Being home on the East Coast is magnificent.

Being home without oil paints is torture.

I have therefore taken it upon myself to explore the arts in other such ways. My recent project has consisted of making little paintings with acrylic paint and making them into cards. Departure from my traditional oils is quite difficult but they do say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Is this true? We will find out. Anyways, this new project gives me a chance to explore different compositions while not taking too much time on any one painting. I also decided my bed needed a little flair of color so I made a pillow for it. I could spend all my time doing little projects like this. Get excited because you will be seeing items such as these sold at my future cafe/gallery Tianellie's.

That is all.

Thank you.

Flow Of Change

This is the beginning of my new series of work. It is quite different from what I have ever concentrated on before, but I have greatly enjoyed being pushed into uncomfortable situations by my teachers. I am convinced that you learn new things ten times faster when pushed out of the area you are used to performing in. One must persevere however.

There is nothing as constant as change. This series has to do with the changes that occur in life, in the body and in nature. I have chosen to portray this topic in a "flowing" manner. I use organic shapes to demonstrate the movement of change and colors that I feel best demonstrate certain aspects of change. There is more to be said but the rest is for you to interpret yourself.

Or. I just haven't written up my entire artist statement yet. Stay tuned.

Layers

This was a piece I did in my Freshman drawing class. It was what first got me interested in using layers of different materials.

Finding A Voice

The focus of my sophomore year was to find my voice. Every artist has one. What is mine? I took many different classes that pushed me to try new mediums and to go past what I am comfortable with. I found great satisfaction in looking back at the year and seeing where all of my struggles and hours put into less than mediocre projects brought me to.

I had never done Intaglio[form of printmaking] before. I found it intriguing and fascinating! I liked it much better than lithography. We did not get along well. It was too process oriented. Intaglio, however, worked very well with how I like to go about making art. I loved the different mark-making that could be achieved with acid and a copper plate. Although these images are not my best, I enjoyed freely exploring a new medium.

I have been itching to attempt abstract art. I have had images floating through my head and screaming to come out onto canvas and paper for a long time. In my oil painting class, we had the opportunity to create our own assignments. The abstract just had to come out!

My teacher was great at pushing me. The painting below is not finished. I became stuck and had to leave it as is seen now. It will be finished.

This is also the first canvas and stretcher I made myself. I used power tools and chopped the wood and everything. I am a pro with the router now!

I also took a water coloring class! I had never water colored before. These are just a few of the many little studies I did of the images and ideas that have been racing through my head. I felt as though I was trying to catch fireflies with a jar, leaping around the moonlit field foolishly trying to catch every last thought. This probably wasn't the best process to go by and is probably why these studies didn't turn out the best. Once again though, I learned so much .

Titled Finland. I almost sold this one, but they backed out last minute.

Bummer.

I wanted to focus on layers and colors while in the confined space of contained spaces. I love the process of building up paint and taking away.