Sarah Sutro

 

Sarah Sutro



 

 

 

                             The artist for today's blog's name is Sarah Sutro. Now here's the data I gained about her and her talent. She has lived in Boston, New York, Ithaca, Asia, and Oakland, CA. Her work focuses strongly on process, repetition, building on texture, and the emphasis of movement. Her artwork focuses on paintings with patterns and abstract landscapes representing nature. Most of her artwork started off on the coast of Georgia, where she painted in semi-wild jungle among tidal rivers at the Ossabaw Island Project. There her work towards abstract went up to a whole new level. She started to focus on energy, movement, and earthy tone. She won a Pollock Krasner Grant in 2000, she was also a finalist for the Robert Frost Poetry Award in 2005. Her artwork is currently shown internationally at certain museums as well as her website.

Here's the artist's image found at the Viewing Program:

http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/portfolio.com

The image's name is Shadow Drawing #1.

Natural Ink on Paper

30 " x  21 " 

Want to know why I chose this picture? I chose this image because of the picture's pattern. As you can see the pattern consists of 3 blue, 4 brown, 4 gold ovals and a brown stem. It may not look like much, but when you pay attention to how the colors overlap each other, the colors begin to produce different colors like darkish brown and darkish blue. As a result the image begins to stand out on its own. The other thing that can be noticed about this painting is that the colors create other shapes as well regardless of their color. Like what the title acknowledged, the ovals overlapping colors can represent the shadows in a variety of colors, which appears to be the intention. After all if you read my previous blog, you have to take consideration that the title implies something in the picture that you'll have to analyze and study the picture in order to understand it. (A.K.A. You have to look at it again in order to understand it.) The other reason I chose this image is because it can spark interest in looking at the other works that Sarah Sutro created that can be found on her website at http://www.sarahsutro.com/index.htm. So if you have the time, feel free to visit her site so you see the variety that can be found there. So, see you soon for the next image and artist.

Shannon Durbin

Shannon Durbin

                The artist who created this piece’s name is Shannon Durbin. Now here’s some info about her. She doesn’t just produce drawings, she creates books and videos with elements of story and characters in them.  The things she produces often associate with her Pacific Northwest roots. She was born in Seattle, Washington in 1977. She started her art practice by sketching Whiskey, the family dog. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Her education won her the award of Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA in 2002.

Here's the image of the art piece I chose and its link.

http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/portfolio.cfm

The image is titled Patience.

Gouache on paper

17 " x  11 "  Now Here's why I chose this picture. When look at the image you can't help but admire the details of the creature on the picture. As you may have guessed it is a human with the color tones and the feathers and tail of a blue jay. It is also very interesting to note where the color is located on each part of the human's body, the color strokes to emphasize the feathers. The smaller details like the lighting on certain parts of the body like the legs, the feet, and the head are very carefully painted to give the image some depth. When you take consideration about the title of the piece, it really gives the painting a bit of theme and context. The bird like theme of the human gives strong emphasis about the human's feelings. In one way one can interpret that the human is waiting for the perfect moment to take flight, but has to wait for some reason. By this point why the human is waiting is entirely left open to speculation, which I think alongside leaving things open to interpretation based on what is implied in context is one of the more interesting elements of art. You have to think about the elements surrounding the scene. As you may have guessed when I looked at the picture and the context surrounding it based on the title, I held a deeper respect for the image and its creator. It also helped that I looked at more of her images, they are very detailed. So feel free to look at her other works that can be found at her website: http://shannondurbin.com/cv.html. So enjoy looking at these art pieces of interest at your own account. So good bye!

John Court

                John Court is the name of the artist who created this art piece. Now for some history regarding John. He was born on the 26th of 1969's September. Where he was born was in Kent, England. He graduated from two schools during 1993 to 1997; Camberwell school of Art, London, England in 1993 and Norwich School of Art & Design, England from 1994 to 1997. Also in 1997 John moved to Finland. If there's one thing to be considered about the fellow, he suffers from Dyslexia a disorder that prevents people from reading. In some ways John Court's work can be seen as an art device that digs into the deeper potential problems with language by emphasizing a physical deconstruction of the symbols in language.

Here's the image of one of his works and its link.
Link: http://www.drawingcenter.org/viewingprogram/portfolio.cfm

So far the image is said to be untitled unfortunately.

The medium appears to consist of paper, pencil, PVA, glue and aluminum leaf.

The size consists 30" x 44"

Now here's why I like this piece of work. The first reason is because when looking at the image, it resembles a labyrinth. The second reason is the shapes of the texture, when you look closely, you'll notice that some of the shapes are actually shapes of the alphabet. The third reason is because even though the emphasized area is black, the shapes of the texture capture and reflect enough light, they further emphasize both their texture and white light glistening. So all of these things are what got me into the artwork to begin with. You can always look for more of John Court's artwork at Google images, so feel free to look them up if you please. Good Bye!