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inspiration: constance b. hartle

Constance's work (alongside Barbara Craver) is currently exhibiting at the Canvas for the month of April. I had great admiration for her exhibit of landscapes in Nov. 2007 (also at the Canvas), but this time around she is exhibiting more portraiture, which I find infinitely more captivating. Part of what I love so much about Constance's work are the red undertones that she often lets appear through her layers, particularly as a lining between objects in her paintings. In this exhibit, she primarily paints with acrylics, which can be very hard to do when blending layers and she does it masterfully. In her Nov. 2007 exhibit it was almost impossible to tell the oil paintings from the acrylic paintings. http://www.constancebhartle.typepad.com/

inspiration: advertising and art

Because I have worked so much around advertising (direct and indirect) at UAS and also at the Canvas, I continue to find myself interested in the intersection between advertising and art. I also like the idea (in general) of art as attention-getting, since I like to think of art as a reflection on and a tool for social change.

I came across several thought provoking articles/webpages that address the relationships of art and advertising and their impacts:

Is it Art or Advertising?: http://inventorspot.com/articles/it_art_or_advertising_12022

Advertising & Art A Modern-Day Marriage: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_4_28/ai_73063938/

Art and Advertising: http://www.mediamatic.net/page/5728/en

We Make Money Not Art: Advertising: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/advertising/

sketch: sermon notes

art: observance

So this piece I am more happy with. For one thing, it is one of the largest pieces I have ever done. I also like that the canvas is made out of bedsheets and that the canvas extends beyond the frame. This one is called "observance". Also for the AWARE/Canvas show at the Silverbow for sexual assault awareness month.

art: behind the scenes

Here is the finished piece (one of them) for the AWARE/Canvas Sexual Assault Awareness art show at the Silverbow for the month of April; entitled "Behind the Scenes". I am not particularly thrilled about how this one turned out. As strange as it sounds, I wanted to hang little babies or fetuses from strings off of the windows, but didn't have the time to make them and I couldn't find any pre-made tiny "babies" at the stores in the toy sections. alas. I wish the windows looked more valance-d, but at least I finished it in time!