Short and Long Term Projects

Artwork # 1 Ephemeral Marks:

Updated Ephemeral Drawing

Title: Flowers in the Wind

Medium: Palm and flowers

Size: "12x 8"

Artwork #2: Spatial Tape

Tape Spatial Drawings

Title: Home is Where the Heart is 

Medium: Tape

Size: Unknown

Artwork # 3: Memory Drawing of House

Title: Home Sweet Home
Medium: Charcoal on white paper
Size: "20 x 20"






Artwork # 4: House on Loon Lake

Title: I've Got my Eyes on You
Medium: Charcoal on White Paper
Size: "20 x 20"

Artwork # 5: Cardboard and Thread
Title: Stringing Me Along
Medium: Cardboard, string, ink pen, pencil, and acrylic paint

Multiple Panel:

For this project, I wanted to experiment with the concept of going 3 dimensional. I did this through my choice of medium. This project was the most difficult as well as methodical. I first started with the "bones" of the structure, and created a form using a thick paper called bristol. I then used plaster strips and covered the entire form. This ensured a hard surface for the groundwork. Once the plaster strips completely dried, I then went in and covered the form in its entirety with joint compound. Once that layer dried, I sanded it down to a smooth texture, and flocked either side with a dark forest green.

The overall intent for this project was to abandon all thoughts of functionality. This is due to my inspiration of an artist by the name of Stephen Antonson. He works with plaster, and created many dysfunctional furniture pieces. They are completely beautiful to look at, and the over idea is presented right there. He creates pieces which look like something, but in fact are quite the opposite and are fragile. That was my intent with my project, for that I wanted to abandon the stigma surrounding functionality.

Title: Functionality is Dead
Medium: Bristol paper, plaster, joint compound, flock, acrylic paint, and wire
Size: "26x 9"

Research: 
Multiple Panel:

Ellsworth Kelly 

https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Ellsworth_Kelly

Bruce Nueman 

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3852

Stephen Antonson

http://bspoke.net/2014/05/17/stephen-antonson/

Drawing on Objects

Artist Statement: For my piece, I chose to buy a fish tank. The purpose of this was to completely redefine the object to make it completely unrecognizable. I did this through flocking all sides of the tank with a forest green flock. I then proceeded to use mirror spray paint on the base of the tank. This created the scene for what I was going to insert in the tank. I was heavily inspired by a piece done by Max Hooper Schneider, for that he reconstructed a fish tank as well. However, I wanted mine to have the feel of a landscape but compressed in the tank itself. I created geometrical shapes with foam, and used joint compound to cover them. The geometrical shapes represented the landscape itself.

Title: Compressed Landscape
Medium: Mirror spray paint, fish tank, flock, acrylic paint, foam, and joint compound
Size: "29 x 16"

Research: 

Drawing on Objects 

Carly Scoufos

https://urbanartprojects.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/cabin-in-the-room-carly-scoufos-crucible-gallery/

Max Hooper Schneider 

http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com/2015/11/max-hooper-schneider-at-high-art/ha-mhs-ntovs-press-5/

Takahiro Iwasaki 

https://japanobjects.com/features/takahiro-iwasaki