BFA Thesis Exhibition

Everything has a color and every one is unique. Color can become representations of objects seen in everyday life or something out of this world. It changes, moves, and reacts. The color pallets of my work tend to be broad, using almost every color so that no color overwhelms the entire painting or becomes a focal point. The range also allows me to take advantage of the distinctive characteristics of color mentioned above.

Along with everything having a color, they also have a texture. The backside of an air conditioner is a different texture than a shag rug from the 70’s. The paintings become objects with their own unique textures. Through the process of painting I discover the texture paint can become and how it can be mimicked using non-traditional materials.

Organizational systems become the backbone and starting point of each of the artworks. They start with something I have observed, the shape a liquid makes when dripped on fabric or a number of tragic occurrences, which are organized into a system of creating. The systems tend to be shaped quickly and then implemented. The purity of color, texture, and material flow through the systems and become structures within them.

This Year Has Been Crazy and Busy!

 This year has been crazy and since I have not been able to post I thought I would just mass post the things that I have done in the past year since my last post.  I hope you all enjoy.

 

A Lot of Oven Mitts

Compile Me (Vert.)

Rubber Band Installation

 Red System (above) which was created from elements for the Blue System (below)

 Green and Orange System (above) which led to the creation of the Final System (below).

 

Feather Paintings 

Green Bird

Birds of a Feather Flock Together

Some of the Flora and Fauna outside of Crawford

I am working on a lot of different projects right now but none of them are done or close to being done.  I might post some in progress photos of all of them in a week or so but right now I wanted to show off the life that is outside of my residence hall for the summer.  It is surprisingly lively out there, with so many flowers and insects.  I swear that I cannot walk through Alfred without seeing a deer, woodchuck, or 3 squirrels.  Sometimes I even see all of the above!

These pictures are focusing more on the tiny creatures I get to see everyday. Enjoy.

 

A Semester Back...

A semester back, I made a ton of prints with repeated colored squares that make these asymmetrical shapes when connected together.  They are all different shapes all made up of squares.  They all were made with different printmaking techniques and used different color pallets.  I somehow never posted any of them.  I do not seem to have photographs of many of them so until I get them photographed here is a sneak peek of them.

This piece was my final piece for the class and is made up of squares that are patches of the other prints that were scanned and manipulated slightly.  It's called Eric Carle Revisited.

The Rock Chairs Continue...

The other after noon Vinnie and I created two more of the rock chairs.  We placed them infront of the Powell Campus Center on Alfred University Campus and in the stream nearby the campus.  We also have plans to complete a ton of chairs all over upstate New York.  Here are the images of the newest chairs and keep a look out for more.

The Chair in front of Powell Campus Center

The Chair in the Stream

I also got to see how long these chairs stayed up.  They stayed up for about four days.  I believe that someone knocked down them both so they are sturdy enough to withstand the weather.

Hairpin Fence Installation

Today I wanted to make a couple rock chairs with Vinnie but he had to work so I decided to go up to Hairpin Turn and put up an installation piece.  I sorted my colored muslin strips into the basic colors.  I was going to lay them on the ground in rainbow order or put them in piles.  That is until I saw this bandana tied on the fence.

I decided that it would be pretty nice if I mimicked the bandanna with the strips and had them jut out into the field.  I placed them in rainbow order and tied one end to the old fence.  Enjoy.

The sky was so beautiful today.

Andy Goldsworthy Inspired Sculpture Series - Come Sit With Me

The Stone Chairs is a series of sculptures my fellow artist, Vinnie Gravanda, and I are making this summer.   This is the first of the many installments of the sculptures.  It is made of rock and some mud.   They are inspired by Andy Goldsworthy's giant stone eggs as well as some other artists that I have mentioned before in my blog.

We accidently made it on someone's property instead of university property and the owner came up to us on a four-wheeler to warn us about her rottwieler.  Also to tell us to get off her land but she was being subtle.

We also saw this adorable, little toad too!