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The thesis body of work, Giant Rock, 1999, addresses memory through a series of large scale oil paintings on canvas depicting two main components: figures and landscape. Throughout the individual paintings self-portraiture is used to depict the artist, express personal narratives, and convey emotions attached to specific memories through abstracted figures. The landscape is used to establish a narrative within the exhibition, ground the paintings...
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This thesis body of work entitled, Life's Cycles, is an installation that explores the concept of movement with the passage of time. Ideas of time, cycles, legacy and memory are encapsulated in the work. The work investigates the intersecting layers that occur among these concepts: how time affects cycles, how the legacy of an individual evolves over time, and how memory relates to legacy as a record of an individual's past existence. In this thesis...
3. Scapes
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This body of visual work is not complete. It will be an ongoing investigation and self-realization process across a variety of mediums. The mediums I have chosen to re-present the idea of space within this current crystalized exhibition are; paint, poetry, and performance. All of which carry their own specific historic and purposeful meaning.
4. Land
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Infrared light is invisible to the human eye. I reveal this band of the spectrum by using filters that isolate infrared waves from visible light. Long exposures are necessary, bringing time into the process. Ripples in the water disappear and the leaves, grass and clouds blur, but the land remains solid and sharp. Using techniques that I have been developing over the last several years, I capture the essence of the surrounding landscapes. I finish...
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A Generation Projected is a site-specific installation. This thesis paper analyzes cultural disconnect, nostalgia, and the influence of global media as a cultural phenomenon, as seen in the installation. The title of the show represents the fact that the artist's generation is one that has grown in a media-dominated world. Because of the globalization of mass media such as television and film, both projected media, this generation has shared many...
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I have spent the last year investigating and exploring notions of identity and purpose, to try and answer that question posed by the Fleet Foxes. I know that I am not the only young adult that has felt apprehension about the future, but it has become clear the expectations of our affluent American society are no longer applicable to my, and future, generations. The old blueprint handed down to us from other generations no longer describes the reality...
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To emphasize the symbolic expressions of these artists, the following analyses is organized into five sections. Discussion in the first section includes historical examples of ceramics from various cultures featuring hybrid-imagery used in combination with the functional-vessel. The second section will identify contemporary artists who have influenced this body of work philosophically, technically, and conceptually. The third section addresses the...
8. Ø
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The non-representational sculptures in this body of work, "Ø", are designed using transparency, light, space, and fluidity to inspire viewers to reflect upon their personal relationship with the Divine. The compositions use various media, principals of design, and architectural elements to encourage contemplation.