I'm a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee, with a BFA in art. I'm working on my portfolio for graduate school, and these are my projects from undergrad.
I'm more a conceptualist than an aesthetician- My artwork is less about image, and more about object. I'm leaning towards minimalism and formalism right now, addressing the basic language of visual communication, like line, plane, color and shading, 2d and 3d. But I've addressed everything from humorous 'what if' animal situations to pottery in my journey as an artist. I hope some of these pieces make you laugh, and some of them make you think, but I really worked really hard on them all!
this is an 18x24" etching, from an 18x24" zinc plate (it was humongously large), with gesso figure over the top. One night I woke up suddenly and saw a man in my room with his back to me. He wasn't there, of course, but I was profoundly effected. Spring 2009
18x24" cut construction paper. started with a fringe piece, then added a free-association image about what a caterpillar would eat if it were very large: after mowing the grass, it would eat the wool off of sheep. Which would tickle the sheep. Unfortunately this piece no longer exists.
18x24", layers of white BFK paper. This piece is so impossible to photograph- but like the Kitty, it's exploring the relationship between line and plane and depth or '3D-ness' in the picture plane. April 2010
18x24" and nearly impossible to photograph! layers of cut BFK paper I was wanting to explore the relationship between the lines of the paint by number diagram and the illusion of depth- but without using any color. April 2010
Almost all this work is for sale! if you're interested, please email me at idrawfromlife (at) gmail.com. I also have an etsy page- www.etsy.com/shop/idrawfromlife -for especially thrown work and prints!