Friday, December 4, 2009

Concentrations and stuff

So the general idea for my concentration this year is human nature. I haven't hammered out all the details yet, like whether or not I'll do the whole thing in clay or use other mediums, but I think I'm going to express the concentration through hand sculptures. Why hands? Because I think hands are amazing, and I love how they work together. I also think they are extremely expressive of how we act and who we are. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of my first piece yet, so here are some pictures of an artist's work who has really inspired me in the past. Her name is Jacqueline Hurlbert and I first discovered her work at OCAC way back a few summers ago. She is from Oregon, works with clay, and has a lot of work focusing on people and aspects of our personality. She inspired me to think about a concentration based off human nature last year, but I ended up not going through with it until this year. Here is a link to a variety of her works being featured in a Palm Desert Gallery: http://www.codagallery.com/palm_desert/art/index.php?artist=68
In this link you can see some of her work focusing on the human torso/figurure, however I was more inspired by her work with heads and faces and dealing with personas. She was featured on OPB's "Oregon Art Beat" a while back, and I've found the clip! So here's the link, check it out: http://www.opb.org/programs/artbeat/segments/view/140

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