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This shows my current and past work.  Please make comments and let me know what you think of everything, it'll make me a better artist!  Thanks.

Jason de Caires Taylor's Underwater Sculptures

Artist Jason de Caires Taylor creates multiple sculptures of people out of cement and places them in the sea off the coast of South America.  As time goes on the sculptures become one with the sea and start to grow coral and barnacles all over them.  Click the above picture to see more on the artist and his sculptures.

"Tall Painting"

This art piece is really fantastic.  Even though the piece would be breathtaking to look at in a gallery, I feel like it would also do well as a performance piece.  Watching the colors move one after another to make wonderful lines and curves would be almost hypnotic.

Street Art Photographs

I think street art is really interesting because it only exists for a certain amount of time.  It would be an amazing experience to walk down the streets of England and see a Banksy piece.  Street artists have something to express to the world, enough that they would put themselves in danger with the law to have their art be seen.

Some street artists make some really fun pieces.  If you were to walk down the street and see some of these things, it would make you smile.  Others would make you think.  I think art that can simply make your day, or make you think about life is really important to have in the world.

Click the photo to see more interesting street art pieces.

Photography Series

When surfing the web, I came upon an artists Flicker page.  They had uploaded a series of photographs that I thought were really interesting.  Click here to see!

I thought this series was really breathtaking.  It made me think about how photography can be so transparent sometimes.  The artist made photos seem as though they were windows to something.  It appears like the laptop displaying the pieces can be reached right through.  I think this series is really modern and creative.  It made me think a lot about what I could do with my own photography pieces.

Hartwick College Senior Show ART EVENT #2

      This years senior show at Hartwick College was excellent.  I loved the variety of different pieces.  There were ceramics, glass, paintings, books, houses, and sculptures.  One of my favorite pieces was called "Shade Tree" by Crystal Postighane.  The tree-like structure had a black base and was very tall.   Small curved branch-like structures were coming out of the base  (almost like a willow tree), at the bottom a glass piece was displayed with a light inside.  The light illuminated the glass and the blues, pinks, purples, and greens were so beautiful.  Many of the glass pieces were curved, creating a wonderful sense of movement.
      Another interesting piece was called "Tree of Life" by Brittany Daigneault.  She had hundreds of photographs placed specifically on the wall, so that when you would step back you would see the shape of a tree.  Each photo was of something dead, like flies, brown banana peels, moldy foods, etc.  I found it amazing that all of these dead things were so beautiful put together to make up the "tree of life."
      Brianna O'Connor's paintings were also very impressive.  She had three larger paintings, one of her mother, one of herself, and another of her grandmother.  Each person was in some way an artist.  Brianna, a soon-to-be art therapist, was centered in the middle.  Everyone was sitting in an individual chair.  Brianna was looking straight out at the viewer.  However, her mother and her grandmother were looking at her, smiling.  I thought it was amazing how she captured their emotions in the eyes and face.  Anybody would be able to tell how proud her mother and grandmother were of her.
     Overall the show was so unique and really showed off the talent of the senior art students.  It was really exciting to see the variety of ideas and how they were portrayed.

Combined Media; Using Photographs and Video

These photographs were combined with video to create interesting pieces.  The viewer reads each one as a photograph, then has to stop to think about the moving aspects.  It's really interesting how in the 21st century artists combine many types of media.

Click here to see more "moving photographs."