I love minimal and simplistic work. I feel as long as the artist can get away with it, he can make it work. These colors look so nice togeher. i love how they weave in and out of each other.

I love eyes. They hold so much beauty. This particular graphic is so cool. The blue tint really brings out the color of the iris. Any other effect would have taken away from the eye color

I thought this little guy was cute. It's cool how the pencil is bigger than that character. I can't imagine trying to write like that. I can barely write with just a normal pencil now

There's a lot of pink in this image, but the artist makes it work. The balloons are an interesting feature, especially the ones in the background. The futuristic feel is also very eye-pleasing

Parrots have such unique color. This digital graphic of a parrot is so realistic. The colors mesh well together.

The colors in this image work really well together. The butterfly really catches the viewers attention with the deep black color. I like how the image overlaps too

This reminds me of the canvas paintings from the acrylic classes. I love the vibrant colors. It's very pleasing to the eye.

.I love this image. The people formed in the ashes is so different and creative. I see it as all the lives taken from the act of smoking. It's a great anti-smoking ad.

Art Event 4

The Fine Arts Collection in Yager Museum is a different collection in comparison to the works shown in the Foreman Gallery. I’m am not a fan of these paintings, in comparison to the work shown in Anderson, mostly because I am unfamiliar with the genre of artwork. Many of the paintings that are shown in the Yager Museum appear to be very religious. They look as if they could be an icon in a church, even though they are not icons of Mary or Jesus.
Madonna and Child by Bocaccio Boccaccino caught my attention during my visit to the collection. The painting is on wood, opposed to canvas. The woman, presumed to be Madonna, is fully clothed from head to toe. She is wearing dull colors and holds a serine expression. She even has realistic features, but I noticed the absence of eyebrows above her eyes.
The woman is holding a child, who’s naked. The child is also very realistic and holds the same features that an actual baby would have, in comparison to a lot of babies in ancient artwork (ex. Egypt). The only aspect unusual about the baby is that he doesn’t have an expression a baby would naturally have, in my opinion. The baby seems to hold the same expression as the woman.
As the Fine Art Collection continues to grow in the Yager Museum, I would be enthusiastic about viewing the new work added to the collections. The work is different from other work, and it allows one to grasp the concepts of those times periods without going off campus to another art museum.

Aviary

Aviary is a cool website that I started playing around with. It holds almost all the concepts of the Adobe design programs. The best part is that it is free. You can also link your other websites to it.

Animation

The animation is so cool. I want to learn how to do work similar to this. The background music fits perfectly with the animation. It seems so hypnotic.

Target

This ad is very unique. Target took their logo and turned into a ringtoss game. This kind of advertising is fun, and it makes the consumers think more about what the company has to offer.

. this video is so cool. I love how the artist demonstrates how he creates a digital image of the two characters. I love the Twilight books, so this caught my attention. The whole process is incredibly detailed and this is something I'd really like to explore at some point.

Dick Morrill

Hartwick's Foreman Gallery is currently presenting Dick Morrill: A Retrospective. The artist's presentation is very unique in comparison to past artists that have showed their work at Hartwick College. The canvases were extremely powerful. The colors and texture were incredibly vibrant and compelling due to the mixture of acrylic and oil paints. I also loved that the canvases were large-scale. I prefer larger-scaled paintings because they catch your attention easier. As a matter of fact, I feel that the bigger they are, the bigger the statement.

I was not as much of fan for the sculptures as I was for the paintings. The sculptures were interesting, but they just didn’t catch my eye like the paintings did. Although it was cool to see similar three-dimensional figures that looked as if they came from one of Morrill’s paintings.

My favorite piece of artwork was Operation Theater. I saw a lot of irony in this piece and humor. The irony in the piece is that an actual operating theater is an operating room that also holds seating for hospital residents (ex: Grey's Anatomy often shows the actors and actresses in a operation theater scene). The painting portrays an operation theater as a place to operate and act. A woman is undergoing surgery and several other "actors" are around her. As a matter of fact, the painting may be poking fun at shows like Grey’s Anatomy because the drama surrounds the operation theater in that particular show. I feel this art show was a success, and I think the Foreman Galley should host more artists that are similar to that of Dick Morrill.

What a Crappy Job

What a Crappy Job

This blog is too funny. It's like the tv show Dirty Jobs, but instead this is called Crappy Jobs. It's allows users to post their "crappiest" jobs, and it lets them post links, videos and pictures.
Funny part is, there's a internship offer at the top of the blog. Hopefully it's not a crappy internship.

Juried Student Art Show

The Juried Student Art show is always a great show to go and see. Not only do you get to see some great artwork, but it’s also work done by Hartwick’s student body. As a matter of fact, two of my photographs were presented during the show. Unfortunately they didn’t win any awards.
Like every year I’ve been to the show, I did not completely support the award winners of the show. I feel Hartwick always chooses judges that are contemporary or modern. Due to the favoring of the judge, I feel the process of choosing the winners is not fair. There were pieces at the show that were more deserving in awards, for instance Roxanne Becofsky’s bronze cherub. The “Untitled” piece by Lindsay Worden should not have been Best in Show. Her piece was a wood sculpture from presumably 3-D design, which is an intro course. In that class, students are only learning how to use the sander and other power tools. The only message I got from her piece was that she learned how to use the power tools in class and she painted it pretty colors. I didn’t expect to win that award, but I’m sure there were very serious and committed art students that were really hoping for that award to pay for their future projects. Overall, I was very pleased with the show, especially the photography section. Dominique Thomas and Benjamin Wronkoski showcased some of their best work, and I always look forward to seeing what else their talents have to offer.

The Trickster Project

The Trickster Project was my least favorite exhibit at the Foreman Gallery since I have been attending Hartwick. I didn’t understand how it was considered art. Also, Duane McDiarmid, the artist didn’t have anything artistic about his project, aside from the photographs that other people submitted. He said he only went to Walmart and bought material from the crafts section. McDiamid, himself, lacked professionalism, especially when explaining his piece. He talked for over an hour straight about himself, and never asked if anyone had questions. His “artwork” reminded me of a scrap metal from the dump and a handful of old t-shirts from the Salvation Army. I generally have appreciation for one’s creativity, but he didn’t even make his own ice cream. Everything from his piece was bought from the store or borrowed from students and faculty at Hartwick. He also said the ice cream was supposed to throw people off on their long journeys because they will want ice cream. First of all, the hikers are foolish for not knowing to carry water, especially in hot area. The only theme I could see from the project is the culture’s reliance on technology. Perhaps that was his only point he was trying to get it across, but he could have saved a lot of time proving his point some other way.During the shows, I always wonder how much Hartwick pays these artists to pay for their work. I understand comedians and bands that generally come are paid more than a year’s worth of tuition. As a paying student, I really hope Hartwick didn’t help McDiarmid fund too much of his artwork