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!