Alexander
http://www.artpromote.com/artists/KateAlexander.shtml
Bullets:
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womens figures
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uses pastel only
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doesn’t use a lot of details
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shadowing
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shading
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very large pieces
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slightly abstract
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multiplicity
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blending of pastels
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acrylic paint
I really liked Kate’s work but I think it would be interesting to see some pieces done in something besides acrylic. She tends to draw nude women, but not very detailed and usually a silhouette or very shadowed figure. She also has some pieces of only faces and then there is one of a ballerina and an elderly man. My two favorite pieces would have to be the ballerina and a piece where she uses multiplicity. I really love the ballerina because she actually uses detail without straying what she typically creates. Also the corner she is placed in creates a really interesting background. My second favorite piece is half of a face, she drew this 3 identical times and each time it is smeared a little more. So it creates an image that the face is either fading away, or moving. I also like this piece because it looks like there is a light shining on the face because of a certain glare thats created. As for the rest of the pieces, I definitely can tell that they might be people she knows or loves. One piece I recognize looks a lot like the picture of herself. And the picture of the elderly man could be someone shes knows because of the detail she adds to it, leads me to believe she was purposly trying to create a piece of someone. Also because it is a male and all of her other artwork is of women. I’m surprised to see that her only education in art is from tutoring. I really enjoyed looking at her pieces because they’re beautiful and really catch your eye.
9/21/09
Name: Rachel Bruni
Artist name: Mark Elliot
Bullets:
- Most pieces are oil on canvas
- Uses lighting and shading
- Paints many human abstract figures
- Mostly all are bald
- Abstract colors, blue skin tone
- Different angles
- Looks like a series of pieces
- Shadowing
- Good backgrounds
- Pieces look symbolic
- Uses perspective
- Uses symmetry in some pieces
- Not much texture
I went down to the small art display in ambler and I usually look in there when I walk by, but today I really enjoyed the artwork in there. There was two artists’ work displayed, one did sculptures and the other did paintings. I chose Mike Elliot who did the oil paintings on canvas. His work seemed so unique yet it all his pieces seemed related in a way. I’m interested to see if he has a statement because I feel that if I read it I could have a much better understanding of his work. His work seems very mysterious and he tends to draw this human figure who is either skin tone or blue colored. One thing that makes it stand out is that the figure it always bald and he has at least 3 pieces which are of the back of the head. My favorite thing about this artist is that he is very good with perspective, all his paintings appear to be popping out of the canvas yet they don’t have any texture whatsoever. Another thing I like appreciate about him is the way he creates the eyes, they seem to be peering into you and watching you mysteriously, sort of like they know something you don’t. One last thing I noticed about his pieces is that he is really good at painting human ears; although that sounds strange, they are the most detailed part of his creations. All around I really appreciated Mike Elliott’s work and if I could ever afford it, I would love to buy one of his pieces.
