Ireland (Summer 2012)

I've been working a bit more on my paintings from Ireland. I finished my black and white painting, uploaded the boat graveyard painting, so now all I need to do is my "Master Painting." Save the best for last, right?

Anyways, the camera glare kind of messed up a lot of these photos...I'm hoping to use my brother's DSLR to take better photos when I get to Ithaca.

Black and White Painting - of The Four Bronze Horses of Helios,
created by sculptor Rudy Weller in 1992 and located in London. 

Burnt umber painting done at the Boat Graveyard. 

Color version - revised at home. 

Cloud studies - four small paintings done outside of Ballintaggart. 

Top left painting. 

Top right painting. 

Unfinished version. 

Boat Graveyard.

How most of my paintings start out. 

The Dragon - I did this in someone's backyard..hope they didn't mind.

Dragon's Head. 

Quick paintings of the fenced areas outside our homes. 

Four color studies of the Dragon's Head. 

Large, unfinished painting of our kitchen on a rainy day. 

Another landscape just outside of Ballintaggart. 

Palette knife painting with a dead palette and a touch of alizarin. 

A rock wall right outside our homes. 

Self-portrait. 

Still-life - I was taking a break from landscapes.

Cyanotype of the London Eye. 

Cyanotype of the The Four Bronze Horses of Helios.

I only took photos of a few pieces so far (out of the 30 or so that I did). I'll get around to adding more later. Most of my work isn't even finished (at least not to my satisfaction), and seeing as we need at least three finished pieces for the show in the fall, I really need to get cracking. Luckily I don't have a job this summer, so once I buy an easel my goal is to do art - lots of it. (As if I didn't get enough during the first two months of my summer). -7/27/12

The archway outside of Dick Mack's. 

Inside of Dick Mack's. I always thought the
color scheme was an interesting choice. 

Joanne in front of the Dragon's Head.
 This painting didn't quite survive the elements. 

A print made by etching into a copper plate. It was a fun process,
but definitely not my thing. It felt like the most roundabout route
to making art. I'll stick to drawing and painting.  

Private Lessons

Artwork over the years. Up until I left for college, I took private art lessons every week. It was just an hour session and not including summers, but over a period of about 12 years, that's still quite a bit of time spent doing art. The majority of the work I did ended up being gifts for friends, but the early stuff was simply learning the techniques and skills that I've used ever since.

Wolf drawing that's hanging on my bedroom wall. 

A colored-pencil drawing of the Bahamas I think?

My middle name. 

A mini painting of some water lilies. 

Still life. 

Another still life of some fruit. Also, I was 8 years old. 

My signature is my favorite thing about this. 

Advanced Drawing (Spring 2012)

I can't believe I'm only going into my Junior year and I'm already done with drawing. It feels weird. But I'm hoping to take an independent study sometime. It wasn't until halfway through the semester that I realized my love for surrealism. Ultimately my goal is to do more drawings like the fish drawing below. It feels like a good starting point and I have a few more ideas up my sleeve - now I just need the time and motivation to put them onto paper.

Two models. 

Some Mayan(?) artifact, a shoe, and a stick. 

Portrait of a model, Erin, who I've been drawing
since freshman year. She's an excellent model. 

Statue of a female body. 

"Glass Jar" - we each took a jar and filled it with all sorts of stuff,
tight enough so nothing would move. We then chose a section of it
to draw. Definitely a fun project. 

"Meet Me By the Fish" - This is certainly my favorite piece of the semester. The location is on campus, and the actual sculpture there is called "Textor Ball" or "The Fish" (it's a metallic ball). I never really liked the abstract sculpture, so I decided to make a rendition of my own. The fish fossil is Dunkleosteus, the turtle has solar panels on its shell, and the hermit crabs have trees on their shells. Call it a mixture between fantasy and reality...the image that I'm trying to depict is a hopeful future where animals adapt to the growing pressures of the environment. 

Dress-up model - wish I had time to finish this :(

"Labels" - final project. Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish this either. The project was about using found objects (i.e. cardboard) so I decided to take that concept and combine it with the model planned for the last couple days of class. 

Intermediate Drawing (Fall 2011)

Here's artwork from my sophomore year, again with the same professor. Not much to say, except that I was still trying to figure out what direction I wanted to take things.

Female model. 

Here's the process of one of my projects. 

I'm pretty sure the only guidelines were to use at least 2 pieces of paper.
You can really see my creativity here...

Close up of the keychain. 

Final product!

"Landscape on Acid" - I don't even know, I was trying to be a little more
creative and abstract.

Part of my final project, which was about a location or place (real/fantasy)
that has a significant meaning in our lives. This is my cat Lexi. 

Watercolor...never my strongest suit. 

Pen and ink drawing of my basement stairs.
Photo credit goes to my brother. 

Male model. 

"Paper Thin" - Mid-term Project Pt. I. 

"Self-destructive" - Mid-term Project Pt. II.