Surface

Works from Surface 2011, withdrawn halfway through the semester, and later Surface 2012, taken during a summer semester. Chronological order.

72 Self Portraits * +
32 x 20 in., Ink on Watercolor Paper

Tile created fom a thumbnail (above).

Pattern created from tile (right). 

Tile created fom a thumbnail (above left).

Pattern created from tile (above right).

Tile created fom a thumbnail (above).

Pattern created from tile (right).

Small thumbnails taken from compositions we had already created. They were taken from representational images, and supposed to create a completely different, abstract composition that could stand alone. We would use these thumbnails and/or the tiles and patterns we created in the next assignment.

Abstract Compositions *
32x20 in., Acrylic on Paper

Painting Study * +
12x9 in., Acrylic on Paper

Chameleon *
32x18 in., Acrylic on Canvass

I feel this next project needs a bit of explanation. The assignment was to create 7 pieces and destroy 6. After each piece was created, we had to destroy it, and use the remains in the next piece, and so on, until we had, in the process of creating 7 pieces, destroyed 6. All of my pieces are oil paint. Each piece following the first uses the same piece of canvas board and paint, which has been scraped from the previous piece (the destruction). I alternated from realism, to abstract, and the final piece is a combination of the two. My documentation is sorely lacking in professionalism in this case, as I have not edited the pictures at all, and I am lacking documentation of my last piece. 

Creation 1 + (left): 9x12 in., Oil on Canvas Board
Destruction 1 (above)

Creation 2 (left): 9x12 in., Oil on Canvas Board
Destruction 2 (above)

Creation 3 + (left): 9x12 in., Oil on Canvas Board
Destruction 3 (above)

Creation 4 (left): 9x12 in., Oil on Canvas Board
Destruction 4 (above)

Creation 5 + (left): 9x12 in., Oil on Canvas Board
Destruction 5 (above)

Creation 6 (left): 9x12 in., Oil on Canvas Board
Destruction 6 (above)