First Residency 2014Inspired by 6 Weeks in IrelandThese are the pieces that I displayed at the 10 day, in person residency in New Hampshire from June 19th - 29th. When you arrive they assign you wall space and you put up your work. Over the course of the 10 days, you have 14 critiques, some group, but mostly individual, all at least 20 minutes each.
I never expected these pieces to come to represent me artistically, but they were the results of ideas I tried out over last summer and I felt gave me the most opportunity to have some in-depth discussions about my ideas while at the residency. I thought the critiques were very helpful. I have a better sense of what others see in my work and now have a giant list of artists to research and help me further my thoughts about how to proceed from here. Here are just a few of the artists who gave me feedback about my current body of work: Lauren Fensterstock, Sonia Almeida, and Samuel Rowlett. |
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Mysterious Woman with Layers of Paper Brings up Lots of Questions
These images are intended to be overlapped with each other so that the figure of the woman is on the very bottom layer. When I displayed them I hung them on the wall, but I'm not sure at this point how I would like to display a piece like this in the future.
This group of pieces was done when I returned to the states after being in Ireland for 6 weeks. I kept coming back to the though of how amazed and over whelmed I was by the fact that in Ireland everyone lives so closely with their past. Buildings and culturally. Structures are reused and have this great sense of being lived in that most places in the US don't. While some places in the US really try to keep a sense of old while living in them like New Orleans, I live in the heart of typical Michigan urban sprawl. I would have to actively break out a map and do some research online to find local historical spots. I admire that connection to past that it seems the Irish have surrounding them; in the landscape, buildings and culture.
While creating this image I was thinking not so much about illustrating Mother Nature and renewal with the figure having a tree growing out of her, but more about me recognizing that history has been recreating, on top of itself, in a single location for hundreds of years. I wanted the layers to add the feeling of a passage of time to the piece. Meaning that the first layer is about people (or I could have used buildings to represent this idea) in the past and how they come and go. Then the second layer is the constant of change and then the top layer is all that is left, just a tree growing in a place were once people lived their lives.
This group of pieces was done when I returned to the states after being in Ireland for 6 weeks. I kept coming back to the though of how amazed and over whelmed I was by the fact that in Ireland everyone lives so closely with their past. Buildings and culturally. Structures are reused and have this great sense of being lived in that most places in the US don't. While some places in the US really try to keep a sense of old while living in them like New Orleans, I live in the heart of typical Michigan urban sprawl. I would have to actively break out a map and do some research online to find local historical spots. I admire that connection to past that it seems the Irish have surrounding them; in the landscape, buildings and culture.
While creating this image I was thinking not so much about illustrating Mother Nature and renewal with the figure having a tree growing out of her, but more about me recognizing that history has been recreating, on top of itself, in a single location for hundreds of years. I wanted the layers to add the feeling of a passage of time to the piece. Meaning that the first layer is about people (or I could have used buildings to represent this idea) in the past and how they come and go. Then the second layer is the constant of change and then the top layer is all that is left, just a tree growing in a place were once people lived their lives.
Work Brought to First Residency
The images below I included in my application as they are things that I'm interested in, but didn't necessarily fit in with the trees, nature and rock ideas that I have in much of my work. This first is a stippled image that represents my morning 50 minute commute to work, and all the objects that pop into view in the early morning darkness on the way to Port Huron through several ongoing construction zones.
The safety pins are for my love of small, shiny objects made big. The last two are some Photoshop work of images that I might in the future use as ideas for ink pieces. I enjoy using Photoshop to try out ideas and work with the images I take of objects on location. At some point in the future I could see myself using Photoshop to create pieces that combine parts of my drawings and photographs.
The safety pins are for my love of small, shiny objects made big. The last two are some Photoshop work of images that I might in the future use as ideas for ink pieces. I enjoy using Photoshop to try out ideas and work with the images I take of objects on location. At some point in the future I could see myself using Photoshop to create pieces that combine parts of my drawings and photographs.
